The Essence of Architecture and Architectural Creation

August Schmarsow is the first person to address spaces in buildings as an architectural element. Schmarsow argued that the meaning given to space was part of a particular historical-psychological narrative. Konrad Fiedler defends the unique languages and expressive methods of painting and sculpture; art is an activity parallel to but separate from changing influences. "Isn't it time to question the origin and inner essence of architecture?" "As in all spiritual activities, we should not start from where architecture progresses from the unformed to the formed." "(...) architecture creates space in accordance with the ideal forms of human spatial intuition." "The history of architecture is the history of change (...)"

(From the Promotion Bulletin)