PART FOUR : ALDO VAN EYCK
- Van Eyck's point of departure is held in his statement : "whatever space and time mean - place and occasion mean more."
- he questioned the validity of accepted architectural concerns and argued for a major refocus on priorities = the idea of "place" and "occasion" meant more to human beings then did "space" and "time".
- what he did was use a centralised spatial system together with a decentralised one, and by successfully combining these, he created a new spatial order.
- took the idea of "movement" and developed it into "place".
he organised space by using the metaphor of "street".
= conceptualised the street as a series of places that encourage interaction.
- WEESHUIS = his concern to make the building appropriate for children is fundamental to his design and affects everything about the complex.
= anticipated an architecture in which the social programme influences the con ceptualisation and ordering of space.
