JUNK SPACE
Rem Koolhaas is one of the
architects that had created a strong ideal to the history of the postmodernism
movement. Since he love to read and was once a writer, and later became an
architect. He had valuably declared his manifesto from the book called “Delirious
New York”. The ideal of “JUNK SPACE”--->was described to be something
that cannot be describe. Giving the idea of a space that is endless with times
and space. Junk space is always
endless where the people inside would have no notice of times, and weather of the outside world. The
space was design to be able to expand endlessly, where everything are arranged to give the flow toward the people. This is the answer to a space
that ignore context, because it already has its own meaning of context within themselves.
“Within each building between
each Building”
The
idea of endlessness has also lead to the phenomenal creation of the elevator
and escalator. Which would bring people through the space endlessly!
In my opinion, Junk space is a
very big influential aspect toward the way of living of people. It had vividly divided
the essence of hierarchy of people toward spaces. The division between the
bourgeois and that non-bourgeois can be strongly pulled out by looking at the
Junk Space and the Space outside.
Central World is a very big
example of this idea of dividing different hierarchy! As seen that the bourgeois are trapped inside the luxury endless mall that would hide them from the outside world. Where they would have no notice that there are many small un luxury vendors outside surrounding the space. This gives a very big contradiction of what Junk space had created to the society. Where groups of people would have no consideration of the other groups; creating a separate cultures.
