A FORCED LANDSCAPE

GENERATING ALTERNATIVE PERCEPTIONS

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AN M.HOOK INTENSIVE

A FORCED LANDSCAPE

GENERATING ALTERNATIVE PERCEPTIONS

MIES VAN DERH ROHE

CLOSING THE G.A.P.

AN M.HOOK INTENSIVE

“We refuse to recognize the problems of form, but only problems of building, form is not the aim of our work but only the result, form by itself does not exist, form as a name is a formalism and that we reject.“

A FORCED LANDSCAPE

GENERATING ALTERNATIVE PERCEPTIONS

MIES VAN DERH ROHE

CLOSING THE G.A.P.

AN M.HOOK INTENSIVE

MIES VAN DERH ROHE

CLOSING THE G.A.P.

WEEK 1

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KRISTIAN JENKINSS3283907

Human nature is to be less attentive to the smallest matters and the smallest things in the world; which as a collective make up the greater, the larger and the more noticeable. In the physical built environment, buildings are constructed through the assembly of smaller segments.In all spaces there are micro-spaces and micro-objects that are barely discernible. What cannot be perceived or not distinct in fact has a greater function and beauty. Delving into this world we see that what is deemed as insignificant has a great potential. Working at a micro scale reveals the many processes, systems and details that occur without being seen.

WEEK 1

WEEK 1

Closing the Gap is an analytical exploration of Urban development through the experiential.Exploration of the relationship that exists between Micro Spaces and monolithic constructs that surround them.

VENDIAGRAM

A VISUAL TRANSLATION

WEEK 2-3

EXISTING PERCEPTIONS

VENDIAGRAM

FORGING THE VISUAL BRIDGE

Representstion of the relationship between the monoliths and a personal experience of the area through warped perspective.

The Micro Spaces, Spaces between spaces or voids within voids can be described as having a nihilistic presence. They exist but any Urban dialogue is crushed by an amalgamation of Micro environments that exist within the space and the sheer urban presence that surrounds them.

VENDIAGRAM

FORGING THE VISUAL BRIDGE

Representations of two spatial existences that co-exist. both the journey through the area, and a level above in which only the monoliths can pass through.

Based on the concept of the Nolli map

WEEK 2-3

VENDIAGRAM

FORGING THE VISUAL BRIDGE

WEEK 3

MIES VAN DERH ROHE

WEEK 2-3

VENDIAGRAM

FORGING THE VISUAL BRIDGE

WEEK 3

MIES VAN DERH ROHESince reality left the floor, let anyone who has anything to say come forward and keep his mouth shut.

MIES VAN DERH ROHE

Circulates around the idea of closing the gap between Urban mass production and the muted spaces within the laneway itself. Through a further mutation of the area and an adaption with the inclusion of the structural visuals found within the glass monoliths.

MIES VAN DERH ROHE

WEEK 3

Through this visual analysis of the alley I attempted to close the gap even further through a number of visual stimuli in which the gap between the gritty and the clean becomes closed. I approached this through typology in an attempt to both represent the fragility of the relationship but also a sense of hostility as the two separate environments are drawn closer together.

My last visual test was to insert the 3-dimesnsionality of the monolithic structures into the alleyway through stencilling in which they are rendered completely flat and perhaps the gap begins to close and the visual relationship between the towers and the alleyway become stronger and more prominent.

The Nature of graffiti in itself is fleeting. As an art piece it exists only so long as others that interact with it presume to allow it to. Therefore I thought that the placing of the artwork be of upmost importance in which a strong visual relationship could be formed either over a long period of time or a brief moment.

A FORCED LANDSCAPE

A FORCED LANDSCAPE

A FORCED LANDSCAPE

DEVELOPMENT

WEEK 4

Exploration of a mix of imagery. A cubic glass structure in the surrounds of poverty.

A sense of mutated materiality. Translucent bricks showing similar qualities to that of glass?

Fleeting constructs.

Piles of garbage

Dark enclosed areas. Long forgotten mixed into the confusion and two faced reality of modern construction and society.

A final visual test. The landscape itself bends as the buildings are forced to do as they overcome each other. In the Forced landscape we see the micro become monotlithic and the monolithic reduced down to the micro. In a Forced Landscape such as this there are no regulations, no order...just the nature of chaos, a harmony of all things.

WEEK 4

3-4 hours

4-9 hours

9-13 hours A FORCED LANDSCAPE

ALTERNATIVE PERCEPTIONS FINALS

WEEK 4 AND BEYOND

WEEK 4

3-4 hours

4-9 hours

9-13 hours A FORCED LANDSCAPE

ALTERNATIVE PERCEPTIONS FINALS

WEEK 4 AND BEYOND

A FORCED LANDSCAPE

ALTERNATIVE PERCEPTIONS FINALS

The final Question???

A FORCED LANDSCAPE

ALTERNATIVE PERCEPTIONS FINALS

The final Question???

WEEK 4 AND BEYOND

The vendiagram. Exploring the nature of voids vs solids. THe seperation of the high rise monoliths to the micro-scale existences.

WEEK 4 AND BEYOND

Bridging the gap through visual means

The aim of this studio initially comes as quite a shock to the regimented way in which we are taught to design. There is no brief, no site, no program or function, no client. Instead we are directed to dissolve our beliefs about urban design and rebuild it from a different perspective. Relearn how to design, communicate and understand architecture. A Forced Landscape is driven by catalysts that occur during the exploration of a site. Through this an almost story, a language is derived; a site and a context of subject matter begin to emerge and ways of approaching design from a new perspective accumulate.

The answer...In a forced Landscape, there is no meaning. Everything is subjective to perception and perception is subjective to Indivduality of each being. A society without regualtion or generalised law becomes chaotic. When chaos reins everyting has a fair and equal oppertunity to dominate. It is then that a harmony is forged. Each level of society finds its place and co-exists without complaint.