4.171 | Fall 2004 | Graduate

The Space Between Workshop

Course Description

This workshop explores how designers might become as sensitive to space as they are to objects. Through a number of projects and precedent studies, architectural design is studied in relation to the Space Between. The design process is studied in reverse, considering space first and objects second. This is not to imply …
This workshop explores how designers might become as sensitive to space as they are to objects. Through a number of projects and precedent studies, architectural design is studied in relation to the Space Between. The design process is studied in reverse, considering space first and objects second. This is not to imply that objects are not important, but rather that space is equally important.
Learning Resource Types
Image Gallery
Design Assignments
Fire escapes.
The Space Between, as seen in the fire escapes filling a North End alley. (Image courtesy of Sandra Baron.)