December 2009 Archives
Not sure about colour/saturation of these, which is better 1st set or 2nd? opinions anyone :-) ?
MORE SATURATED..
The spaces start off large, readable and open, public spaces. But as you move within the bath-house, the spaces become become more discoverable, solitary, distorted and interlocked, an escape from the real world.
The model works at any rotation, this way up, upside down, on its side...you get the idea..Walls become ceilings, doors become windows which become skylights. One has no point of reference to which way up they are. At one end the spaces are larger, more readable and less interlocked. The spaces and their relationship become increasingly complex, discoverable and distorted to the other end (the centre of the plan).
note: side view and plan view very similar. This is because the building operates at both rotations. I.e. plans become sections and sections plans.
I aggregated some of these modules, to create interlocking spaces.
I started by modelling individual modules which work at different rotations..
COMPOSITE PLAN
SOME OF THE LEVELS..
I have been working on the language/ method of distortion. The otherwise rectilinear/flat surfaces will distort to open/close/ bend and squeeze the spaces within the bath-house. The further use of visual distortion and illusion will generate active pleasure in some areas, tofurther stimulate the senses, whilst the focus on simplicity, order and rhythm will be more prominent in other areas to generate passive pleasure.
SPLIT/ FOLD/ OPEN: DISTORTION OF CEILING TO ALLOW LIGHT INSIDE
BULGE: DISTORTION OF WALL
