OBS-ART-036
Jaume Plensa — Mesh Heads
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Pressure as Volume
OBS-ART-036
Spatial Construction
Atlas Index:
OBS-ART-036
Origin:
Barcelona
Era:
2000s–present
Themes / Lineage:
boundary expansion • open structure
Field Notes:
mesh • orbit • tension
Quiet Modernism appears here as volume defined through compression.

Pressure as Volume

Jaume Plensa — Mesh Heads

Compression thickens space.

Expansion is withheld.

Volume tightens.

How does space compress?
Volume is often read as open, yet compression thickens it. Expansion is withheld. What continues is space held under load.

Volume is often read as open, yet compression thickens it.

Expansion is withheld.

What continues is space held under load.

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