Crisis and Space: An Examination of the Transformative Potentials of the Accident

The research examines the spatial and atmospheric dimensions of the crisis within architectural practice and rethinks the effects of the accident narrative on space through representation. The research examines the concept of space, which is shaped by the multidimensional structure, contradictory relations and political language of architecture. In this context, it aims to explore how the physical and atmospheric situations created by accidents present the relationships in the invisible dimensions of space. This article is based on a doctoral thesis, which is a research process that examines the effects of chaotic structures that emerge during moments of crisis on spatial experience. The research suggests that crisis situations offer a new conceptual field by establishing a relationship with the unknown and unrepresentable. Questioning the effects of the accident on the representation of architecture and spatial practices, the study deciphers the dynamic and coincidental relationships that the structure gains during moments of collision by referring to the concepts of “uncanny space” and “spatial uncertainty”. Revealing the role of the accident in spatial practices from a new perspective, the research opens up new discussions between architecture and the representation of the unseen. As a result, the study discusses how representational processes can be reinterpreted on the images produced by modern architecture and how they can transform the relations between architecture and crisis. As a result, the research offers a new perspective on the representation of architecture and discussions on space through the transformation of structure into time through spatial oppositions and coincidental relations, and physical and atmospheric dialogues established with the invisible dimensions of space.