Džastins Zavadskis

Building is a very lengthy method of placing materials in a coherent whole. It is a play of sorts which follows structural rules of a particular physical situation. By partaking in a physicality of the construction process, a state of unlimited potentiality of form is revealed. Built object is open for interpretation at any stage of its construction long before coming into full effect of its designated program, in other words, goal of its erection, before becoming a machine for living. Yet what precedes the becoming of architecture, is a process of negotiation. During which the potentiality of material undergoes a struggle between its desire and designation. While opportunity for materialization at times is exhausted, geometry of the form, not its idea, is nonetheless accidentally animated through its temporary use and appropriation by the naïve, the simple working hand, through sharing a good banter, having a cup of coffee or a lunch break, revealing the subtle sublimity in disguise. One’s lingering in an unbuilt space becomes an act of habitation, a use which in fact precedes its date of coming in effect. It begs to ask a simple question, what if there is no deadline to begin with?

To quote Tim Anstley:

Defining elements of process as integral to the notion of the architectural work is to raise the stakes in regard to such processes and to position them as matters of central import to the self-definition of architecture as a discipline.