ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO: EARTH S1, 2016 SUBJECT STUDENT BOOK Isabella Paola-Rose Etna
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CONTENTS 1.0 THREE RELATIONSHIPS 1.1 Point/Line/Plane: A study of a trapped void in delicate tension 1.2 Mass: The exploration of traversing spatial dimensions 1.3 Frame & Infill: Discovering the parallax as a device of disclosure
2.0 HERRING ISLAND. SOMETHING LIKE A PAVILION 2.1 Site analysis and Conceptacle: Strategies for an architectural intervention suggesting at an idea hidden from plain sight 2.2 Concept and Sketch design: THE CO-EXISTENCE OF CLOSED - OPEN LOOP CYCLE 2.3 Design Development: The construction of an artificial mirage hidden from plain sight 2.4 Final Design drawings: 2.6 Final Design Model:
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1.0 THREE RELATIONSHIPS
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1.1 POINT / LINE / PLANE My ‘trapped void in transparent space’ study in delicate tension Inspired by Kandinsky’s dynamic use of point, line and plane I explored the extremity of lines as unlimited edges in my three dimensional study.
Wassily Kandinsky, Delicate Tension, 1923
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1.2 MASS The exploration of traversing spatial dimensions
I explored this concept in terms of Boullee’s Cénotaphe à Newton, which forms part a broader historical narrative about Man’s conception of space and mass (and how this works from closed systems view to an open systems view of the universe), the premise of which is the dissention from classical physics as follows. Firstly, Copernicus’ Terra-centric logic was understood within a fixed dimension. Secondly, Newton’s Helio-centric concept of mass was understood within a fixed dimension. Thirdly, Einstien’s concept of mass is understood within an infinite dimension. My drawings resonate with this final concept and visulaises infitie spatial movements, not limited to any one axis. I contemplated the possiblities to traverse space in a non-Euclidean format.
Etienne-Louis Boullee, Cénotaphe à Newton, 1784
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1.3 FRAME + INFILL Discovering the parallax as a device of disclosure Inspired by Manet’s representation of psychological space, by the use of visuasl techniques that exist on the same visual field, contradictory perspectives, Through the concepts that I discovered in Manet’s Le Dejeuner sur l’herbe, I came to my own conclusion about what Zizek calls “parallax”.
Édouard Manet, Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe, 1863
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PARALLAX Discovering the parallax as a device of disclosure Framing device that involves the rotation of parts as a whole to reveal an event or ‘secret’. It is represented by the convergence of opposite dimensions framed in vacuum space where nothing can escape.
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Please refer to my ‘Conceptacle’ video file via Google Drive link on my BLOG
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3.0 HERRING ISLAND. SOMETHING LIKE A PAVILION Strategies for an architectural intervention suggesting at an idea hidden from plain sight
It has come to my attention through my observations that the natural landscape can possess an ephemeral quality, like a secret that can only be represented in physical form by an architectural expression. I believe that such an architecture is a search for knowledge, which if not found, is lost. It is a way to theatrically represent illusionary space whereby a hidden dimension is the underlying proposition. The architecture is compelled by the search for a truth and it’s disclosure, like an invisible energy made visible by colour, form and animation. The physical enactment of the underlying proposition could reasonably be perceived to be like Manet’s disclosure of coexisting dimensions, represented by disconnected perspectives (Luncheon on the Green); Manet portrays a parallax event. Within the architectural expression the physical movement of the perceiver is essential for the disclosure of a truth.
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NATURAL ORDER
3.1 CONCEPTACLE DISCLOSING THE CO-EXISTENCE
MANIPULATION Closed loop
My record of the unique geometric narrative of Herring Island finds a coexistence of mutual but exclusive dimensions. This is the “closed to open loop duality” that has historically evolved through the physical manipulation of the Herring Island land mass. The role of architecture must recognise the free will of the natural order rather than its manipulation through human intervention. My Conceptacle portrays that a delicate tension exists between the free will of the natural order and the manipulation of a geographic topography. The Herring Island experiment discloses the co-exestience of free will of the natural order in contrast to human manipulation. My Conceptacle is a functioning representation for the coexistence of these mutual dimensions, observable and concealed. It employs a two dimensional kinetic action, rotation, to reveal a secret planar dimension that is hidden from sight.
FREE WILL Fulfillment of the site’s open loopnarrative
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ARCHITECTURAL INCURSION EVENT Creates an artificial mirage of naturally occuring phenomena (superior image) by representing the co-existence of CLOSED LOOP cycles to OPEN LOOP cycles
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ECOSYSTEM TWO Site specific bio-morphic cycles restore CLOSED LOOP fluid dynamic Introduction of the M1 Freeway and periphery bike paths are an OPEN LOOP thermodynamic plane
1934 NATURAL INUNDATION EVENT OPEN LOOP fluid dynamic replaces closed loop fluid dynamic
1928+ ECOSYSTEM ONE Site specific bio-morphic cycles and fluid dynamic system occur as a CLOSED LOOP
1928+ CLOSED LOOP: INCURSION EVENT Civil works create a unique disconnected thermal landmass and a closed loop fluid dynamic
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3.2 CONCEPT AND SKETCH DESIGN THE CO-EXISTENCE OF CLOSED - OPEN LOOP CYCLES
The sites observable (OBJECTIVE) narrative informs the perceivable (SUBJECTIVE) narrative. I have applied my “closed to open loop duality” as the underlying proposition for an architectural expression at Herring Island. I settled on the idea of open loop flyovers pathways, that traverse across the spatial fluidity zone (Yarra River), it’s like the boundaries become unglued and the only fixed determinant is the parallax event.
