ABSTRACT
Architecture is more to do with making frames than painting pictures; more a matter of providing an accompaniment to life than the dance of life itself. Frames mediate between what is framed and the world. Architectural frames, and the ways in which they can be used, are innumerable. By making frames, architects make sense of the world – spatially and intellectually – for those who inhabit them. Frames in architecture tessellate like tiles or interlock like jigsaw pieces or a patchwork quilt; often they overlap or fit one within another. Frames can be like Russian dolls each of which has an inside into which fits a slightly smaller doll, to the limits of practicability. Sometimes frames are overlaid on top of each other, producing a complex layering. Layering can frame a procession of sequential places for occupation. Sometimes constructional layering contributes to the aesthetics of a building.
