Giving excessive value to materials is actually a modern trend. A hundred years ago, the idea about materials were opposite. People relied mainly on the beauty of form, and if materials were insufficient, they would settle for simple plaster without using stone on the facades of large buildings.But todays considerable part of architecture involves the use of materials. Of course, materials are essential for construction and significant for the consolidation of languages. Glass, steel, concrete, or brick convey messages about buildings. However, Unlike contemporary ideas, Appartement Spectral conveys its message through the use of light and completely overshadows the materials. The apartment is designed in a simple and neutral expression, without color or particular detail, annihilating any architectural expressiveness or narrative to leave only the logic of composition generated by light.Paris’ intangible but impressive small flat , that is very abstract of Appartement Spectral.For more you can check ;

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