Review

Here is what I posted for my last review. I was working toward understanding how the moire could be used as a formal system to help drive the architecture. Some of what I presented was posted earlier as well as some of the thought process.

What is a moire?
A moiré is a system of interference that derives from a subtle difference. It is created and developed through the superimposition of repetitive layers (or inputs.) Traditionally moirés are visually based. They exploit the way humans process images. We have a natural tendency to group visually similar items. When two (or more) similar or identical inputs start to overlap very closely out of phase with each other, we struggle to isolate the two inputs and our understanding of grouping shifts.

What is the inside~outside condition? How can this threshold be blurred or broken?
Inside and outside is a specific threshold condition. Visually, physically

How can the idea of the moiré be used to create architecture of inside~outside? Where is the moire (within the project?) What happens when you breakdown and remove the original inputs and utilize the both~and interference conditions?
The moiré is created through the overlapping of similar systems. The interference condition that results from the moiré is similar to the threshold condition.

What systems in architecture overlap and sometimes interfere with each other?
Structure grid
Enclosure/wall placement
Furniture layout
Environmental systems layout
Circulation/Stairs
Program  

What other influences in architecture can be utilized as an input? How can the moire extend beyond its visual implications?
Environmental influences - Wind Carlsbad Site deals with coastal and Santa Ana winds
Sun
Rain - San Diego lack of
Tides - Low and high, seasonal shifts

Understanding the intersection and interference of these systems with each other to formulate a spatial condition.
 
How will these systems interferences shift/change the design?
Additive or subtractive
Sectional conditions
Tectonics

­­ Other Questions:
How will the moire be visible?
How many inputs do you need?
What are the different types of inputs?
Where is the boundary? Where and how does it terminate? How is this determined?
What happens when the layers of the moire are pulled apart/stretched in one or more dimensions? How can this be used as a formal system?
What needs to be maintained in order to create the understanding of the moire?

BOARDS:

Expanding the Moire

My goal this week is to analyze, diagram, & utilize the moire in order to formulate a formal system (of rules) in order to negotiate the design process.  Here are some of the questions (with a few answers) I have been asking myself through this process:

What is a moire?
A system of interference that derives from a difference.  It is created and developed through the superimposition of repetitive layers (or inputs.) 
Where is the moire (within the project)?
Structure layout?  Enclosure pattern?  Enclosure/wall placement?  Furniture layout?  Systems layout?  Sectional conditions?  Tectonics?  Stairs?  Interior layering (wall layers, etc)?  The moire should be the underlying system for design decisions. 
How will the moire be visible?
What happens when you breakdown and remove the original inputs and utilize the both~and interference conditions?
How many inputs do you need?
What are the different types of inputs?
Where is the boundary?  Where and how does it terminate?  How is this determined?
What happens when the layers of the moire are pulled apart/stretched in one or more dimensions?  How can this be used as a formal system?
How can the moire extend beyond its visual implications?
What needs to be maintained in order to create the understanding of the moire?

Here are some initial studies I have been developing to answer some of these questions.

House of Oxymorons Competition Submission

I have submitted to the House of Oxymorons Competition.  I will wait until they post the entries on their website to post my entry here.

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Midterm Thesis Book

Here is the draft for my thesis book.

What am I trying to do? - A thesis statement

This thesis seeks to create an architecture that blurs the boundary between interior and exterior revealing a both~and condition that provides a connection between the built and surrounding environmen in order to set up a dynamic continuum of interactions.

Within the architectural discipline are a variety of dichotomies or juxtapositions that are treated and discussed as binary entities.  Rather than accepting an architecture that conforms to the traditional sets of "either/or" conditions, this thesis seeks to create an architecture that blurs the boundary between interior and exterior revealing a both~and conditions that provides a connection between the built and surrounding environment in order to set up a dynamic continuum of interactions.  Our world has increasingly begun to operate where communities and interpersonal connections are formed outside of our physical infrastructure and architecture.  Current culture allows us to "occupy" multiple places simultaneously and we no longer need to be physically present to be involved.  As these boundaries are softened, blurred, or even erased, architecture had the opportunity to exploit its traditional boundaries creating ambiguity and interstitial relationships.

The House of Split: A Study of Inside & Outside

Here is a draft of my current abstract:

Current culture allows us to “occupy” multiple places simultaneously. We no longer need to be physically present to be involved. Our world has increasingly begun to operate within a virtual realm where communities and connections are formed outside of our physical infrastructure and architecture. Because of this, the separation and borders that once existed between real~virtual and public~private have started to overlap, blur, and even disappear. Kazuyo Sejima states that perhaps contemporary architecture is a rethinking and softening of those borders that lie between the multiplicity of adjacencies. This projects seeks to erase the boundary between inside and outside to create architecture that has the ability to bridge the space and operate within the gap between interior and exteriority.