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INVESTIGATION OF ALTERNATIVE REPRESENTATIONS OF CLOSED OPEN LOOPS:
Closed loop
Open loop cross over
Open loop with interstitial gap
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3.3 DESIGN DEVELOPMENT THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ARTIFICIAL MIRAGE TO SUGGEST A HIDDEN DIMENSION HIDDEN FROM PLAIN SIGHT
My architectural response is both a meditation on an elusive landscape and a materialisation of its enigmatic secret, more real than imaginary. Herring Island has a suggestive poetic logic, that can only be observed through my parallax event, and where the physical movement of the perceiver is essential for the disclosure of a truth. My intent is to suggest the possibility for the discovery of a secret, an undiscovered dimension through the duality of open to closed loop systems, understood through the witness of the parallax.
COOP HIMMELB(L)AU, Astro Balloon 1969 Revisited - Feedback Space, 2008
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3.4 FINAL DESIGN MODEL THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ARTIFICIAL MIRAGE TO SUGGEST A HIDDEN DIMENSION HIDDEN FROM PLAIN SIGHT
Edges of space defined by a limited extremity (plane)
My architectural expression suggests a disclosure of a truth about the natural order, also hidden from plain sight but observable through a parallax event. The parallax is achieved by employing two 3D animations, the inflating pneumatic spheres, that occur simultaneously at a convergence point, the water box. Whereby the expanding volumes, the simultaneous occurrence of balloon deflation and water displacement coerce the traveller to witness a central displacement event. It is the construction of an artificial mirage; a superior image within a naturally occurring event of atmospheric refraction, like an optic lensing technique that can visualise the coexistence of mutual but exclusive dimensions. In following the observable narrative of the site I have created a subjective narrative in order to approximate the site. By relying on mechanisms that are unique to the site; I remained faithful to the fluid dynamic characteristics of the site. The secret is in the revealing the interaction between the open to closed loop phenomenon. Provisions for amenities, and a technical and sound room have also been catered for in the design. The bathroomsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s are located at the South East access to the flyover pathway. The technical and sound room are located underneath the constructed mirage.
Edges of space defined by unlimited extremity (line-without plane)
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PARALLAX MOMENT: INTERACTION BETWEEN OPEN-CLOSED LOOP
Please refer to my ‘Model 1’ video file via Google Drive link on my BLOG
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PARALLAX MOMENT: INTERACTION BETWEEN OPEN-CLOSED LOOP
Please refer to my ‘Model 2’ video file via Google Drive link on my BLOG
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CONSTRUCTING THE ‘TECHNICAL ROOM’
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4.0 REFLECTION Through this enquiry I have realised that a role of architecture is in the approximation of a naturarlly occuring event to represent my findings. Based on my observations and findings I propse that architecture is an approximation of the co-existance of mutual dimensions. My observations of the site revealed that the historical evolution of the physical land mass consists of an interaction between closed-open loop systmes. My finding that there is a dialogue between open and closed loop systems enables the architect to explore the role of limited space and unlimited space as defined by point, line and plane. My findings further the physical mass and the kind of transitions through that physical mass as represented in the work of Lewis Caroll and Quantum physics. In the constructing of an artificial mirage, I have utilised parallax as a way of representing co-existing dimension, represented by my conceptacle. My final model represents a mirage of whereby a two fold container displaces into a 1 fold container, and two balloons hidden from sight. Through the construction of an artificial image the architecture becomes a representation of a hidden reality, amplified by optical effects such as the parallax and lensing effects.
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4.0 BIBLIOG
Kandinsky, WJ, 1923, Delicate Ten <https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/44/
Boullee, EL, 1784, Cénotaphe à Ne < http://archpaper.com/2011/12/zen-otaph-steve-jo
Alice in Wonderland, nd, digital a <http://www.leffatykki.com/static/content/ima
Talsma, I, n.d, Down the rabbit hole <http://isabelt
Principle s of Quantum Phys <https://www.technologyreview.com/i/legacy/
COOP HIMMELB(L)AU, 2008, Astro Balloon 1969 Revisi < http://www.coop-himmelblau.at/architecture/pro
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GRAPHY
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sics, n.d, visited 19 May 2016 /quantum_anticentrifugal_force.png?sw=1180>
ited - Feedback Space, installation, visited May 2016 ojects/feedback-space-astro-balloon-1969-revisited>
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