V V C
isualising the irtual
oncourse
2008
Diana Wong Denny Juan Fiona Bryant
Contents 1.1
PREAMBLE
2.1
LICORICE
3.1
PORCUPINE
4.1
PINEAPPLE
VVC
focuses on exploring the link between the real a demonstrates potentials for architecture beyond conventional accommod within the virtual, but always relating that back to material, physical realiti
This design is a focus on the representation of information in a particular c tinues this into a different mode. The aim of VVC 08-2 is to further this project and develop the established materiality.
The previous model was designed as mapping tool and a model for data v showed the length of time and the amount of data contained within a sing
This model continues these ideas in the form of a torus. Instead of the use can be applied to any source of information. It asks questions not what the torus is , but as it could be.
and virtual environments through architectural intelligence. The VVC experiments and dative opportunities, re-assessing current modes of operation and re-contextualizing them ies.
context. It reflects upon previous developments of the representation of information and conelements that were evident in the previous model in order to move towards dynamic form and
visualization for the program Quick Links. The data was represented in the form of a torus and gle web-based program.
e of Quick-Links as a source of the collection of data. We determined a model on the basis that it
The first step of development is the dissection and examination of the torus. The division of time into weeks, days, hours, minutes. The division of the collective into specific individuals. The representation of the individual as a simple strand that fluctuates over it’s lifecycle inside the torus. The torus symbolises the activities as a whole and as a representation of that length of time.
FLUCTUATION
SINGLE INDIVIDUAL
beginning
end.
These experimentations led to the single idea of
density. The density of information that is evident in the m
majority of large and small scale projects. The possibility of creating a device to examine density in physical form.
PORCUPINE. We examined the original torus and the nature of it’s construction. The original torus had the appearance of being based on one single piece of information despite it being based on a whole web program devoted to a multitude of information being uploaded and downloaded simultaneously. This served as the basis of the examination on how clearly the single parts of information that make the collective can be represented. The end result is the protrusion.
PROTRUSION single piece of information collected and formed as an object that is extruded . The height is dependent on the amount of information that is evident within that object.
SECTION
APETURE
“small” - less information
“large” - more information
“solid” - no information
PLAN
“mid” - adequate information
height dependent on amount of information
STRAND Follow the length of the torus lifetime.
THE INDIVIDUAL representation of information as a collective and its relationship to neighbouring individuals. Indi-
SECTION Torus of a single semester.
blur
transparency
extrusion
opacity
torus
apeture
complexity texture
de
ensity
skin
random
symbol
collective
connection
fluctuate
EXTRUSION The quality of the information collected is signified by the height of the apeture and it’s projection from the surface.
TRANSPARENCY The quality of the information collected is signified by levels of opacity and transparency. The increase in transparency represents information that is resourceful.
APETURE Large opening signifies a great amount of information being transposed at that particular time.
SECTION Torus of a single semester.
small distance = more inter
STRAND Follow the length of the torus lifetime.
THE INDIVIDUAL representation of information as a collective and its relationship to neighbouring individuals. Individual strands signify the “gather� of information.
raction
RELATIONSHIPS
large distance =more interaction
Nest Information gathered by a single individual. Collective of the same information from different sources results in intersection in the nest.
Cycle Proposal of the continuation of the torus over time.
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