Improving three-dimensional imagination is a skill , relevant to almost any profession.The discovery of DNA was not a result of chemical analysis but, first of all, an exercise in three-dimensional creativity. Understanding space is powerful tool for innovation.
Navigating three dimensions can quickly become a mind- bogglingly complex task. Science, knowledge, innovation, art: they all deal with complex problems.
Understanding how spaces work, how things relate to each other, how complexity can be controlled: the big problems of this planet can not solved without it.
The invention of the corridor created modern privacy. Thought about it? Here is another one: Why do toilet doors never open into living rooms? Thought about it?
The answers to those kind of questions will tell you a lot about you, me, us, the society and its social conventions, an how deeply ingrained these are in the spaces we inhabit.
Only if you are able to decode hidden conventions you can become truly innovative.
Conventionally we think about spaces as functional environments that help achieve our goals – as supportive spaces. However, turning spaces into playful tools of experimentation lets us reflect ourselves and go beyond of what we think the world is.
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