ABSTRACT
Transition space (interspace), describes the field of interaction between subject and object. This term originates in child psychology and was first used by D. Winnicott describing the area between the inner life and the objective reality, the sphere of experience. In art, site-specific, where “place” is in some way part of the creation or affects its perception – it refers to the realm of interaction between the work and its location. In architecture, it is defined as a space linking the two areas of different character, usually inside the given environment. In this context, the notion of the transition operates, among others, T. Ando. To understand the meaning of the transition space in the architectural and urban context, it is significant to identify the subject and object of the interactions, which in this case are the interior of the building and its surroundings. (Schoenholz Bee (ed.), 1999, Tadao Ando). J. Krenz described transition space as the area of relations between individual elements of a work of architecture, at the verge of the inside and outside world, at the junction forms and functions. He states that this is a place of the creation of messages with a strong emotional, formal and aesthetic dynamics that determine the clarity of meaning. In his opinion transition space is a hidden dimension of architecture, where the direct impact of the building on human emotion takes place. (Krenz, 2003) According to this idea the perception of architecture is not retaining on its external manifestations such as outer shell, but it allows to treat is as an integral part of the built environment.
