Throughout history, architecture has consistently engaged with the challenge of addressing humanity’s needs in relation to living space, public space, cultural expression, and religious practice.
Excess has been a persistent condition in both life and architecture, manifesting in various forms across different periods. Similarly, noise has accompanied architectural production, often emerging as a byproduct of surplus or residual spaces generated through organized urban and architectural planning. These conditions have contributed to increasingly complex programs.Architecture’s primary and ultimate client is humanity. Its fundamental purpose is the creation of spaces for human occupation and experience. Consequently, responding to the challenges of excess, noise, and complexity in architecture entails the deliberate formation of necessary spaces—spaces that enable human flourishing and promote coexistence with both nature and society.
Kliment Patchev, Architect
Superblock Studio, North Macedonia
This contribution is part of our ongoing survey “TOO MUCH? What is just enough?” where we collect personal reflections on excess and balance in life, architecture and design. We are gathering diverse, thought-provoking answers that will help shape future discussions and content.
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