Abstract:
Program and event are two distinct entities. The major difference between the two is the
nature of occurrence. The former refers to a planned/probable occurrence, whereas the
later refers to the unexpected / unpredictable occurrence. The idea of event is what gives
meaning to design'. Architecture is not just four walls resting on a foundation it has more
meaning attached to it; this connotation may come from designing for the event or may just
be there, unconscious.
The idea of event generating spaces is not a new one and has been into play since the very
beginning, an open piazza with a vendor selling his produce turns the empty open space into
a meaningful entity, a place, with memories associated with it. A person selling balloons on
a street adds more meaning to the definition of the street then just a pathway connecting
other courses.
All these events have occurred by virtue of something that triggered them; being architects
we actually 'design' eventual spaces. These spaces may be un-programmed but this does
not imply that they are un-designed. These spaces are actually insertions of non-places
between programmed spaces which then dictate each other's narrative; here non-places
does not imply to "places of transience"".
A bazaar in the local context is another example of such an eventual space. The bazaar just
came into being by one commercial act of a trader who wanted to sell his/her goods. The
event generated a space. This space, then regenerated sub-events which are not just related
