FOUND OBJECTS AND AWARENESS IN INTERIOR SPACES

Abstract

Creating a new function for an existing building directs the designer to accept some pre-made elements or arrange these elements. This arrangement, which is a radical and arguable spatial discipline, interprets rules, sometimes obeys or else disobeys them. Found object can be an example to this type of attitude. Marcel Duchamp, who created original art objects by using ready-mades like a urinal or a shelf with full bottles, is the first person who came up with this idea. A found object can add an identity to the space, create an atmosphere, correlate with the past and create a dynamic association between today and the past. In this study, the notion of the found object and sensibility in interior spaces is examined along with the relation between these concepts through several examples. The character of interior space, relationship between interior space and user, connection between interior design and art is mentioned as well.