Giambattista Nolli quintessentially illuminated the connections between indoor and outdoor public spaces. Visually, his maps broadcast the places available to those moving through the city whether in front or behind a door. The black against white patterns of the Nolli maps build a strong visual memory of what a city can be. While this manner of thinking has faded in time, it still represents one of the key understandings of democratic space we have. However, as society grew more complicated, this simplistic view has begun to fail. What spaces are public but monitored by cameras, what places are accessible only with a badge, or what is a parking space? With our work at Snøhetta, we recapture this sensibility mapped by Nolli and we extend it to the networkNetworks of spaces used by those that occupy a building. We treat landscape, architectureArchitecture, and interiors with the same types of advocacies. We evaluate the consequences of design on human behavior as well as habitat. What can a street do to promote civil action? Can these ideas transcend the threshold between in and out? The Student Learning Centre at Toronto Metropolitan University considers these issues directly. Can an interior room belong to a world outside the building and vice versa? The value of these questions grows more important as we recognize the need for access to fresh air, daylight, and the natural world around us as a component of well-being, both to humans and the planet.

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Doors as Streets

  • Craig Dyckers

摘要

Giambattista Nolli quintessentially illuminated the connections between indoor and outdoor public spaces. Visually, his maps broadcast the places available to those moving through the city whether in front or behind a door. The black against white patterns of the Nolli maps build a strong visual memory of what a city can be. While this manner of thinking has faded in time, it still represents one of the key understandings of democratic space we have. However, as society grew more complicated, this simplistic view has begun to fail. What spaces are public but monitored by cameras, what places are accessible only with a badge, or what is a parking space? With our work at Snøhetta, we recapture this sensibility mapped by Nolli and we extend it to the networkNetworks of spaces used by those that occupy a building. We treat landscape, architectureArchitecture, and interiors with the same types of advocacies. We evaluate the consequences of design on human behavior as well as habitat. What can a street do to promote civil action? Can these ideas transcend the threshold between in and out? The Student Learning Centre at Toronto Metropolitan University considers these issues directly. Can an interior room belong to a world outside the building and vice versa? The value of these questions grows more important as we recognize the need for access to fresh air, daylight, and the natural world around us as a component of well-being, both to humans and the planet.