Enclosed? Yes
Some view of the outside world? Yes
A threshold? Yes
Travelled to? Yes
Interesting surfaces? Yes
Resonance with other places I’ve enjoyed or imagined? Yes
So (if you’ve read last week’s post) this place should be congenial, right?
How congenial can a doctor’s waiting room ever really be?
Normal service will be resumed this coming weekend….
About Paul Vonberg
Paul Vonberg is an architect.
During five years as an architectural photographer, seven at university, twenty-two in practice and dozens living in old buildings, he has developed a strong feeling for the qualities which make good and bad places. Paul believes strongly that the design of 'iconic' buildings is only a small part of what architects should be doing. Far more important is the creation of functional, meaningful and enjoyable places in which people can dwell. Rooms inside buildings are still getting made but what happened to the 'rooms' which make up a city, to the streets, squares, courtyards and all those other outside places which we all enjoy?
Of every bit of man-made space on earth, one could ask, "Is it a nest or a no man's land?" Paul suspects that the number of places which even approach the qualities of a nest (enclosure, comfort, warmth, a threshold, views out) is diminishing rapidly and that although architects know better, they are not helping. The solution? To try to encourage everybody to understand what is happening and to expect better. That is the simple purpose of this blog. Enjoy it!
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