NARRATIVES EXPLAIN SPACES (ANA FITRIYANI / 1006775501)
CITIES & DESIRE:
DESPINA FROM THE BOOK “INVISIBLE CITIES”
Cover sketched by Goastar (http://www.playdom.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=85445)
“Despina can be reached in two ways: by ship or by camel. The city displays one face to the traveller arriving overland and a different one to him who arrives by sea.�
-From the book Invicible Cities-
Picture by: allaboutdrawings.com/ www.alexkorting.de
“Each city receives its form from the desert it opposes …
SEA
DESERT
DESPINA DESERT
… and so the camel driver and the sailor see Despina, a border city between two deserts.”
DESPINA When the camel driver sees QUALITY OF SPACE
iconic
high Open-space with landscape
windy
Intenseness
DESPINA When the sailor sees QUALITY OF SPACE
shady high & white movement distraction
fresh (water as metaphor)
a hide-andseek
SKETCHES
reflecting surface (mirror)
intense
FROM THE ENTRANCE 1
make a form of light
high space windy OPPOSE EACH OTHER, ACTUALLY SAME
FROM THE ENTRANCE 1 opening, to get outdoor view
FINAL MODEL
END. THANK YOU :)