I did read the article and still have the same question. To show that I read it I can even quote the line where they talk about the architect’s motivations: “V

I did read the article and still have the same question. To show that I read it I can even quote the line where they talk about the architect’s motivations: “Venturi wanted the foyer to have the feel of a mighty crypt, leading upstairs to the galleries, so it was a subsidiary space—the beginning of a journey, not a destination.” And still I have the same question? Why would those two false collumn make the space a “subsidiary” space? (Or to put it differentl why would the addition of those two collumns make it more of a subsidiary space than the fact that it is just the foyer of a gallery?) And then the further question is why did they place the false collumns unevenly? If i see it right they form a pair with the real collumns, instead of being evenly distributed in between them. Which is… a choice.