anna gosselin the science of art
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contents Philosophy
5 Artist’s Statement
Illustration
7 Analytique
Project One
9 Gare de Paris Rive Gauche Abroad studies in Lacoste while working on a project for Paris, France
Illustration Project Two
13 Children’s book The Leafman 15 James Monroe Public Library Visual connection promotes circulation
Illustration Project Three
19 Limerick, Old Man of Marseilles 21 Bywater Community Center Visual and actual streets connect people to the functions of the spaces
Illustration Project Four
25 Coupons 27 Democracy of Public Space City plan to extend the side streets in South Savannah to create a more pedestrian friendly environment
Illustration Project Five
31 Balance 33 Public Proscenium Dance Conservatory for Savannah, Georgia facing Forsyth Park provides a stage for the rhythm of the city
Supplementary Thesis
39 Paintings 47 Thesis Abstract
Elephant Train Monoprint 3
artist’s statement How can architecture communicate the human narrative? Reverberations of design balance the possibilities of analysis and art; the communication of humanity
Elephant Train Ghost Monoprint 5
analytique The merge of technical and perceptual information An analytique is an analytical drawing that reinterprets information to perceptual means.
Usually it tells
the story of the design. This piece was produced in Lacoste, France, focusing on a tree in front of Oliver, the name of the house in the background. The story is that the floorplans or exploded axon are the roots of what becomes architecture.
Analytique, Lacoste France, 2011 7
gare de paris rive gauche Paris Rive Gauche, Paris France, 2011 Project Team Anna Gosselin | Architecture Sean Campbell | Architecture Elizabeth Schminke | Architecture Emily Begley | Interior Design Located in the 13th arrondismont, the Paris Rive Gauche was the project that dictated the surrounding architecture. It was also a very newly built section of Paris. The previous projects were to build up over the old industrial rails that used to supply the city. The structure will remain a neutral static structure in which this dynamic insert will fit. The inserts will also relate to the human scale in proportion and size, encouraging engagement of consumers through the senses similar to the way a street vender would. The modular nature of the design allows for efficient deconstruction and recycling of components to be used in alternative or future projects. The layout of the building is dictated through pedestrian circulation and is organized around a central atrium providing clarity by view of the trains on all floors.
Collaborative Perspectives 9
Perspective 11
the Leafman
Children’s Book Illustration
A little girl surprises the leafman, the personification of Fall. The source of surprise is the candle, which would inevitably set the leafman on fire. Thus she scares him, and gives way to winter.
The Leafman, Children’s book, written and illustrated 2012 13
public library Washington DC, Fall 2011 “Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears, even if the thread of their discourse is secret, their rules absurd, their perspectives deceitful and everything conceals something else.” -Italo Calvino
Visual connection is a primary way people navigate their environment. Thus the circulation system allowed the visitor to see the stacks as well as the circulation in a central atrium. Connection is the communication of a city. The project became a study of “twining” “perspective” and the “diachronic” viewpoint and the extension and tension of two objects.
Collaborative site model Paris compared to Washington DC 15
Perspective Sketched Floorplan Elevations
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limerick Edward Lear
There was an Old Man of Marseilles, Whose daughters wore bottle-green veils; They caught several Fish, Which they put in a dish, And sent to their Pa’ at Marseilles.
Old Man of Marsielles, Illustration, 2012 19
Second Floor Plan
First Floor Plan
bywater community space New Orleans, LA, Winter 2011 Collaborative Project Anna Gosselin | Architecture Peng Han Wu | Graduate Interior Design The existing horse stable structure is preserved to be reintegrated as part of a cultural history. Alignment in the windows allowed for visual sightlines through the building to reveal its activities to the street. Between the buildings intersected two pedestrian “streets� positioned at the angles of the grid of Frenchman Street, the street of local Jazz culture. These were created to connect and welcome cultural events to take place, such as performance, music and dining.
