Marie Hong

 WHAT CAN INTERIOR LEARN FROM LANDSCAPE?

Landscapes around the world have different spatial qualities; it could be a flat landscape, mountainous landscape, desert landscape. As inhabitants, we live under a particular sky and on a particular topography. Each landscape contains different contents and existential meanings which often times when we are in a foreign landscape can cause us to feel lost. In the past, our ancestors relied on their context and built spaces using the materials they gathered and according to their environment. It is quite a stark contrast if we compare it to our modern cityscapes. Our advancements have led to a disconnection with the environment because we aren’t limited to materials and context anymore. This results into buildings without context that can be copied and pasted around the world, which goes the same with generic interior box spaces. What happens is that the experience of space becomes dull and almost robotic.

By walking through the landscape, it teaches us how our body experiences space. Juhani Pallasmaa points out that our encounters have the potential to reflect upon the space we create. So in my artistic research, I explore the Dutch and West Germanic landscapes with my body. This resulted into 4 scenarios of “Interiorscapes”. The idea of an Interiorscape focuses on (a) movement. It isn’t designed to be convenient and efficient but it forces the dwellers to move and climb through to get to the spaces. The idea is open to (b) personal interpretation, such as an overhang that could be seen as an obstacle but it could be used as a seat or something to climb on. In an Interiorscape we come across spaces and objects that are (c) closer to the human body changing the range between openness and closeness, challenging the body to crouch or open up. The space also relates to (d) changing perspectives as the (e) varying levels and heights opens to new insights. This results into a new era of space that challenges generic functions and defines a new meaning to space as an Interiorscape.

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