Spatial Glyph Diagrams

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SPATIAL LANGUAGE GLYPHS AND THE EXPRESSION OF MATERIAL CONDITIONS

02. THE FOREIGNER: EXPLORATIONS AND (MIS)UNDERSTANDINGS AVENUE DE L'OBSERVATOIRE -

AVENUE DE L始OBSERVATOIRE - GLYPH BASED SITE ANALYSES

RESEARCH/VISUAL EXPLORATION _ CONCLUSIONS

SAMPLING The project uses a base unit of a 50 M square to analyze the site. Squares are selected to provide interesting diversity in spatial quality, and to explore the varying nature of intimate spaces across site. As spaces change, the snapshots reflect the different spatial qualities, materialities, and compositions.

SIMPLIFICATION Snapshots are reduced to line drawings, simplifying information, and providing planar representations of each spatial sample. These samples become 2D compositions which allow for proportional analysis and streamlined identification and delineation of material.

ORGANIZATION Labelling each sampling we created a matrix for organization. This matrix provided a system to reproduce elements devoid of clutter, and created a system for mapping each sample square back to its original place.

A3

A10 A14

A13

A12

C5

E5

A6

B9

C11

C2

C4

C13

D6

A1

B6

B5

C14

D1

D5

D2

C3

D3

D10 D11

D9

D7

D8 E4

E3

E8

E9

E7 E14 E13

F4

F3

F5

F1 F14

E10

E11

E12

F2

F12

F11

F7 F9

F13

F8

F10

F6

G3 G1

G2

G9

G5 G6

G8

G11

G12

G13

G4

G10

G7 H1

G14 H10

H12

H2

H3

H7

H8

H6

H9

H11

H4 H5

I1 H13

I3

I2

H14

I7

I4

I5

I6

I8 I10

I9

I11

J9

I14

I13 I12

J5 J13

J14 J9 J3

J10

J2

J12 J6 J1

B4

D4

D13

E1 E6

B7

C12

C1

D12 D14

A4

A5

C10

C6

C7 E2

B10

C9

C8

B2

B3

A7

A8

B8 B11

B13 B12

B14

A9

A11

A2

J4

J11

J8

J7

REGULATION

GREENSPACE

Using the logic of the organizational matrix, samples are placed along an axis of A to J left to right, and then 1 to 14 top to bottom. Following their placement, each square is analyzed for its differentiated components, and colored accordingly.

ACTIVATION

HARDSCAPE

The analysis of the sample squares yields four distinct categories of terrain, green space, hardscape, softscape, and buildings. These analyses and identifications create a series of glyphs which express the unique characters of intimate spaces throughout the site.

DEPLOYMENT

BUILDINGS

Through continued development and exploration of site diagramming, a language of glyphs is devised for representing the varying site spaces, and communicating material nature as well as terrain. These glyphs are then analysed for surface area coverage in Google Sketchup to derive precise material information.

EXCLUSION

SOFTSCAPE

By analyzing both positive and negative spaces as they emerge within the glyhps, viewers can begin to read the symbols as imprints of a geography that is various and diverse, through a simplified field of 2D symbols that directly transcribe the surface of the site and offer a quantitative analysis of materials.

RECOMBINATION

COMPOSITE

The imposition and combination of all of the layers together on the same layer creates a devise for understanding the composition of the space, and the way in which materials and spaces interact with each other. ie: colors that fall next to each other often, or patterns of distribution