Downtown Kingston Visual & Performing Arts Center

JANEILLE CALNICK OWNTOWN

INGSTON VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS CENTER THESIS 2013-2014

Thesis Statement This thesis is about the elements of music and their potential use as a generator of architectural form. Specifically, the organization and the structure of the chords, a group of notes played at the same time, and their critical relationship to rhythm and time as a key organizational expression of the form of music.This investigation further explores the chords and the ways that these elements can be used using the major and minor chords.There is potential for the expression of a particular piece of music and distinct differences between the major and minor chords to be understood in terms of light, darkness and the contrast between them.

Also, using the system of notes (chords) as the building blocks for the programmatic relationships between the spaces and use the time as a means of regulating the transition between spaces.

In this expression to the physical the light and the dark are an expression of the major and the minor and the elements of contrast are studied to show how the movement between the light and dark can be used to show repetition and rhythm in the composition of a building. This composition is inspired by the needs of the people and places that surround it and this can be used to generate architectural form that is both poetic and relevant.

The site is In a place that has produced iconic reggae music, there exists a slew of artists that want to be heard and need support in order to continue produce the art forms that has made this island famous. For this thesis I propose an artist colony in order to help support the many artists that lack it. At the Edna Manley School of the Visual and Performing arts island’s school, there are many students that graduate and need a dedicated place to perform. This could be done in collaboration with the JCDC- Jamaica Cultural Development Corporation in order to promote the development of indigenous music forms and prevent many talented artists from going overseas in order to practice their art.

DESIGN VI: Research & Concept Development

Translation of Musical Structure to Physical; Characteristics

CHORD TRANSLATION

B E A

chord

D

4

3

2

G C

1

bars F

B minor

length of note (time signature)

E minor A minor D minor G minor /f sharp

Circle of Fifths

Reggae- No Woman No Cry- Macro Analysis

Complete Sheet Music

No Woman No Cry 6

Combinations of Groups G ofGChords A

x1

F

Groups of Chords A

x5

Combinations of Groups of Chords

G

C

G

1

G

x1

F

x 11 A

2

F

G

C

C

F C

3

x1

A

F

x5

C F

G C

C

G

A

G

x1

4

A

C G

A

6

A

F

G

x1

A

F

G

A

C

F

G

C

C

G

C

A

A

x1

G

F

A

G

G

G

A A

Emotions of the Chords C

A

F

G

A

F

G

G

C F

C

A

F

F

d C

a

A G

F

major

5

G

Ge

G

A

x1

C

b

G

F

G

F

G

toasting vocal style Reggæ singers use tremolo (volume oscillation) rather than vibrato (pitch oscillation). eg. Count Machuki

Reggae- No Woman No Cry- Micro Analysis

One Bar of Music

walking bassline

rhythms on the upbeat

Drum beats One Drop Rockers Steppers

Guitar off beat of the rhythm

MICRO- REGGÆ ANALYSIS- NO WOMAN NO CRY Keyboard/Piano staccato style (play notes short)

Characteristics of Reggæ toasting vocal style

E

Reggæ singers use tremolo (volume oscillation)

A

rather than vibrato (pitch oscillation).

D

G

eg. Count Machuki C

walking bassline rhythms on the upbeat

F

B minor

Drum beats

E minor

One Drop Rockers Steppers

A minor

D minor

MICRO- REGGÆ ANALYSIS- NO WOMAN NO CRY

Guitar off beat of the rhythm

Keyboard/Piano staccato style (play notes short)

Characteristics of Reggæ toasting vocal style Reggæ singers use tremolo (volume oscillation) rather than vibrato (pitch oscillation). eg. Count Machuki

walking bassline rhythms on the upbeat Drum beats One Drop Rockers Steppers

Guitar off beat of the rhythm

Keyboard/Piano staccato style (play notes short)

E

A

Configurations of chords in order Configurations of chords in order

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++

xx 55

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Combination of All Chords together Combination of All Chords together

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++

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Emotions of the Chords Dark to light

b

e

a

d

g

c

f

minor

Major + Minor -

b

e

major

light

translucent

dark

opaque

Material Qualities

Configurations of chords in order

a

d

ARCHITECTURAL TRANSLATION OF CHORD ELEMENTS

PROGRAM TYPE AS CHORD ELEMENT

visual art music dance/drama

6 phys

live/work housing

1

6

general Digi

gallery

6 Mixed

1 restaurant

1

1 2 reggae hall fame

major

6

library archives

1

public entrance

3

minor

digi rec music lounge

1

10

10 solo

group

1 2

laundry

major

6 minor

dance lounge

1

1 perf theater

1

artist entrance

Architectural Program Visual Arts

Housing

Physical Production (6)- 500 sq. ft

Solo (10)- 400 sq. ft Digital Production (6)- 500 sq. ft Group (10)-600 sq. ft

Mixed Media Prod (6)- 500 sq. ft Laundry Room-1200 sq. ft.

Private Artist Eating Area- 1200 sq. ft. Gallery- 3000 sq. ft Subtotal-12, 400 sq. ft Subtotal-12, 000 sq. ft

Performing Arts- Danca/Drama Major Performance (2)-2000 sq. ft.

General Minor Practice (6)-500 sq. ft Public Entrance- 1200 sq. ft Dance Lounge- 400 sq. ft Private Artist Entrance 500 sq. ft Performance Theater 10, 000 sq. ft Service Entrance- 250 sq. ft Theater Entrance/Gift Shop- 1000 sq.ft Artist Library/Archives- 2000 sq. ft Subtotal-18, 400 sq. ft Public Restaurant- 3000 sq. ft

Public Bathrooms (4)- 250 sq. ft Performing Arts- Music Circulation- 14% of program Major Performance 2000. sq. ft Total Sq. Ft- 72,000 sq.ft Minor Practice (6)- 500 sq. ft Music Lounge- 300 sq. ft Digital Recording Studios (3)- 400 sq. ft Reggae Hall of Fame- 6000 sq. ft.

Subtotal- 12,500 sq. ft

Vernadah Typology

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The verandah typology is the typical Jamaican vernacular building typologies and as such the idea of using this on a larger scale in a performance spaces throughout the program was explored in this thesis.

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covered outdoor spaces

Parti

Site Photos

Major Public Spaces

Public Waterfront Connection

site plan

2nd floor

3rd floor

4th floor

ground floor

SECTION A-A

SECTION C-C

EAST ELEVATION

NORTH ELEVATION

SECTION D-D

SECTION B-B

Solo Unit Scale 1/4”= 1’

Group Unit Scale 1/4”= 1’

Janeille Calnick NYIT BArch 2014