the concept has not changed, my introduction to the project has remained the same, intentions/ambitions/inspirations/motivations continue to drive the project in an upward direction. i find my self reading the same paragraph to explain the project, as a way to ensure all information necessary to understand the project is heard, and comprehended.
"The overall idea for the project is to investigate the potential within a construction site and to establish a sense of inhabitability. The concepts of finished and unfinished are an attempt to exploit the current "overconstructed" situation of williamsburg, brooklyn, by creating an installation which visually appears to be an unfinished construction site, but in reality is a finished occupy-able space, potentially becoming a breeding ground for cultural activity. In addition, the notion of the terrain vague is considered to be an important element to my project, and i will quote Ignasi de Sola Morales Rubio, author of "terrain vague," "Unincorporated margins, interior islands void of activity, oversights, these areas are simply un-inhabited, un-safe, un-productive. In short, they are foreign to the urban system, mentally exterior in the physical interior of the city, its negative image, as much as a critique of a possible alternative."
to begin to simplify the intensity of my project i have narrowed my focus to two strong elements, one being rhythm, the second being atmosphere. for rhythm, the warehouse facade nextdoor to the sliver site presents itself with an ordered system in the window arrangement, but my intention is to create a new rhythm from the current situation to aggregate/agitate that wall in two directions resulting in a canpoy of rhythmic order over top the sliver site. the pattern extrusions and notation for light have been overlayed on the site to begin creating new relationships.
top left: three renditions of rhythmic patterning created on warehouse facade, pattern_1 (top illustration) was the chosen pattern to further investigate. top right: notation for light, sources sit in the middle and the stream of light emitted off is embodied by the straight lines flying off the page. bottom: birds eye view of the sliver site with light notation overlayed within the site, and the end conditions of the volumes extruded and derived from the warehouse facade patterning.
this review consisted of additional new "drawings" helping to illustrate dramatic interior and exterior perspectives. having been working within rhinoceros and the digital world, i started making drawings through using extreme camera lens lengths in order to distort the image presented and create a sense of vertigo within the project. these drawings have been etched onto museum board using the laser cutter, to gather a precise and quasi-accurate representation. these drawings amongst others have been great tools to providing insight into the project and helping figure out the project as a cohesive whole.
No comments:
Post a Comment