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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