Architecture and graffiti : the dialogue of place

Abstract

Inquiring beyond the tangible margins of architecture's second skin, what is the real significance of the graffiti expression? In essence it embodies the discourse with space: in a natural space it traces a conversation with nature; in a man-made context it depicts the open communication across civilizations. Graffiti represent the ongoing dialogue with the designed backdrop, a conciliation towards resolving the real meaning of space through mutual recognition, bonding into a relationship of place. The graffito personifies the metaphor of synthesis constructed throughout the discourse, depicting a new imagery over the former structure. The architectural poetics now articulate a fresh idiom; a vernacular language expressing a new identity through an intimate relationship of spatial communication. Architecture stands as a silent witness to the sands of time, narrating the tale of place through an ephemeral canvas of endless verse.