Then Now
Then Now describes adaptive use interiors characterized by a clear differentiation between old and new interior elements, usually resulting in heightened visual contrast between a historic architectural shell and the newer contents contained within.
similar but different
- Ruin Ruin is a material archetype that describes interior elements such as walls, floors, ceilings, or columns that appear in a raw, exposed state and exhibit the accumulation of history on an aging surface.
expanded research
practice types
bibliographic citations
1) The Interior Archetypes Research and Teaching Project, Cornell University, www.intypes.cornell.edu (accessed month & date, year).
2) Malyak, Kristin. “Theory Studies: Archetypical Retail Practices in Contemporary Interior Design,” M.A. Thesis, Cornell University, 2011, 366-401.
