Day315: Porto “Narrow and Vast”
The massive polyhedral volume is overwhelming, yet the spatial experience inside is remarkably rich. Normally, people feel a sense of openness when they leave a building and step out into the world. Here, however, the vast space created by the concrete shell structure produces that same feeling when moving from a deliberately compressed area into the main foyer. Moving back and forth between narrowness and openness is itself one element of a diverse spatial experience.
In architecture, there is often discussion about how to create an intermediate zone between inside and outside. I felt that spaciousness itself might also be an element that can blur the boundary between interior and exterior.
巨大な多面体のボリュームには圧倒されるが、内部の空間体験はとても豊かだった。普通は建物から出た時に人間は世界に出た開放感を感じるが、コンクリートのシェル構造で生み出す大空間により、狭くしつらえてある空間から中のホワイエに出た時に開放感を感じる。狭さと広さを往復するのも多様な空間体験の要素だ。
建築は内と外の間の中間領域をどう作るかという議論がよくされるが、広さと言うのも内と外を少し曖昧にできる要素があるのかもしれないと思った。
