semester 1

andrew thomas wong de(monster)ative architectures fall 2013

atw57

table of contents seq. 1

1-2

seq. 2

2-3

seq. 3

3-5

seq. 4

5-17

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Rufous Net-Casting Spider (Deinopis subrufa)

2

monofilament, wood, brass tubing

t hi s m ode l, han gin g in t h e M ilstein entrance, s c al l ed al l three l evel s o f the bu il ding a nd ai me d to rep resent t h e an imal ’s ver tic al natu re and rel atio ns hip w ith its webs

w e b p ro g re s s i o n

3

elastic, string, pencils, wood, brass tubing

t he drawi ng a pparat us was design ed to c reate a lo gi ca l, ra d i al d rawin g

drawing apparatus

4

p ro d u c e d d r a w i n g

5

“little fetishes�

staple s, foam, wire

b a s s wo o d

ple x iglass, c hipboard

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b a ssw ood, paper, chipboard thi s mo del discusses element s o f s hear ing and inter s ec tio n, q u al ities ap pare nt in t h e pro duced draw ing.

t h is drawin g is tak es the f inal fetis h and exper im ents w it h b o t h over lay an d repetitio n to inv ite the no tio n o f a f iel d co n d i t i o n

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axonometric of final fetish

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s i t e re n d e r i n g

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10

t h es e i ma ge s a nd mo del co nt in ue t h e idea o f s ite co n di ti on and fur t h er ref in e t h e p hysical fo r m s

wood, roc k ite , wire , s tr in g

p re l i m i n a r y m o d e l

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section (1/8)

sectional detail (1/4)

12

axonometric (1/16)

plan (1/8)

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w i re f r a m e f o r f i n a l m o d e l

s e c t i o n a l re n d e r i n g

14

final model

t h e fi nal m odel lo o ked to ref in e t h e t wo la ngua ge s p resented in t h e f in al fet i s h and the p receedin g p ro duced d rawi ng. Poe t ics in clude a ret un to t h e ne ar- i nv i s ib ilit y o f t h e wiref rawe a n d i ntr u s ti on o f masses susp en ed w i thi ng the d elicate n et wo r k

forme d roc k ite , st e e l wire