ARCH 702 | Senior Research Studio II
Reanimating the Prosaic Instructor | Matthew Parker
Cyber-relics
CYBER-RELICS Jason Ip
In each architectural method proposed was a playfulness between the exterior and interior environment. Each relic is an accumulation of closed and open spaces connected by a circulation system unique to each methodology. Indifference was an appropriation and misuse of architectural object. Using scaffolding as a method of circulation, the temporary beams and catwalks now become an affixed element of form. Estrangement manifested itself in the tension between two neighbouring masses. The corners of the buildings seem to touch, but not really. There is a space between them that repels at the same time that it attracts. Ambivalence was a purposeful misreading, where elements of one building bleed into the next. For example, does the staircase belong to the built environment or the ground? Elements in this chunk are deliberately shared among spaces and buildings where they wouldn’t usually be shared before.
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