Experiment Two: Concept

In class this week we examined a small sample of the work of our two clients, Frank Lloyd Wright and Aires Mateus architects. Through some reluctant group work as a class we came up with six basic concepts, each of which are derived from the work of our clients. Those concepts are: 

1' Voids and negative space articulate a sense of secrecy

2' Grow right out of the ground wherever soil and gravel abound

3' Artificial cultivation of the environment through composition

4' Uniformity of simple spaces

5' A synthesis with nature; a respect for landscape

6' Domination of geometric models

At home, I completed the below set of axonometric comprised of the amalgamation of five rectilinear prisms viewed from two opposite sides. 

Having set out these amalgamations, on Tuesday morning I set about developing two - the third and the fifth - in SketchUp and exporting them to a landform created using Cryengine Sandbox. Below is a consideration of these two shapes as a formal relationship between the concepts that informed each. 

Here I view the shapes from above. The shape on the left represents 'artificial cultivation of the environment through composition' - a concept developed in response to the works of Aries Mateus. This shape towers over the landform, rooted not on the highest point, but peaking above all. In the distance below, we see 'a synthesis with nature, a respect for the landscape - a concept to represent the works of Frank Lloyd Wright - diminutive in the context of the glowing white beacon above. 

Here I have framed 'a synthesis with nature, a respect for the landscape' in its own intimate context. The shape here touches the land only lightly and is crowded in with natural forms. The shape is deferent to the water below by opening it to the sky, not visible here, but in the axonometric sketch above. From here, 'artificial cultivation of the environment through composition' is faded, lacking the power it holds in close quarters. 

Hopefully, this is a good start to Experiment Two, which seems to move at a very different pace to Experiment One. See you next week.