Collage Revised (wip)
The Room:
Library as a context, the room is where knowledge is being collected, contained, arranged, and shared.
There is constant conflict in hierarchy between the objects and the users.
The librarian, as a keeper and organiser of the room, balances and orders biased conditions, yet during the process becoming additional factor of hierarchy.
What architectural elements within the room create hierarchy? ... Is it the librarian's desk (it's position, height, size, texture); the uneven distribution of spaces; the verticality; interiority; accessibility; lighting condition?
The distortion and arrangement of these elements determine the hierarchy of the room.
The Universe:
Within the scale of a city, what is the object contained, who are the users, and who is the librarian?
The city shares similar dilemmas with the room: how does one read and treat buildings; how does one (architect?) arrange/organise buildings; how does the public interact with them; in which form and arrangement public space exist within the city?
As explored in the room-scale, the city can be also dissected and reconfigured in search for it's ultimate form of hierarchy (or the absolute non-hierarhcy)... ...