Floorplans Rhino Model Perspective Elevations
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Site Plan Interior Street Diagram
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coupons Charles Bukowski cigarettes wetted with beer from the night before you light one gag open the door for air and on your doorstep is a dead sparrow his head and breast chewed away. hanging from the doorknob is an ad from the All American Burger consisting of several coupons which say that with the purchase of a burger from Feb. 12 thru Feb. 15 you can get a free regular size bag of french fries and one 10 oz. cup of coca cola. I take the ad wrap the sparrow carry him to the trash bin and dump him in. look: forsaking fries and coke to help keep my city clean.
Pastel on yellow paper, 2012 25
Master Plan
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democracy of public space Savannah, GA, 2012 Collaborative Project Anna Gosselin | Tae Myung The purpose of this project is to increase the density of the street faรงades between Abercorn Street and White Bluff Road with the addition of East-West streets. Street Plan | WHITE BLUFF ROAD To create an interesting place to stop as well as diffuse traffic, the plan includes a two way for vehicles, two lanes for a tram, two lane bike path, and a pedestrian walk. The roundabouts (squares) should contain the tram stops, so the covered seats can house people waiting for the tram. Street Plan | ABERCORN STREET The objective of the proposals for Abercorn Street is to diffuse traffic and allow for east-west pedestrian and vehicular movement. Implementing roundabouts containing bioswales and crosswalks on Abercorn Street, as well as planting the median with trees will create a sense of space and density. The tram and reconnection of the east-west streets will cause reduced speeds resulting in less traffic, and a denser, more pleasant place to be. Multi-Modal Node In order for a successful tram system there needs to be a place for people to drive to and from their homes to park their car and walk to a stop. These multi-modal nodes should be implemented along the entirety of the tram route down Bull Street, however for the purpose of this project, they are placed at DeRenne Avenue and
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the intersection of Abercorn Street and White Bluff Collaborative Drawing 27
Road.
Proposed Perspective Apocalyptic Perspective 29
balance Pen and ink, 2012
Balance is always illusive. If the world were balanced there would be no invention, no dynamism, it would stand still. Balance can be better understood or even achieved in a rhythm of what pushes us out of balance. To set a pendulum in motion.
Balance, 2012 31
public proscenium Savannah Conservatory of Dance, Savannah, GA, 2012 The Greek origin for the term proscenium is the front of the building forming the background for the drama. In performance theory, it is considered through this window that the audience is emotionally carried to another realm. Paradoxically, the drama is often a reflection or exaggerated representation of society. Thus, as many art forms, the stage becomes the dramatic perspective from which we see ourselves. This idea that we are seeing while also being seen is an often revisited concept in theater design. The arch is a repetitive element throughout the design that represents increasingly private thresholds, as though embarking the dramatic silent rhythm of the city. Perspective of wood model 33
third floor
second floor
first floor
basement floor
Floorplans Context Elevation
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Photo of section model 37
New Orleans, LA 39
Gallery Espresso 41
Plan to section of Artist’s Studio, Fundamental Design work 43
Forsyth Park 45
[architecture and narrative] How can architecture communicate the human narrative? Using the experience of space as well as works of literature, it is possible to utilize the structure of our stories to communicate the human narrative in architecture. Architecture as a character can be defined by its age and its remembered experience as well as the perception of how people relate to it, which separates it into a dichotomy of both a physical character and a psychological character. Therefore the architecture will be designed for both the imagination and the tangible: taking precedent in the reflective, representational, and repetitive nature of humanity’s creations. The works by Thomas Thiis-Evensen, Gaston Bachelard, and Sophia Psarra have become the guides of creating such a space. The creative works of Italo Calvino, Charlie Kaufman, Franz Kafka, Shaun Tan, and Giuseppe Terragni have become the inspiration. Thus it will find connection to a place through memory and oneiric experience, how we develop and design relationships, culminating in the communicative nature of architecture.
Abstract Illustration 47
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