TIME

This chapter analyzes why some architectural spaces are able to stir up such an inner commotion within us. Although it may seem an abstract concept or theme more properly pertaining to poetry or philosophy, this concept of suspension of time occurs with an especially real and palpable force only in architecture. After all, architecture is the only artistic creation that surrounds us, that we enter into, and that we move around in. When we stand before or inside certain architectural spaces, time seems to stop, suspend itself, and become almost tangible. Time in Architecture can be analyzed from many perspectives including the time of utilitas , the time of firmitas , the time of venustas , and the time of memory. Eternity, suspended time, is what we would like to achieve with our architecture.