Interstitial Space
Designer: Brendan Cole Buchanan Dee
Course: Space Anthology III Studio
Instructor: Prof. Christian Kerez
ETH Zürich / 2018
Definition
An interstitial space is found where boundaries become ambiguous. In this space one experiences a simultaneous feeling of enclosure and exposure. Elements intertwine, collide, and avoid to create apertures, niches, and pathways. This kind of space develops through contesting and yielding. One element may give while another expands. These interactions create spatial contradictions from which an interstitial space emerges. There is competition amongst spatial elements but also mutual dependency, like an old growth forest with generations of branches and roots outstretched, finding space to occupy in the matrix. The position of elements appears to be impermanent, their location continually shifting through time and space. Light and darkness blur the boundaries of an interstitial space, interacting with architectonic elements to create the impression that more lies beyond.