Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Pair[ing] Down






Meditation/Celebration

In Studio we have been working on a project that both uses light in meditation and celebration.  This might seem difficult to do because a meditative calm state is the extreme opposite of a celebrative state.  My project deals with both medittion and celebration in one single moment. The glow of color that the peice radiates when hit with direct sunlight is a celebration through color and a celebration or highlight of the sphere.  This light source can also be seen as meditative because the glow changes with the light that hits it: the more light, the more it glows.  This is a sort of control of light because it can only glow to a certain extent. When people are in a meditative state they lok for control.  The spherical shape is also a sign of meditation in asian culture. When the two come togeter they create a harmony and a very successful peice.  
Roth speaks about Falling water as “creating a harmony between the natural beauty of the setting and the interior living space”.  It's horizontal cantelevering planes create a meditative feel in this natural environment. The use of materials such as glass and stone celebrate the habitat that the structure is within.

Light/ Shadow

Light and shadow is something that i feel should be considered in all designs. The goldstein house, for example is one that uses light and shadow to make the space part of the landscape. Its use in glass makes the viewer feel as if they are ouside looking down on the maany lights of the city. At night the building illuminates and in the day provides shade and is always reflects into the water on the landscape. john Lautner the designer stated that he “wanted to shape infinite space” and was succesful in doing so through the manipulation of light and choice of shape and materiality.

In studio i created a structure that played with both light and shadow. It was a movable structure that allowed one to interact with it and manipulate their own shadows. Holes are also drilled into individual pieces to let in light filtration.

Transpose/juxtapose

The ancient Egyptians built the pyramids to clearly juxtapose from the landscape that they were on. They did so by creating objects of great height and linear smooth lime facade contrasting greatly to the flat rocky landscape of Egypt.  

These structures that have stood the tests of time were shed in a different light or transposed at the College Insurance Building.  These buildings were constructed out of glass and iron both juxtaposint and reflecting the environment around it.  The pyramids were also transposed at the Louvre  with a “transparent pyramid in the court, marking the new public entrance.” (Roth 3)

Literal/Abstract




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