Why we avoid perfect symmetry
A perfectly symmetrical room asks to be looked at. An almost-symmetrical one asks to be lived in.
Symmetry is powerful and slightly authoritarian. It tells you where to stand. We prefer rooms that suggest, not instruct.
In Residence K the glazing is centred on the garden, but the stair is not centred on the glazing. The offset is thirty-two centimetres. Nobody notices it; everybody feels it.
Fictional journal entry — ATELIER NOIR is a portfolio concept.
A study in Belgian stone