Suzanne Langer in her article "Virtual Space" describes the different perceptions of space that we conceive when creating paintings, sculptures or architecture. While the two dimensions of a painting are trying to create a three dimensional scene, an object [ a sculpture] that its already three dimensional creates a sense of space. This is the "kinetic domain" in relation to the user, while buildings, as she describes, are the "ethnic domain." These create an illusion where the relation goes beyond just the visual connection between the user and the object, into a more tangible and sensible one.
In the reading Langer concludes that the relationship with sculpture and architecture is inevitable. She then states, "the two art forms [sculpture and architecture] are, in fact, each other complements: whichever we start with, the others is its background . . . "
I believe that architecture should follow this idea, where by creating a sculpture/building becomes an ethnic domain to the inhabitant and therefore produces a kinetic relationship to the external observer. Maybe this is the line where these two practices meet, and the function to inhabit the building is not enough to differentiate these. The most important characteristic of a building or a sculpture doesn't rely on if it blends or contrasts to the space that surrounds it; once it is erected it transforms the space creating a new way of perceiving the environments.
__ nadia nunez
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