ARC 597 | BLOW-UP Scale, Spectacle, and Spontaneity in Architecture

Networks on a global scale offer a really unique structure for me. humanity has reached a point where I can talk to someone face to face on a device that fits into my pocket, half way across the world. We can construct the planet from a series of photographs taken from space, as illustrated in “Representation and the necessity of Interpretation.” This to me offers the most interesting aspects to global networks because we can now see the world from a different point of view. We can construct every corner of the planet from a birdseye view. However, experiencing the space first hand offers a more developed knowledge than from space.

I think thats where are global systems begin to disconnect. We experience a space through the lens of a computer screen, yet we never really experience the space first hand. I think this becomes a buffer for people to neglect exploration. It creates a false identity for architecture today because the experience of space directly relates to the inhabitant.

Capturing the space for what is can produce beautiful images and photography, but the experience will always be lost. And because there is no curiosity, there is no desire to want to experience a space. Why should there be, when you can just Google it?