EXPANDED HOUSE

PHENOMENOLOGICAL TRANSPARENCY : THE EXPANSION OF STRATIFIED SPACE

The materialization of space through the superimposition of vertical planes and parallel spatial strips is a resource originating in the pictorial and architectural works of Cubism. Colin Rowe and Robert Slutzky in their work “Transparency: Literal and Phenomenal” used the concept “stratification” to name a formal resource related to a new conception of deep space without resorting to perspective: “PHENOMENOLOGICAL TRANSPARENCY” generates a two-dimensional depth where its plasticity expresses the fullness of volume by resorting not only to vision but also to touch.

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The proposal develops an investigation on the superposition of vertical layers, of fragments of discontinuous experiences and diverse materials in different relative positions but strongly linked to each other: a METHODOLOGY OF ACTION where direct and indirect emotional relationships and the positioning of the subject within the “spatial system” is more important than the representation of the system itself: the MULTIPLICITY OF READINGS is encouraged for A NEW “FLAT” SPACIALITY - expanding the peripheral vision of architecture and thus the amplification of TOUCH RELATIONSHIPS. A “dynamic structural function” is thus established, intensifying the tension between figure and background through SPACIO-EMOTIONAL SUPERPOSITIONS.

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The final result of the proposal resembles an 'exploded view' that has materialized in expansion from the living-dining-kitchen to the outside of the garden.

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