The Space We Inhabit
7DOS, Week #46 Windows and/or Doors, Black & White Wednesday - This was taken at the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg (Germany) almost exactly 1 year ago. I remember this particular day really clearly as Mr Nomad very kindly took the time to drive all the way to Wolfsburg with me (a good 2hrs+ from where we lived) just to see a retrospective of Steve McCurry's work; it was quite a journey getting there as there were a lot of road works en route and the rain was torrential all the way there! I'm happy to say it was absolutely worth it though, not just to see the work of a photographer I admire in the flesh, as it were, but to see the other exhibitions at the Kunstmuseum at the time. This is also image 23:31 − 31 Day Photo Challenge, Architecture (1 of 2 images, see narrative below for context and here for 2nd image www.flickr.com/photos/globalnomad01/8799658890/)
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To me architecture is as much about interaction as it is about function. No building, like no person, exists in isolation and how a man-made structure interacts with its environment is just as important to an architect, and the people who use the structure, as the function of the structure, despite some examples to the contrary. To my mind few architects embody this ethos in the way that late, great Frank Lloyd Wright did, but here I am at risk of digression.
First and foremost a building has purpose (home, office, shop, museum, school, etc), but it also creates an environment in which we exist and it, in turn, exists in a larger environment. Interaction does not just occur between people, but between the natural and the man-made world and the architect, particularly a good one, has the ability to create synergy between these two environments; the next time you're in a space that feels comfortable, take a moment to look around and consider it in the context of its purpose, its location and its construction and I'll bet that there is synergy between the internal and external environments, that it is easy to move around in and that the purpose for which it was designed is so obvious you don't even notice it.
The Space We Inhabit
7DOS, Week #46 Windows and/or Doors, Black & White Wednesday - This was taken at the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg (Germany) almost exactly 1 year ago. I remember this particular day really clearly as Mr Nomad very kindly took the time to drive all the way to Wolfsburg with me (a good 2hrs+ from where we lived) just to see a retrospective of Steve McCurry's work; it was quite a journey getting there as there were a lot of road works en route and the rain was torrential all the way there! I'm happy to say it was absolutely worth it though, not just to see the work of a photographer I admire in the flesh, as it were, but to see the other exhibitions at the Kunstmuseum at the time. This is also image 23:31 − 31 Day Photo Challenge, Architecture (1 of 2 images, see narrative below for context and here for 2nd image www.flickr.com/photos/globalnomad01/8799658890/)
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Find me on Facebook at www.facebook.com/LyndaHPhotography
To me architecture is as much about interaction as it is about function. No building, like no person, exists in isolation and how a man-made structure interacts with its environment is just as important to an architect, and the people who use the structure, as the function of the structure, despite some examples to the contrary. To my mind few architects embody this ethos in the way that late, great Frank Lloyd Wright did, but here I am at risk of digression.
First and foremost a building has purpose (home, office, shop, museum, school, etc), but it also creates an environment in which we exist and it, in turn, exists in a larger environment. Interaction does not just occur between people, but between the natural and the man-made world and the architect, particularly a good one, has the ability to create synergy between these two environments; the next time you're in a space that feels comfortable, take a moment to look around and consider it in the context of its purpose, its location and its construction and I'll bet that there is synergy between the internal and external environments, that it is easy to move around in and that the purpose for which it was designed is so obvious you don't even notice it.