The In-Between
The threshold between what was and what will be is rarely experienced. We never pause to capture the liminal stage; however, the change itself is of the essence and demands to be captured, slowed down in order to be experienced.
Change often arrives quietly, revealing its weight and impact only after it has passed; what truly transforms us is the moment in between. It is within that suspended interval, neither before nor after, that perception begins to shift. The in-between carries a quiet tension where certainty softens and becoming takes form. In these fleeting thresholds, transformation is not announced but absorbed.
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– Affifa Zia is a licensed, practicing architect, as well as a lecturer at Beaconhouse National University. Her work moves between design and research, grounded in an interest in architectural history and its relationship with society. She explores how culture, memory, and emotion are embedded within built form, and how philosophy and critique can reshape the way we understand space.
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