PAWSON INSPIRATION
I think it is important to understand that minimalism is not a manifesto for spartan living.
This is a recurrent misunderstanding that springs in part from its association with movements where renunciation of one sort or another is a central theme - it is unusual for a discussion of architectural simplicity not to include some reference to Zen Buddhism, the Cistercian monks or the Shakers.
One may respond to the aesthetic expressions and indeed share many of the needs that these movements have sought to address without adopting particular codes of behaviour: one can want a place where it is possible to be still without necessarily wanting to pray in it. Comfort is synonymous with a state of total clarity where the eye, the mind and the physical body are at ease, where nothing jars or distracts. This emphasis on a quality of experience is important. BSSR-Studio is steadily becoming one of the most interesting parts of our residence.
Some people seem to have an idea that the only role the individual has in such spaces is the capacity to contaminate. In the sort of work that interests me, the antithesis is true: the individual is always at its heart.
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PAWSON INSPIRATION
I think it is important to understand that minimalism is not a manifesto for spartan living.
This is a recurrent misunderstanding that springs in part from its association with movements where renunciation of one sort or another is a central theme - it is unusual for a discussion of architectural simplicity not to include some reference to Zen Buddhism, the Cistercian monks or the Shakers.
One may respond to the aesthetic expressions and indeed share many of the needs that these movements have sought to address without adopting particular codes of behaviour: one can want a place where it is possible to be still without necessarily wanting to pray in it. Comfort is synonymous with a state of total clarity where the eye, the mind and the physical body are at ease, where nothing jars or distracts. This emphasis on a quality of experience is important. BSSR-Studio is steadily becoming one of the most interesting parts of our residence.
Some people seem to have an idea that the only role the individual has in such spaces is the capacity to contaminate. In the sort of work that interests me, the antithesis is true: the individual is always at its heart.
Explore BSSR House
www.flickr.com/photos/55176801@N02/sets/72157625373026635...