my psychogeographical map

About this mapping :

Firstly I want to tell that my home is not in Bangkok , the city. I lives in outskirt of it , so I don't know well about the direction or street in bangkok. The way to approach the city , for me , is by BTS. This map show the way I travel from On nut BTS station to TCDC at The Emporium (Phrom Phong station). The Perception of the city is like the island , What is in between the station is less perceived for me although I look at it , but it seems like most of my attention is inside the box , train bogey. My personal space in the bogey has changes along the way. The way I perceived the surrounding architecture is like the meaningless view , except the big destination island. I use the vivid colour for representing the complexity that happened on each island , in the opposite I use B&W colour for scoped city along the BTS way. The opacity of this context is changed due to the speed of train , I can perceive more in slow speed near the station. Only one moment that I really pay attention to outside is at the station.

Sacred & Profane

I think this week lecture makes me confuse, I don't know what I understand is what Aj. want us to understand or not because what I hear is not equal what Aj. say. Nonetheless I have to write something that would make me or even you confuse. I just want to write what's pop up in my head along this lecture.

Sacred and profane , can it be the same thing if god = human ? , so it doesn't matter what is for god and what is for human. I thought about the classical period that they built the temple as the bigger and better house for god , they believe that god is the perfect human. Then this idea is developed through time , until it's hard to find the connection between human and god. As this point ,if the original idea is the same (human) , would it still separate between sacred and profane?

Another idea that get into my mind is that all of what we do for god is called sacred but all what we take from god is called profane , isn't it the same? May be we took what we have given to god and call it different word. I think the idea of god is from human belief , so it's from human (or not??). For example , Buddha image is what human make for sacred Buddha , but when we use it with different purpose , it become profane , even it is taken from what human do.

I have think about what other things that have the idea of profane , but still haven't found one. May be it's all around me , but I never know because I never aware of what is profane.

From the lecture , profaning is not only in the negative way , this idea can be used for creating new things by questioning. Question sometimes leads us to the solution , I used the word "sometimes" because there are lots of questions that have never been answered. Everything has two side , like some word that has two different meaning ,it's up to you which side you set your point of view at.

Empty Form

Empty form make me thinking of the book Harry Potter. There is a room that we'll found when we really need it , and it could be any type that we want. In my opinion , empty form have that quality , the program or function can be change due to the user need. 'Empty form is not a useless form. Instead , translated into the terms of an earlier discourse , utility has become a floating signifier.' , this quote is from Empty Forms by Reinhold Martin. It makes me realize that the space has the meaning and this meaning always refer to its utility. When utility become floating signifier , the meaning changed. The utility is changed from the user need , everything is changed from human need both utility and meaning. I think because nowadays everything seem to be convergence , fitting many function in the place seem to be good idea for bringing out the best profit from the space. In term of empty form , it can be the ideal space that can serve all we need. On the other hand , it is the kind of space that wipe out the history , like we are trying to erase the past , and beat the time factor of architecture. What it used to be in empty form is not matter as long as it can be what it is in the present.

From the quote " I am not , I am = not" , Empty form is empty , so it's not full , it can be filled with anything or any function. As the interior architecture student , designing empty form , in my opinion , is difficult. We have to design the space that shouldn't be that space , the program that shouldn't be that program , And where is the meeting point that can reach all goals but still utilize.