Everyone has a feeling and sensitivity for space. These are rooted in human physiognomy, and depend on an elementary sensory perception relating to the most fundamental human conditions and experiences. The inhabitant or user experiences space in the form of expressive architectonic traits via the senses. It is imperative for the architect, as an active moulder of space, to become conscious of the causes of the sensory consequences of his or her design. In this sense the publication is to be understood as a venture against the negligence and obscuring of the obvious, and as the search for the identification and denomination of spatially relevant aspects.
In the first part of the publication Roger Boltshauser's works, taken together with significant historical examples, form the framework within which to discuss a few simple basic elements of space in the form of a fictitious discussion. This is based on Roger Boltshauser and Aita Flury's shared teaching experience and fluently links the urban-planning with the object level. The rich picture and plan documentation in the second part demonstrates the architectonic vigour of the buildings realised by Roger Boltshauser (St. Gallen town hall, Hirzenbach school facility, Rauch House etc.).
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