Pantheon of Wonder

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This is the 'Pantheon of Wonder', a journal with over 550+ essays on the poetic design of architecture, art, music, and meaning. It is a growing chronicle of over 25 years of research and innovation by Maria Lorena Lehman that helps you develop your creative projects for advanced beauty, function, and transcendent experience.

Strategy: Rethink Boundary to Redefine Design Relationships

by Maria Lorena Lehman

Image Strategies

Featured Image Takeaway Design Strategy:

Think of exterior and interior as being layered in both plan and section. An exterior can become and interior in multiple dimensions – and this can give your work newfound beauty as well as uniqueness. Also, rethink boundary as a technique that can be utilized from many angles. Think texture, filter, form, plan, section, surface and so on. Then, notice what happens to the space. Does it shelter and protect? Does it expose one to the public? Or does it create community? Think about the relationships within your architectural design.

To Apply This Strategy, Ask Yourself:

HOW DO MY BUILDING’S SPACES RELATE TO ONE ANOTHER, AND HOW WILL THAT MAKE OCCUPANTS RELATE TO THE ENVIRONMENT, TO EACH OTHER, AND WITH NATURE?

Image Caption: Clark Center at Stanford University

Image Credit: © kunalmehta | Flickr

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