Journal · Volume 008

Time

Six essays on time as the design element a brief never specifies. The room that changes completely between morning and evening without a single object moving. What a season does to a building its architect photographed in summer. The space about to be dismantled that nobody thought to record. The detail that places a room in a decade without a timestamp. What a century of photographs does to the experience of walking into a building. And the room that asks you, without a word, to stay longer than you planned.

Morning, Copenhagen, Denmark

The Same Room at Different Hours

Nothing moves. No one rearranges anything. And yet the room at 7am and the room at 7pm are two different spaces.

Greenhouse exterior through tree cover, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

What a Season Does to a Building

Architecture is designed for a climate but experienced in weather.

National Monument plaque, Raffles Hotel, Singapore

Before the Renovation

The room about to be dismantled is rarely photographed. The record almost always begins after the change.

Detail, Copenhagen, Denmark

How to Date a Room

You can date a room from a single photograph without a timestamp. The question is which details carry the date.

White colonial architecture, Raffles Hotel, Singapore

What Old Photographs of a Place Change

Seeing a space through its own archive changes what the space is.

Stillness, The Ned Doha hotel

The Slow Room

Some spaces resist being moved through quickly. Pace as a deliberate design decision.

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