Beyond Representation

"...does experience create spatiality? How could we separate the space from its representation in order to experience the real confrontation of it?......Is this spatial experience a representation of design? The representation becomes not a closure that is only focused on the building as an object itself but as a flux, interactive experience through the movements of the people, who uses the space. As the philosopher Boris Groys mentioned: '…design seeks to shape the gaze of viewers in such a way that they become capable of discovering things themselves' ..."



Beyond Representation: A review of REX: Vakko Fashion Center, Istanbul by Pelin Tan
939/Domus magazine, September

image source: Iwan Baan, www.architizer.com