Petar Mattioni

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January 27, 2006

inFLUX

FIELDS OF INTERFACE - program builds program IDENTITY VARIES

Architecture is an interface. Operating in a continuous flux, architecture attempts to negotiate the link between culture and space. Programmatic substance of any architectural intervention is saturated with uncertainty. If we consider program to be a combination of event and space, program becomes a variable, a process that establishes unprecedented spatial adjacencies; ...reinforcing the notion of flux and architectural intervention as one that should enable rather than freeze a spatial framework.

I wrote the text above in 2000 for my thesis prep class. At the time, I was excited about the Dutch movement and the notion that architectural interventions should create programmable environments. I was never really sure how that worked. In 2005, I visited a social housing project in Croatia - built in 1950's, the buildings were supposed to be demolished after 20 years. 50 years later, the structures stand re-programmed to suit each tenant. I was blown away by the current state of the project, especially by the ability of each structure to sustain and accommodate change. I question the identity of MVRDV's VPRO, Mirador, Floriade, - are these projects loose environments of change or are they simply a representation of such processes? - in a way an imposed trend/fashion?

Posted by pmattioni at January 27, 2006 11:32 PM

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