In 2019, while I was still teaching at the University of Miami, we were asked to give a lecture about the office.
The exhibit, which accompanied the lecture, allowed us to reflect on past work as well as contemplate the future direction of the office, specifically exploring the spatial and atmospheric qualities in architecture that move or affect us emotionally.
Now that the office has grown, we are becoming less distracted by form and more interested in the “chemistry” of space – meaning how different materials make us feel; what history and memory and patina bring to a place; the importance of lightness, darkness and shadow; and so on.
To view the digital catalogue and a copy of the lecture, please click here.
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The exhibit, which accompanied the lecture, allowed us to reflect on past work as well as contemplate the future direction of the office, specifically exploring the spatial and atmospheric qualities in architecture that move or affect us emotionally.
Now that the office has grown, we are becoming less distracted by form and more interested in the “chemistry” of space – meaning how different materials make us feel; what history and memory and patina bring to a place; the importance of lightness, darkness and shadow; and so on.
To view the digital catalogue and a copy of the lecture, please click here.
[Read more]