Shree: proportion to space

 

Shree: proportion to space

The idea of proportion has got a very deep meaning. Is it only a physical attribute for a constructed or an imagined space or is it more than that? Space (or a form) comes from many inspirations or motivations and to know what that meaning is; formal analysis of space is not sufficient. Perhaps that is the meaning of ‘analysis’ – taking one to the realm of imagination and speculation of course.

Space for humans needs to be constructed – the primordial need of ‘belongng’ or the urge to remain connected with existence, even this – the word ‘existence’ is very much deep rooted that it can rarely be contained in words.

The above intent then takes various processes of imagination, meaning and construction to create a physical space in a physical domain of space-time environment. And perhaps this may have been referred as Volume Zero by Ar. Louis Kahn – where consciousness only is and that triggers intent and expression.

Thus, the response of proportion – dimensions, is to ‘scale’ the given space-time phenomenon that it starts to become related to human needs. A nomadic ‘tent’ as a space talks a lot about vastness of physical space and also about imagination to relate to that vastness. How do I ‘relate’ to this vastness – that seems to be one of the questions that architecture of the tent seems to suggest?

The question, if one takes it more deeper, is in any existential situation, how do I relate to space-time? This question is valid for any space and time. If we come from consciousness, how on earth am I suppose to belong ‘here’? This act of belonging is probably what triggers architecture.

Hari Om.