October 2009 Archives

As work-in-progress, the model for the infinate library.
I am currently working on the amphitheatrical part of the library as seen in the foreground and you can notice in the background the archival space. It is proving to be quite difficult to give definition to the various aspects of this library given its vastness, maybe more will be seen in the foreground. Any suggestions?

THE SPACE OF THE LIBRARY AS A SEQUENCE IN TIME


One can distinguish three basic functions of storing the written word that we can refer to as "repository", "archive" and "representation".

1. The function of a "repository" is to supply the knowledge required to perform certain activities.
"Stores" are primarily established with an eye to the future.

2. The function of an archive is to stock all sorts of things for possible re-use which one assumes might be importance one day
Archives relate to the past.

3. The function of representation involves the compilation of written works as treasures of learning with the aim of preserving and presenting a particular cultural identity
Representation relates to the present, to the now.

In a chronological sequence, the five plates will seek to translate this time and space relationship, based on Boullée's representation of the Library.

Based on Boullée's infinate space for the Bibliothèque Royale in Paris I am looking at the imaginary space of the archive of humanity