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T H E K L A Those who arrive at Thekla can see little of the city, beyond the plank fences, the sackcloth screens, the scaffoldings, the metal armatures, the wooden catwalks hanging from ropes or supported by sawhorses, the ladders, the trestles. If you ask, "Why is Thekla's construction taking such a long time?" the inhabitants continue hoisting sacks, lowering leaded strings, moving long brushes up and down, as they answer, "So that its destruction cannot begin." And if asked whether they fear that, once the scaffoldings are removed, the city may begin to crumble and fall to pieces, they add hastily, in a whisper, "Not only the city."
If, dissatisfied with the answers, someone puts his eye to a crack in a fence, he sees cranes pulling up other cranes, scaffoldings that embrace other scaffoldings, beams that prop up other beams. "What meaning does your construction have?" he asks. "What is the aim of a city under construction unless it is a city? Where is the plan you are following, the blueprint?" "We will show it to you as soon as the working day is over; we cannot interrupt our work now," they answer. Work stops at sunset. Darkness falls over the building site. The sky is filled with stars. "There is the blueprint," they say.
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UNDER CONSTRUCTION Unfinished and naked space. Web of rope, wood,and metal. Exposed to outside. HANGING IN HIGH Tottering and Brittle Path. Changable Orientation. Feeling of Moving RAWLY TIED Fragile and unbalanced.
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MODEL #1 Condition 1
A space made of construction inside a construction. A web that made by wood wrapped with metal and ropes. The mess and the bond of its structure create a complicated, rigid, and joyful space.
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MODEL #1 Condition 2
At night, when the starlight hits the City of Thekla, all the metal materials reflect the light. Its gleam makes a cold, but delightful space.
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MODEL #2 Condition 1
Another concept of construction inside a construction. A wood construction’s halfwrapped with metal structure that supported with wooden pole. Thinner composition and its blooming form make the space has more quality of lightness and openness and it feels warmer because of the exposed wood color.
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MODEL #2 Condition 2
With the light reflected by the metal surface, the space become brighter, the wood’s color become clearer. The contrast color, the bright, and the shadow expose its rhythm and movement. It makes the space become more attractive.
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INVISIBLE CITIES CITIES AND THE SKY #3
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