1.1a: Adia Baines
01: Fields
Fields are networks that are open ended that connect the contents within them. They allow the structures to be connected but also keep their identities through field conditions. These conditions unify contents within a given space. The overall shape of the fields are less important than the contents within. The key elements are interval, repetition and seriality. Another important aspect is the what forms between things similar to in between domains.
02: Geometric vs. Algebraic
Relationships can be formed by geometric relations while algebraic forms by using numbers. Classical architecture uses geometry to form relationships not just proportions making precise rules govern a whole. Through this elements gain hierarchy that creates unity within the whole. The contents within it are not fragments of a whole but individual parts. Cordoba and the hospital do not have geometric schemas but elaborations established organically.
03: Cubism
Cubism shifted to minimalism in the sixties, making it shift to viewing the space. It reasserted artwork to focus on a specific object instead of multiple. Minimalism allows us to reduce what is not essential and take away the informal. Materials also started to become a function instead of a decoration, leading it to become part of the process and change.
04: Thick
Fields can potentially redefine the relationship between figure and ground. Moire is a figural effect produced by superposition of two regular fields. These fields respond to mathematical rules and are used to measure hidden stressors, connecting the larger networks together. These networks can be cities that are either two or three dimensional.
05: Flocks
Crowds are similar to how flocks of birds move within their unit. They allow a group of people to feel unified while having equality and a sense of direction. The architecture within these fields help shape the crowds in them through their geometric relations. The style of architecture that buildings have helps show how much power they have and how important they are.
1. I think you’re getting it but to express the idea clearer here: it’s the relationship between things that structure the differences. You may put them in one group but it doesn’t mean they are related. Try connecting them or give each of the different shapes the same type of difference.
2. again the idea is the system – the diagram does not show this idea of the system. It’s the proportional system that relates part to whole. The proportional system is but one of the many different systems that are yet to be created.
3. The notion of the material is about the operation. The diagram chose to focus on the differences between the material does not communicate the idea of its functionality. Try to literally contrast functionality with ornamental instead.
4. this is another repeated idea about the system. Look at the thesis statement rather than focus on the example.
5. The crowd again is an example of the system. Here the unit is the person and the rule is the territorial bubble. So the essence of these diagrams is how the rule affects the creation of form. the first 2 make sense the power one doesn’t. the power one is more representative rather than trying to express the rule.
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everything else is assumed good.