The Black box : the concealed room

Abstract

The Black Box attempts to re-draw shadows as a valuable inquiry tool for Architecture. It draws upon the historical and mythological associations of the shadow to architecture, art and narrative. It singles out but a few of the possible experiments and projects them into an Architecture based in drawing. The books of the black box are organised according to the projects. There are 5 projects, each investigating a specific aspect of the shadow. Each project ranges from the apparently abstract and conceptual to the primarily physical act of mark makiing. Each has a key series of guideline that dictate aspects of the project and of that shadow narrative. Each is investigated through the development of drawing processes. The 5 projects are neither 'perfect' nor 'complete', and exist in the realm between the imagined and the constructed.

The black box is concerned with speculative interpretations of both shadow and interior architecture. It sets up conditions for each project that promote subjectivities, where specific connections of shadow to Interior Architecture have been previously overlooked.