Nonconventional use of materials

All materials have their own different logic, i.e. bricks and wood. According to some (more or less) popular architectural theories, a material should only be used according to its own logic. The reason for this is that the visual presence should show the actual construction, and not in any way act like an illusion of something else. But this implies that the viewer is a uninformed and thoughtless idiot who blindly accepts any illusion as the truth, and never question anything. Room For Space disagrees with this way of thinking. We do not disregard illusion, but enjoys playing with it.

Turning the logic of brick building upside-down.

A wall disguised as a roof

Concrete shaped like a wood construction. The material structure and functional structure follows different types of logic.

Concrete walls shaped like wood. The illusion has been made so obvious that it adds a quality to the building.

We believe that this type of deconstructivism is good, and that it helps understanding that rigid dogma-based rules is not the only answer, neither to architecture nor life in general.



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