Architectural Pattern Alexandra Kurek
Thesis Exploration_2015
Consent of solitude is unknown within the confines of chaos Sought patience burdens a restless mind fixating an revolving sky controlled consistency originates attentive curiosity of escape Delicate steel disables visual interactions enlisting desired reprieve Veiled sereneness rests firmly within the discovered moments of choice The depths of marked earth bare a weighted calm within a fixed hysteria Ironic gestures of unmasked stone engage a meditative control Dense rigidity cleanses the disillusion of expanded physical perspectives While proposed filtrations of light greet exposed walls with warm relief Designed contrast evokes contemplative perceptions exposed to body Thirty feet below modest murmurs echo against concrete patterns As potent scents fill the lungs with a thin layer of stained earth Chills of rushing wind emesh the knowledgeably subtracted form As architectural tension dances to the persistent hums of movement Premeditated control evokes subtle intuitions sensationally enlightened Sixty feet below circumstantial relief battles turmoil of visual knowledge A /grave/ heartbeat contained within the depth is the release of chaos Consent of solitude is known within the extension of relief
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PATTERN
PROPORTIONS
MATERIALITY
MEDITATION
04 Arbitrary 10 Architectural 14 Precedents
20 Pattern 24 Spatial 30 Precedents
36 Spatial 38 Weight 42 Precedents
48 Self 52 Action 60 Precedents
PAT T E R N 1.a. 5.b. 7. 9.b.
Something shaped or designed to serve as a model from which a thing is to be made; a design, an outline; an original. A sample; a part presented as an example of a larger set or group. A precedent; that which may be appealed or referred to as a prior example. A natural or chance arrangement of shapes or markings having a decorative or striking effect.
Oxford English Dictionary
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The design process of unfolding space allows for a critical vantage point of an arbitrary pattern. Varying cuts and specified color techniques conceptualize form and materiality including light.
A-Pattern_5_April 2014_Arbitrary Design Process B-Pattern_5_April 2014_Arbitrary Design Final C-Pattern_1_March 2014_Color Study 1 D-Pattern_1_March 2014_Color Underlay 1 E-Pattern_2-9_April 2014_Elevator Study
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Architectural patterns rely upon the material construction of displaced conceptual hallways. A design reinforced by multiple openings made of various proportions and constructions.
A-Pattern_5_August 2014_Conceptual Hallway B-Pattern_5_August 2014_Architectural Light C-Pattern_5_August 2014_Architectural Pattern D-Pattern_1-4_August 2014_Architectural Pattern Study
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Material patterns are the refinement of arbitrary designs and architectural placement. A specified approach practiced with defined precision of detail studies.
A-Newton House_NADAAA B-Monkey Forest Road_Larson Shores Architects C-Turkey Saddle_Grounded D-Kunsthaus_Peter Zumthor
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PROPORTION 1.a. 3.a. 5. 6.a.
Appropriate, fitting, or pleasing relation (of size, etc.) between things or parts of a thing; due relation of one part to another; balance, symmetry Size, extent, magnitude, scale, esp. in relation to some standard Form, shape; configuration; a likeness, a figure A part or portion considered in relation to the whole; a share, a fraction
Oxford English Dictionary
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A
Analysis of the Golden Ratio enhances a basic understanding of architectural arrangement and depth of pattern.
A-Pattern_1_September 2014_Golden Ratio B-Pattern_1-2_September 2014_Golden Ratio Color C-Pattern_1_September 2014_Golden Ratio Overlay
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Stepping Golden Ratio_Process of Color Addition
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Golden Ratio exploration continued to form conceptual hallways based upon guided regulations of proportioned space.
A-Pattern_1_September 2014_Golden Ratio Sketch B-Pattern_6_September 2014_Golden Ratio Hallway C-Pattern_1_September 2014_”GR” Hallway Study 1 D-Pattern_2_September 2014_”GR” Hallway Study 2
E-Pattern_3_September 2014_”GR” Hallway Study 3 F-Pattern_6_September 2014_Golden Ratio Hallway G-Pattern_6_September 2014_Golden Ratio Hallway H-Pattern_6_September 2014_Golden Ratio Hallway
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Proportion focused upon arbitrary overlays of pattern and color as well as enhancing geometric designs of architectural space.
A-Unknown B-Mario Nanni C-Unknown D-Unknown_Photographed by Lucie Julien
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M AT E R I A L ( I T Y ) 1.a. 1.d. 2.b. 6.a. 7.
Of or relating to matter or substance; formed or consisting of matter Forming the substance of a thing Concerned with matter or the physical world; involving the presence, use, or action of matter. Of serious or substantial import; significant, important, of consequence Full of sense, meaning, or pertinent information
Oxford English Dictionary
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A
Stepping Golden Ratio_Process of Removal
Materiality distorts pattern through the construction of visual space, light, and color.
A-Pattern_1_September 2014_Golden Ratio Depth B-Pattern_7_October 2014_”GR” Material Hallway C-Pattern_1_October 2014_Material Pattern D-Pattern_7_October 2014_”GR” Hallway Growth
E-Pattern_7_October 2014_”GR” Material Hallway F-Pattern_7_October 2014_”GR” Material Hallway G-Pattern_7_October 2014_”GR” Material Hallway
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Materials studied are not regulated within the norms of man made construction. A focus specified to physical interactions within ground and visual ornamental features.
A-Uknown B-Castelgrande_Aurelio Galfetti C-Lackawanna Coal Mine_Scranton, PA D-No. 9 Coal Mine_Lansford, PA
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M ED I TAT I O N 1.b. The action, or an act, of meditating; continuous thought or musing upon one subject or series of subjects; (a period of) serious or self reflection or mental contemplation. 1.c. Thought or mental contemplation of something.
Oxford English Dictionary
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Meditation is a continuous thought or mental contemplation of varying truths and ideals. However, it is often noted that a full meditative experience is not understood with the mind, but with the experiential use of the body.
A-Dance Space Mapping_Umea, University of Architecture B-Marco Casalvieri C-Clara Lieu D-Unknown
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Action in the design process focuses upon the idea of continuous study through arbitrary patterns and iterations of architectural spaces.
A-Pattern_3_February 2015_Graphic Print Pattern B-Pattern_1_October 2014_”GR” Elevations C-Pattern_2_October 2014_”GR” Perspectives D-Pattern_3_October 2014_”GR” Arbitrary Patterns
E-Pattern_1_January 2015_Graphic Print Proportions F-Pattern_2_January 2014_Graphic Print Proportions G-Pattern_4_March 2014_Graphic Print Overlays H-Pattern_5_March 2014_Graphic Print Overlays
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A thesis focused upon meditative actions upon various architectural ideas (horizon, light, earth, seclusion, sky, movement). The question was explored through the design tool of pattern (arbitrary, scale, architectural, materiality).
A-Le Corbusier B-Al Irsyad Mosque KBP C-Roden Crater_James Terrell D-Church of Saint George_Lalibela, Ethiopia
E-Unknown F-Caminhos de Santiago Hotel_Aires Mateus G-Danny Jauregui H-Unknown
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