How do we construct the spaces in which culture unfolds—and how do those spaces, in turn, construct us? Shaping Space investigates the porous boundaries between art, architecture, and performance in the 21st century, revealing a cross-disciplinary dialogue that has come to define our visual and spatial landscape. With essays and projects by leading artists, architects, scenographers, and theorists, the book explores how buildings become stages, exhibitions become acts, and the viewer becomes both actor and audience.

From immersive installations to ephemeral theaters of experience, this volume charts a cultural shift: space is no longer static—it is scripted, scored, and staged. Here, architecture is not merely shelter but scenography; art is not object but environment; and theater escapes the proscenium to merge with the real. Across these pages, readers encounter works that refuse disciplinary silos, creating instead new grammars of experience, encounter, and embodiment.