Interiority on Spatial Sonata’s Design Process

Abstract

Interior as a discipline is often associated with Architecture. This raises the question, where and how is the position of Interior towards Architecture. Does the Interior’s process come after Architecture? or go hand in hand with the Architectural process? In Spatial Sonata, as design consultant for Interior and Architecture, the Principals do not segregate areas as Interior or Architecture. They assume that Interior and Architecture are interconnected. Thus, only consider areas divided into Interior (inside) and Exterior (outside) areas. Between the Interior and the Exterior, there must be continuity and relation since they are seen as a single unit, known as Interiority. The Principals have a perspective from inside to outside, arguing that the area that will be lived in is the inside, not outside. This indicates that even in Architecture’s design process, Interior is present through being considered as an approach to achieve Interiority. This research intends to explore the influence and strategy of interiority on the design process done by Spatial Sonata. As qualitative research with ethnographic methods, this research aims to understand the system of interiority that is applied and become a learning reference for students, practitioners, and others that interior is not limited by space and comes after Architecture. Analysis shows how Interiority influenced the design process, hence concludes that in Spatial Sonata, Interiority is not only a perspective, but as a design approach that has strategies and parameters.