ABSTRACT
Palimpsest
Ruin
04 | ?T
Heritage
Interactive
Kinetic Architecture
Architecture exists in time.
User Driven
Sun Path
Approach/Procession
Enfelade vs Corridor
Body In Space
Architecture at the Point of Contact with
Movement
Virtual
This statement may appear to be a truism but this
is not the way in which architecture is typically
conceived. It is not acceptable to conceive of
architecture within the abstract context of stasis,
nor to consider the architectural project ‘finished’
upon the completion of construction. Praxis
must engage deeply with the dynamic conception
of architecture within an evolving context,
throughout the life of a building in time, and as
animated through occupation and constructive
perception.
This thesis provides a theoretical overview of
time as it relates to architecture and philosophy.
An architecture of time designs the conditions
for interaction between user and environment,
resists the crutch of formal autonomy, and finds
novelty through engagement and finds faith in the
ability of the user to appropriate their space in
unexpected and serendipitous ways.
In this way architecture becomes a medium for
the creative agency of time.