Week 6: EXP 2 introduction

One point perspective sketches

I found these sketches helpful in understanding the manipulation of space within a circulation cross. I used aspects of these sketches to inform my creation of massing elements.

Circulation cross and massing elements modelled in one perspective sketches

right side view

top view

left side view

Circulation cross and massing elements modelled in Sketchup

Lumion rendering of circulation model

Article

The City in the Air by Arata Isozaki

''The City in the Air by Arata Isozaki''. 8 March 2019. ArchDaily. Accessed 4 April 2019. https://www.archdaily.com/912738/the-city-in-the-air-by-arata-isozaki

Quotes from the Article

"The Metabolism emphasized the concept of biological growth in architecture, implying that the city, as well as its structures, are living organisms that develop together. "


"“Future cities are themselves ruins. Our contemporary cities…are destined to live only a fleeting moment. Give up their energy and return to inert material. All of our proposals will be buried. And once again the incubation mechanism is reconstituted. That will be our Future”

"These structures permit the expansion and the reorganization of the urban space, incorporating or removing units of capsules in order to satisfy in real time the necessities of the residents."

My 5 words

organic
destroy
adaptation
growth
rebirth

My Theory

Architecture is an fluid organism in a constant state of destruction, growth and rebirth as it continually adapts to the needs of modern society.