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Field Conditions, Stan Allan – Response

From object to field:

From what I interpreted from this part of the article, the author describes the art and the beauty of the process of coming together. As you start out as one thing, and build to become another, then another, until you finally realize that you have several pieces put together to make one solid thing. The author writes how it’s important to cognitively visualize the end goal when starting a project.

Geometric vs. Algebraic Combination:

In this portion of the article the author discusses the difference between geometric and algebraic architectural designs. Algebraic designs look at the repetition of patterns throughout the design, whereas geometric designs allow space to be transformed.

Walking out of Cubism:

In this section of the article the author touches on minimalist work in the sixties and seventies and how it represents a significant overturning of prewar compositional principles. It states that minimalist work develops in sequences and rarely in fields. Minimalism inspired simplicity from an architectural standpoint while also challenging European design.

Thick 2D:

The author talks about the potentials of a field and how it masks the endless potential of something greater. In order to do this you need to maintain close attention to the production of difference at a local scale. The study of these fields can even point to the study of models that exist in the area of abstract and figure. In architectural or urban context a field is a fundamentally horizontal phenomenon.

Flocks, schools, swarms, crowds:

During this portion of the article the author talks about how a flock is in every way shape and form a field phenomenon. This is because variations and obstacles in the environment are accommodated by a fluid adjustment. The author describes how birds are never told to form in a flock but regardless of the rules, they do anyway. Over many trials flocks are always formed. This comes to play in human crowds as well. We are never told to come together in a crowd and if we are it always grows in size.