The Decontextual

The Decontextual uses photographic abstraction as a generative tool to reconsider and reevaluate architectural spaces and representation. Inspired by a curated selection of architectural photographs depicting interiors and specific details or cropped moments of spaces, rather than overall depictions of rooms or building exteriors, led to a perspective-based approach to designing. Emphasis is placed on smaller scale architectural moments such as apertures, thresholds, and corners specifically composed to focus attention on elements that might otherwise go unnoticed. Buildings are designed from inside to out through evaluating how these moments interact with color, light, and shadow. The final product is presented entirely via photographed interior perspective images in order to generate new narratives about familiar places and challenge conventional notions of architectural representation.