C.A.U.S.E. Studio 2.3 - MAPPING

Cultural Systems/Structures Double dialectic with Natural Systems/Structures

NATURAL SYSTEM STRUCTURE (COMPONENTS)

LANDSCAPE/ORGANISM (reciprocal)

Hypotheses:

Existing structures and interventions may be mediated by the landscape’s natural inclination. The broad Northwestern exposure can be optimized for daylighting and thermal comfort.

Observations:

The site privileges almost uniformly Northwestern exposure. Morning light is hampered by the incline to the Southeast. Western exposure presents a thermal problem but excellent viewshed directed out to the estuary and beyond that the bay

NATURAL SYSTEM FUNCTION (PROCESSES +/-)

ORGANISM/LANDSCAPE (reciprocal)

The watershed of the site comes down to it from the Southeast and appears to be “filtered” heavily by the adjacent wooded zone.

Hypotheses:

We have a clear channelization for rainwater on the site. This should inform any efforts to improve water quality, as well as how the types of intervention/ remediation we undertake might affect groundwater more broadly as well as neighbors “downstream”

TISSUE/COMMUNITY

Hypotheses:

The orientation of structures and interventions to break or disrupt the seasonal vectors of windflow could create more control over thermal comfort.

The turbulent and laminar flow of wind in relation to the human-developed transit system should help direct the structural aspects of our intervention, particularly in regards to placement, orientation, and structural system used.

Observations:

The direction of the slope coupled with the prevailing seasonal winds would likely result in channelized laminar airflow intensely uphill and downhill corresponding as well to true South and North respectively.

TISSUE/COMMUNITY

[Something likened to a woven fabric, as being produced by the intertwining of separate elements; a fabric, network, or web.]

“The map is not the territory.”

Hypotheses:

The parish structure has etched the material and structural evidence of its history of functions into and beneath the surface of the terrain. We must be reflective or considerate of these historical roles and their contaminations.

CULTURAL SYSTEM FUNCTION (PROCESSES +/-)