B11_#114 // The Vestibule // Quentin Dauvergne

Vestibules, Antichambers, Boudoirs,

Notions of a dialogue between oneself ’s state of mind

And the elegant gestures of an Architecture.

Opening slowly, faintly unveiled from the shadows

To which the eye slowly gets used,

Perhaps about to reveal

It’s most precious treasure;

A silence tenuously suspended

In Time.

Contemporary vestibules display the paradox of ours,

When efforts and patience gave way

To easyness and instantaneity

In one glance,

We should understand,

Get hooked or blown away

Producing desires for more,

Looking for what’s left.

Through rich materials and designer furnitures

– fake ones, screw intellectual rights –

Transparency shows us the world we expect

Clean, convenient and immediate.

Sometimes the only thing that should be designed

Is a door handle.

Quentin Dauvergne is a Diploma Student at the Architectural Association