Through the development of my Methods book (all content in book is included on website) I discovered how others have approached, dealt with, explored, etc the "both~and" condition or dualities in architecture. Peter Eisenman seeks to achieve an interstitial condition through the process of combining two systemmatic diagrams: one diagram is project dependent and includes the program and context for the project, while the other diagram is not architecturally specific. He creates a dialogue between the two diagrams to formulate his architecture. Others, such as Jeffrey Kipnia, looks at design approaches as dualities that can yield the same result.
I approached my generative diagram by attempting to set up two very basic systems with basic rules in order to create something more complex. This relates to my criteria and I was attempting to understand what processes and design investigations may yield the results listed in my criteria. I started with a grid of lines labeled alternately "even" and "odd." At each line intersection I placed a circle and labeled each circle as "even-even," "odd-odd," "even-odd," or "odd-even" dependent on what lines intersected its center. I used this initial layout as a starting point for a variety of manipulations. Shifts included: scale, line weight, color, rotation.
Examples: (click on image for larger view)
Figure 1A: Shifting Scale from Center:
Figure 1B: Shifting Scale of 4 Grids starting each grid from a corner:
Figure 1C: Rotating each grid from center 30 degrees:
I choose to further develop Figure A by manipulating line weights and stroke color.
Iterations of Figure 1A:
Final iteration with varied line weight and stroke color:
Feedback ad Critique:
Successful at developing figures of density. Symmetrical, however symmetry can be a productive tool when used as a way to break from symmetry for a performance aspect; this break can become a growth strategy. Needs more discrete transformations, where each individual element is manipulated or effected independently to create more indeterminate behavior. Successful at dealing with site (18" x 18" square canvas.) High level of complexity. Need to find another language or system to influence. Technically, it is only one system rather than the two systems approach I was trying to experiment with.
Second Diagram Development:
I went back and reworked my systems and rules. I choose to continue with the grid of circles as one system in order to have a relationship to the first iterations as a way of contrasting. My second system was a random topological map. I overlaid the topo lines over the grid. I then scaled each circle based on a a factor of how far its center was from the nearest topo line. This provided a more discrete result.
Figure 2A: whole condition
Figure 2B: (limited to original 18 x 18 canvas)
Figure 2C: (line weights of large circles manipulated)
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