FongKimo_Exercise1.1a

From Object to Field:
This section deals primarily with the many facets to design besides architecture there are. It also emphasizes the idea that in order for something to become a field it must derive from the repetition or continued variance of a single object. We can think of something as simple as a field as a relatively simple view. However, as soon as you look closer at the swaying wheat, there appears tiny microcosms where other similarities can be derived but brought together in to compose this one single field. This perception is largely subjective, and small changes in the pattern-like makeup can really affect how the field is perceived. It reminds me to pay attention to the details because they draw the line between a refined and a sloppy piece of work.

Geometric vs. Algebraic Combination:

When conceptualizing an environment, it’s important to maintain the basis of its conception, nature. To allow a given environment to grow and cultivate on its own, is to create a natural environment. When objects are given the time to consider the things going on around it, the object takes those factors into account in order to make way or adjust itself accordingly. An observable human example of this is the city. They are calculated, shaped, born out of time and intent awareness of where it wants to go and how it is able to accomplish that in regards to its existing context. By creating in a geometric, meticulous, and efficient way we derive a pattern and from the pattern comes direction.

Walking Out of Cubism:
This section deals with considering the object in relation to the space around it. When building, it is imperative that we pay attention to how the object has been influenced in its position by its context. When being minimalist in design, one is considering the omnipresence of time and creating so that the field is only influenced minimally by the change that occurs in the objects over time. It’s crucial that when we create, we do so intently with time and life itself as it unfolds in mind and how it will inevitably transform over time.

Thick 2D: Moirés, Mats:
An object may liberate itself from the infinity that the field provides, but how do we differentiate it from the constant while maintaining its connection to it? If we think about it in terms of true nature, a corn field is simply dirt. However, the objects that break while simultaneously creating another field are the corn. Within the corn lie an infinite number of protrusions and fields in and of themselves. These objects which come together and grow apart must be understood in continuous relation to the overall creation of the field. The subtle differences that occur in the natural development of each object set it apart in its own right while maintaining its relativity to the field.

Flocks, Schools, Swarms, Crowds:
Crowds express the ideas of fluidity and free motion, creating new fields through the gathering of large groups. On the other hand, flocks and herds seem to come together in simple geometries and circulate in a certain order. Regardless of the sovereignty of each object, at the core of it all there seems to be something that influences the gathering of the bodies, how they react to obstacles, and how they depend heavily on the passage of time to enact change. Out of these gatherings, patterns can be derived and make it easier to understand how the objects react in response to changes or obstacles that occur in the environment, thus influencing the group or field.