Here are some links to some film by Matta-Clark documenting the actual installation of this work from Ubuweb.
Splitting, Bingo/Ninth, 1974-76
http://www.ubu.com/film/gmc_splitting.html
Conical Intersection, 1975
http://www.ubu.com/film/gmc_conical.html
Day's End, 1975
http://www.ubu.com/film/gmc_daysend.html
City Slivers, 1976
http://www.ubu.com/film/gmc_slivers.html
Here is the Liverpool project by Richard Wilson in motion - "Turning the Place Over"
Exterior
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qh2esOoI1Y
Interior
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4ogYjx_GFw&feature=related
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
other works: richard wilson, gordon matta clark
Work by Richard Wilson in Liverpool where an egg shaped volume is used to puncture and revolve the fascade of this building.
Additionally, the artistic work of Gordon Matta-Clark, is of interest in how he literally cut slices into existing buildings "exposing the hidden spaces within".
Additionally, the artistic work of Gordon Matta-Clark, is of interest in how he literally cut slices into existing buildings "exposing the hidden spaces within".
study model 02: grid-volume as push/pull perforation
The inherent grid-volume of the big box is extrapolated from the masonry shell and steel structural bays of the abandoned big box. The grid-volume is then manipulated by pushing, pulling, and moving the individual volumetric bays based on the aikido dojo program.
The resultant modified grid-volume is then overlayed back into the existing big box shell where its newly created edges become slice, perforate, and fracture of the original architecture. The resultant perforations and large openings open up the dark interior of the box to natural daylighting and private meditation gardens. In addition, the training rooms and exhibition spaces begin to interact with the plane of the previous retail fascade, thus recreating it and addressing not only the original "front" but also the fascade along Douglas Ave. and its high traffic patterns.
The resultant modified grid-volume is then overlayed back into the existing big box shell where its newly created edges become slice, perforate, and fracture of the original architecture. The resultant perforations and large openings open up the dark interior of the box to natural daylighting and private meditation gardens. In addition, the training rooms and exhibition spaces begin to interact with the plane of the previous retail fascade, thus recreating it and addressing not only the original "front" but also the fascade along Douglas Ave. and its high traffic patterns.
From this point the strategy will be to explore more edge conditions and formalize the newly created building perforations, exterior/interior spaces, and program.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
study model: reflection
Okay it's been a little while since I posted the images from the May 9th of a current progress
model. Understanding that there is no text to help convey my thoughts and investigations, here is a few thoughts before I move on...
Study model 01 is as far as I think I am going to take it. The exercise looked at how the programmatic elements formed in somewhat arbitrary individual massing could begin to penetrate/perforate/fracture the exist box condition. The focus was only on two major portions of the program, the meditation garden (green strips that push out into the site) and the training rooms (brown rectanular cubes). The sketch below shows some of the thoughts about perforation/fracture... along with some of the last revisions to the study model.
As I move on to the next study model, I can a take a couple of things from the first...
1. Use a larger prgram. The current garden sizes are too small as listed on the program and need to reflect the larger scale of the full site in order to engage both the interior of the box and the site.
2. Adding more training rooms to the program. Instead of 4 large training rooms, there will be 6.
3. Add a new program piece... an exhibition hall for public exhibitions of martial arts and larger national and international seminars that commonly take place.
model. Understanding that there is no text to help convey my thoughts and investigations, here is a few thoughts before I move on...
Study model 01 is as far as I think I am going to take it. The exercise looked at how the programmatic elements formed in somewhat arbitrary individual massing could begin to penetrate/perforate/fracture the exist box condition. The focus was only on two major portions of the program, the meditation garden (green strips that push out into the site) and the training rooms (brown rectanular cubes). The sketch below shows some of the thoughts about perforation/fracture... along with some of the last revisions to the study model.
As I move on to the next study model, I can a take a couple of things from the first...1. Use a larger prgram. The current garden sizes are too small as listed on the program and need to reflect the larger scale of the full site in order to engage both the interior of the box and the site.
2. Adding more training rooms to the program. Instead of 4 large training rooms, there will be 6.
3. Add a new program piece... an exhibition hall for public exhibitions of martial arts and larger national and international seminars that commonly take place.
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