Ernest Calderon Rios 2/4/14 Summary: Reynolds Spatial Metaphors It is interesting to think of space in the way that Reynolds

presents it, backed by his many sources. His main and most prominent one is of course Henri LeFebvres The Production of Space. LeFebvres work aimed at creating a science of sorts for discussing space. He wrote of perceived, conceived, and lived space. He referred to these as Spatial Practice, Representations of Space, and Representational Spaces. Perceived space is the physical space itself, whether it is a building, a room, or a plot of land. Conceived space is the geometrical definition of said space. Think map, blueprint, or even a sign. Lived space is what they space represents, what it means. Here, I thought of the phrase if these walls could speak. In this third tier, it comes down to the function and purpose of the space. Reynolds made it clear that the three pillars of LeFebvres theory must be considered as three parts of a whole, swirled together to amass one idea. Reynolds talks about how modernist spaces are usually very neutral because they were created to be able to serve nearly any possible function. Postmodernist spaces have more aesthetic sensibility as he puts it. They leave behind their bland predecessors for more attractive looks. Spaces are always changing, however, particularly more so now that are well into the twenty-first century. Think about the Internet and how it may be a considered a social space. Here, Reynolds dives into a interesting bit on our perception of space and time, and how technology has affected it. Basically, our ever-evolving technology has made it so the great distances that separate us practically mean nothing. Citing David Harvey, he calls this effect time-space compression. This is giving us the illusion of a shrinking world, a global village.