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Assignment_05
'Let us go back to the map and the territory and ask: "What is it in the territory that gets onto the map?" We know the territory does not get onto the map. That is the central point about which we all are agreed. Now, if the territory were uniform, nothing would get onto the map except its boundaries, which are the points at which it ceases to be uniform against some larger matrix. What gets onto the map, in fact, is difference, be it a difference of altitude, a difference of vegetation, a difference in population structure, difference of surface, or whatever. Differences are the things that get onto the map... A difference, then, is an abstract matter.' Gregory Bateson, Steps to an Ecology of Mind
5.1 Governors Island
Strategically pick and paste form the five Finalist proposals of the "Visions for Governors Island" competition those features that you want to assume as existing on Governors Island. They will enhance your retreat center's performance at the site.
Generate 2 drawings - plan and section (through our site), scale 1/64th"=1' b/w on 11 x 17"
5.2 Site Drawings
Create maps that register artifacts, conditions and opportunities on our site to generate a networked system expressing the most poignant features of the site. Start by registering site conditions such as topography, access, existing buildings, water edge as well as natural forces that act upon the site: tidal movement, water depth, wind conditions, sun/shadow, vistas. Proceed to speculate on future program orientation, flows and affects that will characterize the site once you anchor your retreat program into it.
Focus on the location and sequence of the control points that describe the curves; the curves themselves do not have to match any given site lines.
You will generate a network of differences, articulated as vector lines that describe the site relative to the retreat program you propose. The drawings will show opportunities of association and alignment for specific portions of your retreat program.
Line drawings in Rhino, 2 plans, 2 sections, scale 1/32nd"=1' b/w on 18 x 24"
5.3 Models - Generate your Site
Generate surfaces by selectively lofting line families using varying parameters. Use different # of lines for lofting and different # of polygons for creating a mesh. Triangulate the mesh. Create a matrix of meshed surfaces in continuous variation.
Generate a comprehensive series of meshes, then feed a tight selection to the laser cutter. The edges of the triangles are all scored, not cut by the laser. Use water color paper approx. 18 x 18" laser 2 sheets of each mesh.
Discover and exaggerate suggested spatial qualities (flows, branchings, hinges, connections, enclosures, openings, etc.)
5.4 Read:
"Steps to an Ecology of Mind", Chapter "Form, Substance, and Difference", p. 454-471, Gregory Bateson, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1972
5.5 Outlook
Midterm review is scheduled for October 24, a Wednesday. Required at that point will be a spatial proposal, which shall be placed onto the site in drawing and model format. It shall display a general programmatic layout, defining spaces, enclosures, exits/entries, building volumes and massings. Material properties and final morphology may be adapted later on, yet the transposition from conceptual program layout to architectural proposal is mandatory for the midterm. Scales 1/32nd"=1' and 1/16th"=1'
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