Body within a Void In the name of the father, the son and the Holy spirit
Narrative Solid, Void, Body, Information
Digital Arts Cluster The projects starts with an understanding of digital art and its process. Digital art has created a world lacking a bodily form as it is derived through various sequences patterns and manipulation of information. This bodiless art however goes on to create performances and interactions which create life, movement, structure, and a body to call its own. In the scheme of the motherhouse my addition takes on the form of the holy spirit, a figure in religion that is always present but never tangibly there. Therefore I have given life to the absent body within the structure. The voided spaces become recognizable through the large curves which are reminiscent of a body and sculpted by the pure information of the circulation needed in the program. Within these voids we understand the spaces in relationship to our own body. The digital information which is created and displayed within these voids gives a new layer of information to these spaces.
Site Visit
My site video encompassed the feeling of an impossible space, a look into the sublime. Taking the existing and adding a new unfamiliar scene created an alien space, whether it worked or not is up to the viewer.
This particular still questions the exterior as opposed to the interior and where one ends and the other begins.
Is what is depicted the past, present or future? Are the grain fields a reference to the agricultural nature of the land or the way in which we should progress with our urban sites.
What is Digital Art?
Inspiration Provided are snapshots of research which influenced my thoughts and ideas throughout the process of the project. From existing structural architecture places to digital art forms each had a hand in providing a direction for my own creation and gave way to a deeper understanding of digital art and its place in the world.
Some images are specific tangible elements and others are more of a conceptual thought process. In order from left to right: Presence of a Religious Spirit A bodies form and void Vieux Port Pavillion, Foster and Partner Glitch Art Body within Architecture Metropol Parasol, Seville, Spain Hubert Blanz, Level Five Zaha Hadid, interesting interior spaces TEK Building, BIG Architects MOMA Proposal, Warsaw Curved architecture Nineteen Eighty-Four, Hyo Myoung Kim Guggenheim, Museum, Frank Gehry A Bodies Movement Serpentine Gallery, Toyo Ito Prosthetic Leg Layered Creations 3D printed architecture Digital Installation Disappearing architecture, Invisible chapel Layers of Information, TEK Building Unusual Spaces, Zaha Hadid Binary Code Curved metal panel structures, Frank Ghery Holy Spirit
Final Design
Step-by-Step Diagrams The rationalization for each move behind the final Digital Arts addition. Each diagram illustrates the thought process behind behind the solid and void. This breaks down the building into an informative peice, reflecting digital art and its ability to create forms through a lack of body.
Floor Plans The main organizational thoughts for the floor plans comes from the comparrison of the program spaces versus the circulation. The creation spaces, ie. studios and performance spaces, become areas within the voids whereas the circulation spaces move around them.
Below Crypt 1:500
Crypt Level aka. Ground Level
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Roof Level
West Elevation
North Elevation 1:250
Kelsey Stewart