Investigation of immaterial tectonic expression in architecture

According to the statements within the scope of this study, all creations are based on the two domains of reality: the superior and the inferior. Though these two concepts may seem to be opposed to each other, the inferior reality is a reflection of the superior reality, indeed; such as the ontological inquiries and their manifestations or the physical manifestation of the spiritual. Similarly, it can be said that, architecture, which creates material situations, is built into its immaterial philosophy. So, it can be talked about immaterial concepts perceived within the material situations created in architecture. These immaterial situations are efforts of basing creations on theoretical foundations seeking for superior qualities and, builds on an intellectual journey into the inner worlds of universal realities. In this negotiation, it does not mean that the material is indeed gone or is ignored. On the contrary, materials come out as perceptional situations reflected upon, and thus, going beyond their initial and simple meanings. Therefore, for field of architecture or other disciplines, an immaterial creation involves depth of thinking, interpretations and implications other than those we see directly. From this perspective, the creative act of architecture is discussed related with how the recognition of the creation is established with the tools used. Immaterial tectonics, by challenging the learned or habitual senses, are regarded as a search for quality or expansion of intellectual background towards the essence of creation/space and the superior. This discussion relies on contrasting sensations and offers a reexamination to reach active and creative results of architecture as a deliberate deviation from the existing architectural behavior. Immaterial tectonics is a perceptual architecture that seeks for darkness as well as light; emptiness as well as forms, actions as well as images; essence of material as well as the material and it is an expression of the attempt to rediscover the depths that exist in its meaning.