working on a new model now that might mix in a second material, perhaps implying a paralell relaitionship between each material and the associated quality of space.
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Thursday, June 30, 2011
ISOCLAUS_first model
didnt get a chance to post this earlier. Model i showed Julie (formerly known as jenny haha!)
working on a new model now that might mix in a second material, perhaps implying a paralell relaitionship between each material and the associated quality of space.
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working on a new model now that might mix in a second material, perhaps implying a paralell relaitionship between each material and the associated quality of space.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Everything is a Remix
Worth staying after the credits.
Everything is a Remix Part 1 from Kirby Ferguson on Vimeo.
Everything is a Remix Part 2 from Kirby Ferguson on Vimeo.
Everything Is A Remix: KILL BILL from robgwilson.com on Vimeo.
Supermodelopoly
Objective: Anti-Sisyphean spatial reconfiguration. Creation, destruction, creation, destruction... but each time a different permutation.
Field elements:
Datum lines: can be explicit (visible) or implicit (invisible)
Nodes: Points that act on field elements to create connections. Their ability to connect is limited in range.
Distributors: Static elements that create anchors for and reorganize field elements.
Pieces:
Scanners: Objects in space that seek nodes and create new field elements.
Voids: Non-objects in space that eliminate (make implicit) field elements.
Both pieces have a "reach" beyond which their influence is negligible.
How to play (Work in progress...):
Datum lines, nodes, and distributors exist a priori. Scanners and Voids move one cell at a time doing whatever it is they do.
Wash, rinse, repeat (forever)...
Monday, June 27, 2011
From Spam to Maps City: parasitic architectural muscle
Previous Reflections
Reinterpretation of existing structures. El Rastro reinterprets the existing city structure.
“To live is to leave traces”, Walter Benjamin.
El Rastro actually means THE TRACE, and refers to the trace that the dead animals left when they were carried around in the meat market which el Rastro originally was in the 16th century.
MODEL:
Selection of constructive and spatial systems: heterogeneous materials that have different behaviors under diverse forces.
Make a variety of material organizations and assemblies EXPLICIT, through change-of-state procedures.
Superimpose systems and subject them to explicitation devices (or Scanners) which analyse and deform matter.
Relations to be established between systems: Materia
l / Atmospheric / Spatial.
Levels of Transformation:
1. Start point (superimposed systems / material samples) >>>
- tape web: - transparent plastic, one side sticky = trace attractor
- balloon: high resilience and elasticity. Plastic rubber
- stockings: resilient, 100% Nylon
2. Subjection to the scanning devices – mutation through the EXPLICITATION of the material organization of the systems (and their mix) >>>>
- Sparkling candles (systems melt, combine and reconfigure)
- Thread (Tensions that alter volume, dimensions)
3. Resulting Residue
- Generated spam. Ready to be transformed into a new material entity, a Map.
4. Analysis of the spam (residue) and the map (reinterpretation): Draw conclusions on spatial discoveries and qualities.
AFTER TALK
5. Apply rigor to the experiment from my Grasshopper model. B
ehaviors are controlled by a number of operations that are placed in a geometric three dimensional space. Translate this to the physical model.
6. Construct a spatial muscle, capable of embodying the qualities of el Rastro and of the system of behaviors and relations already explored based on existing material.
Late night reflections:
IF:
El Rastro is an experimental and anthropological specimen. Operates through the fetichization of all potential homes. The interior spaces of people are exhibited but cannot be touched (unless you pay).
People’s interior spaces are remixed to compose scenarios prepared to disappear. Scenarios whose essential quality is their ability to disintegrate.
How could a spatial “muscle” embody these qualities? How would it affect the existing city? What capabilities would we demand from it? Is it a Parasitic system that attacks the actual interior spaces of people? Enabling the different houses to grow and intensify? Can we imagine these parasitic architectural muscles growing from buildings? Connecting them in some cases? Growing over the street? Connecting open areas? Amplifying peoples experiences?
Today I opened my drawer and this is what I found:
Could the Drawer be an existent City? And the tape structure, an architectural parasitic muscle?Old post--new Text and diagram
The city is always imagining itself in which hotspots of volcanic activity--intense creativity in the form of world expos, the Olympic games, fairs and competition projects have a transformative affect on the city. These bursts of energy are unsustainable and leave their physical imprint in the form of relic, ruin or apparition.
This weekend I began studying the evolution of connective systems of whire that suggest skeletal volumes. At this point they are not interacting with one another as much as I would like. Speaking with Julie this afternoon, she emphasized the life cycle of these organisms, asked me to further examine the transitional moments or transposition of systems, and what the character of 'build up' of these systems might be: geological? layered?
Where is the point of impact for these new systems in the cycle and its resonance and possibility of creating new systems?
Next step is to introduce more density and specificity in the systems and their dynamic controls, examining the secondary language of the node system and possibly add a surface language.
Surveillance | Surveyors
How can a surveyor generate material for others to survey?
What happens when there are zones of redundancy?
What happens when there are zones of negligence?
ISOCLAUS
In the document ive attached you can see two attempts at using the resultant systems from my definitions as snapable points for hypotehsising spatial constructs. The first sketch kind of highlights where i wanted to go with the translation and some potential ideas i had regarding the eventual outcome. The next set of axons show the first attempt where i basically took all the points from one iteration and made a continous surface. You can tell that it hosts very tall and cramped spaces in the core and more wide spaces on the perirephy.
After the bracket is the next try. this time i made closed crytal-like polygons for each general collection of points. Im not entirely sold on the shape and formal character, thats why i resorted to smoothing the shapes in max in the rendering them on the right. Illl continue to experiment with this kind of geometry.
The dicussion with Jenny was very fruitful. She suggested that perhaps the membrane that seperates the various isolating and wide spaces can in fact be occupiable itself and serve as "claustraphobia." At times the claustraphobic spaces widen themselves and a paradox occurs wherein one doenst know if they are occupiing the space between the membrane itself or a new larger space outside the inner walls of the divide. We also talked about some of the ways the membrane can perhaps support the qualitative nature of these two spaces. For example in areas of solitude the divide becomes thin and can allow for light and sensory connection to the outside, while other parts it remains thick.
I plan to do some experimental models and see if i can learn how the nature of the spaces can be influenced by the material selection.
SUPERMODEL CITY III - PATH IDENTIFICATIONS - MODEL 01
Model Description: A series of fragmented paths are aggregated with different orientations within the z axis, classified as forced spatial identification. The main paths are to be constructed around them by mean of varying visibility and accessibility. A set of conclusion can be acquired from the series of constructed paths.
WHAT NEXT
While providing a rule set as to the placement of of objects, explore using different materials to see how they effect one's path and environment. The outcome is not intended and changes with the use and placement of materials. Materials can differ in both visual and physical properties. Through analyzing the outcomes, a general conclusion can be made; an open ended conclusion.
WHAT NEXT
While providing a rule set as to the placement of of objects, explore using different materials to see how they effect one's path and environment. The outcome is not intended and changes with the use and placement of materials. Materials can differ in both visual and physical properties. Through analyzing the outcomes, a general conclusion can be made; an open ended conclusion.
Friday, June 24, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Friday, June 17, 2011
More Statements
The city breaks the rules
The city is somewhere between decision and drift
The city is self organizing
The city is somewhere between decision and drift
The city is self organizing
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
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