Theory
Junkspace
Explore in the Atlas →Rem Koolhaas's polemical name for the continuous, air-conditioned, escalator-knitted residue produced by modernisation — the seamless interiorised space of malls, airports and atriums that accumulates without composition and constitutes the dominant condition of contemporary building.
Exchange Ephemerality
Details
- Introduced
- 2000s
Classifications
- Holder
- Individual
- Source of authority
- Observation
- Subject
- Human centred
- Political position
- Subaltern resistant
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawing
- Knowledge type
- Propositional
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Connections
- relates to Non-Place
Referenced by
- Terrain Vague opposes
- Bigness relates to
- Rem Koolhaas proposed
Sources
- Rem Koolhaas. Junkspace. October, No. 100 (MIT Press), 2002.
- in Crysler, Cairns & Heynen (eds), The SAGE Handbook of Architectural Theory, SAGE, 2012 — export p. 14 of 19
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Junkspace." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theory/junkspace/. Accessed July 17, 2026.