Architectural Studies 5 : Beyond Representation: Week 6 : a room for the transformative body

Now that we have begun to work with a new conception of the body and have documented it, we will utilise this body to help us design a room that reflects its qualities. This room will be a revision of the folie, one which considers the newly discovered qualities of the body in order to inform the design of the room. Keep in mind that the body is not static, that it has perhaps changed form or size. Perhaps the standard dimensions of a simple seat or opening are no longer applicable to this body. In order to help design this room and think through the implications of this transformative body, the room is to have one of the elements listed below:

01. opening(s)

02. seat

03. stair

When working with this element consider the following in relation to the body: the placement, type and purpose/object. If working with the opening for example, is a hole in the wall, an operable opening (if so how is it operable), a threshold? What is the purpose of the opening? Where is it located? How big is it? How deep is it? Does it have a defined perimeter? Is it habitable? Does it let light in? Can you see out or can you see in? The key thing to keep in mind is that like the body, these elements need not be static. They can in fact move, be operable or transformed into different shapes, all to accommodate the ever changing body.

For task 03, you are to complete an operational speculative plan and sectional drawings that document this room.

to bring for wk06

drawing material for sketching and design [this can be a range of media; collage material, charcoal, ink, pencils and pens varying in thickness, acrylics etc]

requirements

1x1:20 operative speculative plan and 2x1:20 operative sectional drawings + insert your body into the space for scale purposes

Note that the drawings are to be ‘speculative’, they are to suggest what the space would be like to inhabit, to allude to light, textural and formal qualities. The drawings are not to represent a fully designed space, they are to be indicative of the space but must also consider the scale of the elements within the room. This exercise is to be completed for the wk07 tutorial and brought in for discussion.