The value of heterotopia space constructed by the hybridity of physical and digital interior design

Author

Cherry Dharmawan, S.Sn, M.Sn

Abstrak

Heterotopia is a theoretical concept referring to real space comprising characteristics such as ambiguous, temporary, contextual, personal, and illusive. It unveils the contradictive hidden meaning. The advance of digital technology in design brings forth the hybridity that delivers a spatial aesthetic experience in the form of an intervention space between the physical element with its constant trait and the digital space that is temporary; between a more objective construction of meaning and contextual or personal. The case study method was used in this study with objects from the Museum of the Bible, the Vuitton store, and the Miguel Chevalier Digital Art Installation. The result is that the value of heterotopia was used as a critique space and a representation of identity crisis precipitated by the encounter between physical and digital space. It in turn stipulates interior design to redefine the understanding of space. The meaning of space is a value which will always be present in a process of negotiating and reinterpreting.