Methodology

An essay on spatial intention

We begin with emptiness. We observe the void. We measure the silence. This is not a design process. This is a meditation on space.

Observation

Every space begins with what is not there. The void speaks first. We listen. We measure light. We calculate shadow. We observe how materials respond to time, to touch, to absence.

This observation period is not passive. It is active listening. The space tells us what it needs. What it rejects. What it accepts.

Observation space

Intention

Once we understand the space, we form intention. Not decoration. Not filling. But definition. Each object we introduce serves a purpose beyond aesthetics. It creates tension. It defines boundaries. It speaks in material dialogue.

Visual weight is calculated. Negative space is measured. Each placement is intentional. Each absence is deliberate.

Intentional placement

Composition

The composition emerges slowly. We do not rush. We do not fill. We place. We observe. We adjust. The space settles into its final form.

This is not decoration. This is curation. Each object is chosen not for its beauty alone, but for its role in the larger composition. For its dialogue with other materials. For its contribution to the visual weight of the space.

Restraint

The final step is always removal. We subtract. We refine. We eliminate anything that does not serve the composition. This is calculated restraint. This is presence through absence.

The space is complete not when nothing more can be added, but when nothing more can be removed. This is our methodology. This is spatial intention.