Abstract
It's widely accepted that work that takes architecture as a discipline as its subject - be it art history, the history of techniques, statistics or even photography - has a scientific dimension. But the assumption that the project process internal to the discipline also leads to discoveries and the formation of knowledge remains contested. In this intervention, design work will be considered as an experimental process, with the project conceived less as a contribution to the transformation or embellishment of the world than as an attempt to enable a new experience in architecture itself. In contrast to the experimental devices developed in the scientific field, this experience cannot be dissociated from the lived perception of architectural space, as will be shown by several examples such as the new Competence Center designed for Holcim in Holderbank.
