ELEVATOR WORKING

LANDSCAPE: 12 Apostles

WORD MASHUP

"Power is frequently defined by political scientists as the ability to influence the behavior of others with or without resistance"

POWER

Power is often a source of violence and corruption. It is driven by self-interests which dis-regard consequences and only focus on personal gain.  The desire for power breaks down the boundaries set by rules and order, causes strife and competition, and governs the actions success of companies Facebook and Coca Cola. Once achieved, power has the ability to either improve or corrupt its holder.

ONCE POWER IS GAINED, FACEBOOK MANIPULATES THEIR OWN MORALS FOR PERSONAL GAIN. THIS IS EVIDENT WHEN PRIVACY LAWS ARE DISREGARDED.

“A security breach at Facebook, either from an outsider locating vulnerability or from a disgruntled insider, would potentially put all 8,000,000 Facebook records at risk. This is not a risk that can be eliminated; no site is perfectly secure. The fear of a security breach is certainly a reasonable one, as large data warehouses are often targets of intruders. “ Coca Cola, its subsidiaries and products have been subject to sustained criticism by both consumer groups and watchdogs, particularly since the early 2000s. criticism has been based around; possible health effects of Coca-Cola products, questionable labour practices. For example, ChoicePoint's databases were breached and 145,000 records were compromised. While a Facebook breach would not be sufficient to start performing identity theft, a trove of so much personal information would contain much information that people would not want to make public” The  Perception of the company as behaving unethically has led to the formation of pressure groups such as "Killer Coke", boycotts of Coca-Cola and related products and lawsuits”

THERE IS DEFINITELY A COMMON THEME OF MANIPULATION OF THE POWER, AS BOTH COMPANIES HAVE INCREDIBLY LARGE RESPONSIBILITIES, YET STILL ONLY FOCUS ON SELF GAIN AND THEIR OWN AGENDAS. THEREFORE, THE SIMILAR IDEA OF POWER IS HOW BOTH COMPANIES ADAPT TO CONSUMER CHANGE TO GAIN MORE AUTHORITY.

LINKS TO THE MODELS

GAME FRONT: http://www.gamefront.com/files/21661873/Levels.zip


GOOGLE WAREHOUSE:  http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=6ef690ba86ad19b9fda9c834379d959&prevstart=0

WORDS

These are the concepts behind the monuments and their relationship to electroliquid aggregation.

THE LANDSCAPE

The composition of the landscape immediately associates itself with a futuristic setting through the floating islands which are connected through minimalist bridges which don’t draw attention away from the surreal landscape.

The main idea behind this formation of landforms is to emphasise the philosophy of Kisho Kurokawa and the metabolic movement he proposed. By creating a landform  suspended in mid-air and slowly moving, forces the architecture around it to constantly adapt and react to a changing environment.  Therefore, the monuments essentially follow metabolic architectural discourse as they challenge preconceived laws of form and function and disregard one of the most fundamental laws of architecture and engineering; gravity.

TOP MONUMENT

Holl’s monument is an exploration of his inextricable connection to the natural landscape and how it dictates the structural, and spacial forms of his architecture.

The winding ‘s’ shaped monument deliberately conforms to a horizontal position as it aims to seamlessly integrate with the environment, rather than intrude. It does, however, achieve a slight incline so as to impose greater importance upon itself as a monument should.

This monument effectively achieves Holl’s design process which takes into account porosity, light and its collaboration with the surrounding site through a sustainability which aims to preserve memory of architectural site and landscape.  It is this symbiosis which is exaggerated through the waterfall which is touching the monument and falls down to the second monument displaying their ‘metaphysicial connection of electroliquid’ collaboration.

The textures used throughout this monument follow the notion of an interweaving of the man-made, and the natural. As the lines cross over each other the geometries create patterns which evoke similar design principles to the monument’s bio-mimicry of the stream’s movement behind it, and the waterfall below.

Ideas of prospect and refuge as well as porosity and light are emphasised through the, the punctured voids throughout the ‘s’ shaped structure. 

THE SPACE IN BETEEN

The suspended islands connected by bridges create a multitude of meeting places in between as well as providing views of the monuments from many angles. The meeting places aim to attract audiences through the placement of trees and grass to promote the circulation of inhabitants from one side of the islands to the other.

Electroliquid integration is evident in a slightly conceptual form. As both architects respond to their surrounding urban and natural environments, I felt that a connection to the natural world through the waterfall, as it transverses both monuments would be more effective than an artificial prism. Therefore, both monument are reacting to and connected to their wider natural environments which are forever changing.

BOTTOM MONUMENT

Kisho Kurokawa’s monument follows the design principles of metabolic architecture in that it responds to an ever-changing landscape. This is evident through the symbolic connection as the waterfall drops through the monument to create an evolving architecture. The form of the structure was influenced by vegetation such as trees and the modular philosophy of living also proposed by Kurokawa. This allows for the organic upwards shape of the structure. As the stairs travel through the monument, the idea of an infinite journey as the inhabitant encircles the pathway becoming a way in which abstract symbolism is used through the form of a tree.   

The texture used is created by studying the chaotic nature of fissures and cracks in the ground. Symbolically, the textures connote the rejection of traditional architectural forms present in metabolist philosophy, hence the cracks present a collapsing structure. However, aesthetically, the texture adds further depth the building. 

MONUMENTS PHOTOS

MONUMENTS VIDEO

TEXTURES for EXP2

STEVEN HOLL The textures used throughout this monument follow the notion of an interweaving of the man-made, and the natural. As the lines cross over each other the geometries create patterns which evoke similar design principles to the monument’s bio-mimicry of the stream’s movement behind it, and the waterfall below. KISHO KUROKAWA The texture used is created by studying the chaotic nature of fissures and cracks in the ground. Symbolically, the textures connote the rejection of traditional architectural forms present in metabolist philosophy, hence the cracks present a collapsing structure. However, aesthetically, the texture adds further depth the building.

PHENOMENOLOGY

PHENOMENOLOGY BY STEVEN HOLL

Holl explains his search for phenomenological experience thus: "To open architecture to questions of perception, we must suspend disbelief, disengage the rational half of the mind, and simply play and explore. Reason and skepticism must yield to a horizon of discovery."

with trees

ALTERNATIVE LANDSCAPE!

NEW LANDSCAPE IDEA!!!

FIRST PHOTOS OF USING CRYSIS 15/4/12 I placed my axonometric shapes into the environment and was able to experiment with different textures and lighting settings.