“I know when I was a kid we used to throw the football out of a first-floor window. We never went to a play space; the play space began immediately. Play was inspired, not organized.”
Louis Kahn
more infosource: Louis I. Kahn: Conversations with Students, 2nd ed. (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1998), 23.
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category: architecture, childhood, play, space
medium: Essay
“I always say that I am able to use the interstices. There is a lot of space between atom and atom and electron and electron, and if we reduced the matter of the universe by eliminating all the space in between, the entire universe would be compressed into a ball. Our lives are full of interstices. This morning you rang, but then you had to wait for the elevator, and several seconds elapsed before you showed up at the door. During those seconds, waiting for you, I was thinking of this new piece I’m writing. I can work in the water closet, in the train. While swimming I produce a lot of things, especially in the sea. Less so in the bathtub, but there too.”
Umberto Eco
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