Museumification
On the museumification of architecture: My first project in architectural school was a museum outside of Grant’s Tomb memorial. Public spaces like this often have the most freedom for architectural expression. Framed views. Framed objects.
But what happens when residences are designed as museums? Sure, maybe a rich client with a private art collection actually needs this. But there’s a disconnect when designers only think about the poetry of space, and completely forget that spaces are meant to be inhabited by humans.
I don’t mean to imply the stark opposite of this: a kind of “stern functionalism.” More so, function supplies the constraints from which to make beauty from.