The Space of Mondrian

Authors

Lori Brown, Syracuse University

Published In

Proceedings of the 18th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-2002

Subjects

Design -- Study and teaching, Design (philosophy), Architectural design -- Study and teaching

Abstract

How does one introduce a beginning design student to spatial concepts and spatial ways of seeing? As John Hejduk states the architect begins from the abstract - a world of ideas, of concepts, of aspirations - and gravitates toward built form. Students must first see and critically assess and question this abstract world before they can make the jump toward the real world. They arrive with so many misconceptions about architecture yet have no conceptions about the abstract world.

Description

Presented at the 18th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon. March 14-16, 2002.

© Portland State University, published by Portland State University, Department of Architecture

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/15510

Recommended Citation

Brown, Lori, "The Space of Mondrian" (2002). Proceedings of the 18th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student. 14.
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/15510