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• Nick

  December 12, 2010 at 7:10 pm · Reply

  Nan, I really like your concept of time and am excited to see how your project begins to look at the several ways architecture can exploit/showcase this idea.

  Make sure that you clearly define what time is and what it means to you. Time has so many different interpretations and seldom do people agree on what that means. If you define what time is and means to you and specifically this project, critics will then be able to focus on your building execution and not how time should could be defined.

  During your review on Thursday I thought of some ideas that may help you explore the possibilities with your project. Since your project is about time I think your choice to make architecture that is transformable is an appropriate approach. Think about creating a setting where you begin to take into consideration the future users and the programs (20-50yrs) and how that will shape/transform your building, rather than it being some kind of kinetic piece you use as a language.

  Also it seems to make sense that your building wants to be in the willamette R. as much as it does on land. Think about how the water hitting against your building begins to illustrate time. The water will erode parts of the building, and it will leave a water line that speaks to high and low tides, floods and droughts. This could become very poetic. Reviewers may criticize the appropriateness of building something in the water where it will erode and put the buildings integrity at risk, but you are the designer and can come up with a solution that takes this into consideration.

  Good luck as you continue to develop your thesis. I really think you are on to something with this notion of time, especially in an area of town that will be experience a decent amount of change as Portland continues to grow as a city.