LEXICON OF ISOLATION
Maunsell Fort Fire Tower Cabin Prison Cell Sensory Deprevation Cell Stylite Water Well India
Maunsell Fort location: Eastern Sea of England -location: distant (away) seperated -# of people: groups of people -purpose for being there: war/work -factors of degridation: salt, water, time, weather -still used: no senses: to see, to hear, to smell
contain insurt protect monument space on edge
1/4 inch = 1 foot
1/16 inch = 1 foot
MAUNSELL FORT
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group configuration
Fire Tower location: tops of mountains -location: distant (away) seperated -# of people: one -purpose for being there: work -factors of degridation: time and weather -still used: many are still used as cabins senses: to see
contain insurt lifted monument object in void
1/4 inch = 1 foot
1/16 inch = 1 foot
FIRE TOWER
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site context
Henry David Thoreau’s Cabin location: New England, USA -location: distant (away) seperated -# of people: single person -purpose for being there: choice; restore oneself, get away, restoration -factors of degridation: weather time -still used: as museum
contain insurt monument object in space
1/4 inch = 1 foot
1/8 inch = 1 foot
cabin is isolated (by location)
CABIN DIAGRAM
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movement paths of typical day
Prison Cell location: adjacent populations -use: hold people for punsihment -# of people: single person -purpose for being there: force and choice -factors of degridation: weather and time -still used: as a prison -senses: to see, to hear, to touch, to smell
contain insurt void in solid alienation of body
1/4 inch = 1 foot
1/8 inch = 1 foot
front of cell (entry door)
back of cell (window out)
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PRISON DIAGRAM
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movement paths of an inmate
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Sensory Deprivation Tank location: fancy spa __ use: restoration, healing -# of people: single person -purpose for being there: choice -senses: to touch, to smell, to hear -life after trend death?
object contain visual distance alienation of the body
1/4 inch = 1 foot
1/8 inch = 1 foot
Sensory pod
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the person floats in the dark in salt water
thoughts running free while in isolation
Stylite
location: anywhere -use: choice; to bring oneself closer to god while removing themselves from modern desires and distractions -# of people: single person -still used: as a monument -senses: to see and touch
lift contain protect monument object in space
1/4 inch = 1 foot
stylite
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action of lifting
Step Well, India location: adjacent to village or city __ use: for residents to retrieve water __ # of people: as many as needed -purpose for being there: need __ factors of degridation: time and weather __ still used: as monument, as pool, as well -spatial qualities: cave for public; object in void
sunk ritual survival equity
1/4 inch = 1 foot
1/16 inch = 1 foot
water well
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approach by all sides used by all peoples