In this context, space has been developed by the deconstructing of the home. Past ideologies stipulated that a home require a house. But with the rise of a new generation and the economic crisis that has been affecting the global world, a paradigm shift has arisen. The paradigm shift results from a shelter need to a need to seek happiness. The subtraction of space is the essence that will make the new world viable and self sustaining. As individuals we need less space, require less space and are happy with less space. This generations battle is to create; quality of community, comfort and a growth of inner self rather than metaphysical concretized space. We seek more of ourselves and less of the materialistic. This is space by subtraction.
This project represents a facility that celebrates the relationship between science and art. The concept focuses on clarity of thought. The suspended building is the mind open for ideas while the water reflects clarity for decision making. The concrete structures supporting the building are sculptural pieces that are aesthetic and functional, mimicking the relationship between science and art. The Design is intended to ease the mind, engage clarity, and reflect thought.
The design was inspired by the hanging vines seen in Ficus trees, creating structure and an intricate art in nature.
2012 SOCIO DESIGN FOUNDATION
Fostering Dialog on the Social Impact of Design
No Grid: Communities need structure otherwise it becomes chaos. The structure in this case is represented by a grid which provides an Axis, Direction, Point and Containment. The Grid allows a feeling of security for all individuals. A grid may also cause complacency to the individual therefore a grid must be flexible and transparent. this however is not the very nature of a grid.
NO foundation: as humans we all have an innate inbred foundation. We are never alone without foundation even if it is not visible. Parents are a tool for foundation but it is a phenomenological and metaphysical approach that provides the foundation for each of us individually. The foundation is shaped as it needs to be for each person and delivered to us how it needs to be delivered. All of us have foundations but no one is equal to another.
Before the design can take place lets first define no foundation and no grid in this context. no foundations means that we believe that humans have lost the foundation of financial stability. We will not assume the foundation of moral, ethics or values are lost. However we can assume that due to a lost foundation of finance that there is a concern that these maybe impacted. The financial loss of foundations caused the problem, the issue to respond to: how to live without financial means?
no foundations = no individual means or financial support
As with the category of foundations we must also review what we mean by no grid. We are using grid in this context to represent the lack of community and the loss of community structure which is offered by a grid. This loss of structure is connected to no foundations. It represents a lost place in society due to the lack of financial means.
no grid = lack of community structure therefore we argue that no grid = no foundation = transitory
Transitory represents the people who are lost and lacking the grid and the foundation to find their path in society again due to financial issues in the overall economy.
What is Democracy? I know what democracy is not?
The overall concept for this submission relies on the principle that education and historic antecedents must be part of the identity and fabric in defining a democratic space. This stance will further feed hope and trust to those who wish to engage in democracy.
1) The design is seeking to visually categorize non-democratic ideology by connecting with viewers as a spatial tissue and weaving a position to ponder. This is done very elegantly and very quietly with the oversimplified, very ordered pathways to the non-democratic podiums.
2) The design does not just seek one non-democratic ideology but flushes out a total of three non-democratic ideals into a similar type of experience.
3) The clash of pattern represents the difficult task of visualizing democracy and the struggle to depart from non-democratic societies. We often are blinded by virtue and stubbornness and refuse to see potential failure even when it is degrading the class of humanity.
4) The use of the non-democratic space as a design device is to strengthen what we know as positive space for expression in democracy. The stance of democratic space is one of struggle and ambiguity, but in all is fortified by overall trust.
5) Levels define relevance to issue significance in the realm of democracy. Some issues will be heated and will warrant a larger forum whereas a possible conclusion to a debate can be settled in other appropriate scaled arenas. There is no rule that restricts simultaneous contemplation of resolve in democracy.
6) In Final- Democracy is non-intuitive—YOU NEED TRUST.
Dialogue is spoken, people are not divided by the issues, rather convene to decide and to expand the state of affairs to the masses.
Everything else is just chance…WE NEED TRUST
The process of a design is always intriguing. It is the phase when creativity and limitations are engaged. Process informs a designer on the most appropriate response to a question or even on what question to ask. It is at this stage that these preliminary sketches were developed. The sketches are a unification of a search for a design on a mountainous region of Peru, South America. Located in the Andes Mountains the sketches validate views, use of terrain and keep a conceptual framework of indigenous Peru. The design is a home for Don Juan Navarro, who has land in San Bartolome Peru. The house is designed for family to join in with spectacular views of the mountain.