Architecture - Inhabited Sculpture

A sculpture is a form of art that we build by the outcome of our imagination. It is the physical expansion of our abstract mind, which is recognized by none other than artist himself.   Its presence takes its viewers on an expedition; its experience carries one through on the exploitation of the artist’s imagination. Every individual has a vision that is represented in art form.

 Every sculpture piece has something to say, it portrays the thoughts of the artist and the same goes for an architectural build mass. Without the symbolism it’s just a functional building. It might be beautiful in its form and structure, but the meaning behind it is what anchors it, justifies it and presents it as a beautiful sculptural piece in space.

Technological advancement has taken the designers to such height, that they have started to venture with architecture and design beyond our imagination. The unusual sculptural forms in architecture are beginning to dominate the skyline. This may be the turning point of design and not far from now, it would change the face of the earth. The long lost dreams of fantastical designs are soon coming alive. This may be the era that would introduce spatial revolution.

Throughout Architecture history people, architects, historians have referred to architecture as a three dimensional sculptural form in space. The question is what does make architecture a sculpture? Is its being in a space and being able to view from all sides, or is it the way  it has been placed, on a higher level than other things around it which adds character to it and then can be referred as a gem in a space, hence a sculpture on a different scale. What are the different elements that come together and make us reach this conclusion that architecture is sculpture?

Architecture by self is much more complex field of art and by adding a sculptural quality; an intangible dimension is added to it resulting in more richness and more meaning in the overall creation of space.