“Architecture is judged by eyes that see, by the head that turns, and
the legs that walk. Architecture is not a synchronic phenomenon but a
successive one, made up of pictures adding themselves one to the other,
following each other in time and space, like music.”
- Le Corbusier. Modulor. I. -
Patterns are a constant in our built environment. Just as in nature, we
find order in everything man-made in a diverse range of scales, from
primitive ornaments to urban planning. Architecture is a prolific field for
patterns: street pavements, indoor tilings, modulated facades, standardised
measures or city grids are good examples of the application of this sense
of order. Patterns can also be found in other types of non-physical
structures: language, music or narrative (film, literature).
Transformations like symmetry, rotation or rhythm found in still patterns
are easily transcribed to time-based structures.
Time Tilings [stuk] is a site-specific project for Artefact that
brings to light some of the architectural systems present in the STUK
building. The attention is drawn to several tilings of varied scales,
exploring the intersection of architectural systems and time-based
patterns.