The first act of architecture is to enclose / protect / shelter. It is solid. I am interested in the moment when that protective clothing / shelter begins to open, unwrap, split or slide apart. This is the second act of architecture; the re-opening up of internal spaces to receive natural light and reconnect with the external realm. This is void. This is when light begins. With the light comes realisation of form and realisation of space and thus, architecture. Concurrently, these openings directly influence the external reading of the object. I believe and want to prove in my thesis that the experience of architecture is created not by the building of solid, but by the subsequent subtracting from or ‘opening’ of this solid.

As part of my thesis study, I've built a very small house. (See below)