February 2010 Archives
Looking into the another space in the bath-house, here we are looking up at a room above us, and there is someone pressed up against the glass observing us too.
I am thinking of using the below technique (1 pt persp) to show my spaces, so they can be read inside or out from below or above or the side.
VERTICAL WATER
Here the wall is filled with water and reflects the city view. But the wall could be transparent showing a building beyond. The water on the wall also suggests another plane of gravity.
FLASH
the below image is an updated version of flash, where you see the glassy/watery mass of the adjacent unit rotating past to reveal the view beyond.
VERTICAL WATER
Here the wall is filled with water and reflects the city view. But the wall could be transparent showing a building beyond. The water on the wall also suggests another plane of gravity.
FLASHthe below image is an updated version of flash, where you see the glassy/watery mass of the adjacent unit rotating past to reveal the view beyond.
Here one of the walls is filled with water, forming a gravity defying vertical sheet of water.
"Erlich is known for installations that
seem to defy the basic laws of physics, and befuddle the viewer with
jarring
environments that momentarily threaten a sense of balance or space." PS1 website
Again, this is just in sketch/idea. The idea for the 2nd moment is for the large 25m pool.
You can only see the city when immersed under water. A reversal of reality/ subversion of gravity, where usually you emerge to see your surroundings, and submerge below to escape, here you immerse to be exposed.
The room will be opaque in most part (hiding the heavy structure and services) with a clear window strategically positioned (on the long outside wall) to be below water at all 4 of its rotations.
You can only see the city when immersed under water. A reversal of reality/ subversion of gravity, where usually you emerge to see your surroundings, and submerge below to escape, here you immerse to be exposed.
The room will be opaque in most part (hiding the heavy structure and services) with a clear window strategically positioned (on the long outside wall) to be below water at all 4 of its rotations.
After the TS interim yesterday, I have been starting to imagine the unique spatial/experiential/architectural qualities within the bath-house.
Natasha and Monia suggested pairing a view/intention of an experience with the technical drawing showing how it would work.
In this moment, this private and opque room temorarilly gets a flash of new york, and new york a flash view of the pool within.
This first sketch view, is showing a hot pool in the bath-house which is opaque on all sides but one. Sandwiched either side between 2 other units, most of the time it is private and protected visually through the fluted glass walls and adjacent rooms. But when the adjacent room rotates into another position, it temporarily unveils a vista across the city and exposes the occupants within.
Like I said, just sketches right now, let me know what you think ...
The red shows the surface which is exposed through the rotation of adjacent units.
Natasha and Monia suggested pairing a view/intention of an experience with the technical drawing showing how it would work.
In this moment, this private and opque room temorarilly gets a flash of new york, and new york a flash view of the pool within.
This first sketch view, is showing a hot pool in the bath-house which is opaque on all sides but one. Sandwiched either side between 2 other units, most of the time it is private and protected visually through the fluted glass walls and adjacent rooms. But when the adjacent room rotates into another position, it temporarily unveils a vista across the city and exposes the occupants within.
Like I said, just sketches right now, let me know what you think ...
The red shows the surface which is exposed through the rotation of adjacent units.
spent the weekened cleaning up my drawings, dimensioning, diagramming and filling in missing details and adding case studies for ts.
DEVELOPMENT from old post, which had a crude steel frame structure, on 2 sides to which each room fixed. This system is integrated into the geometry of the glass rooms.
Steel frame chassis (inspired by vehicle construction) with glass/ acrylic panels sandwiched either side of the frame. (the steel structure has a plate which runs around the entire edge, to which the glass fixes either side) It forms a complete rigid shell. (the panels act as cross bracing)
inner shells are articulated to provide bench seating at different rotations for people in the pool.
working on structure for one of the units- steel frame needed on 2 faces to support unit at 4 rotations:
each unit is also more articulated for benches which sit at different heights, and work at different rotations according to water levels.
