Thinking Space: Readings from a Life in Architecture Publisher / Paul Mellon Centre documentation of Ai Weiwei’s gigantic

documentation of Ai Weiwei’s gigantic Amazon rain-forest project

under the shadow of his father's dark prophesy

which stinks of rotting flesh to attract insects

vegetables

social background

Thinking Space: Readings from a Life in Architecture Publisher / Paul Mellon Centre documentation of Ai Weiwei’s giganticIn this volume, architect and educator Leon van Schaik explores how books, and book collecting, have framed his lifelong research into spatial intelligence the ways in which our past experiences in physical space shape our mental space, which in turn informs how we act in the world. A journey through the history of the authors own library, the book reveals some of his most prized texts, the deeply personal relationships they represent, and their