Reading Response: Michel de Certeau and Jennifer Yoos and Vincent James

I think be it on macro-scale or micro-perspective, spaces are fragmentary, most likely are passive
too, that they are being decided to be connected or kept isolated. A space with no participants has
no stories and is a void. The connection systems: skyways, bridges etc. with their functions to connect
or fate to be burnt are tools used for making spaces within spaces, as what the author described “multilevel”.
In such multiform matrix of spatial content, stories are manifested more dimensional, with more species or
simply the plain flavors, but the spirit is to survive or to excel or to feel good, because these are the
foundational instincts of mankind. And if not for the mankind, the architecture with whatever spatial structures
will turn into a hollow shell with no soul.

1 thought on “Reading Response: Michel de Certeau and Jennifer Yoos and Vincent James

  1. Jen Lam says:

    Is it true that a space without participant must have no stories? What about spaces where their residents are forced to evacuate? E.g. Yue Man Square. It might be dangerous to view spaces in such way. Nowadays, residential blocks soar high in the sky and house a lot of people, what do you think of the soul of these spaces?

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