Toward the immaterial interior

Constructed space is, and has always been, a culturally reflective and communicative mechanism. Materiality delivers messages within interior spatial environments, reflecting a cultural sensibility and intelligence, but also compelling future actions and desires. While we rightly tend to think of the built environment as a mechanism that betters life and aids in human advancement, an underlying persistent desire seems to be the fabrication of spaces to embody human thoughts within material constructs. In this way, we can discuss interior architecture as a spatial and material construct meant to preserve cultural or personal beliefs. The core ingredient of this effort is material itself, the physical or nonphysical substance that makes space possible.