Exp 2: Beginnings

Week 1 Stuff:

Axonometrics:

For the first week of work, it was required that we design five axonometrics to cover five key concepts in relation to Architects Jeanne Gang and Bertrand Goldberg.

The main concept that I was tackling with Goldberg was that architecture suffers at the hands of both the client and the requirements of its functionality. For Gang, I decided upon the aspect of being a pioneer. As a result, many of the axonometrics extrude in random directions to energise the piece. It is an energy that represents the new direction that Gang has taken with her architecture as one of the first reputed female architect and the impact that this piece, like her, could make on architectural conceptions.

However, at the end of the day, I decided to follow the idea of an architect's ideas and designs being oppressed by the client. I wanted to represent Goldberg's ideal that architecture does not respond to the imagination of the client but rather is contained by the desires of the client. As a result, my render is:

I wanted the building to emphasise how the demands of the client suppress the ideas of the architect. As a result, giant marble hands reach out of the ground to pull down the piece and make it seem squashed and compressed.

However, I wanted there still be a natural beauty for the piece. Therefore, the larger hands have been designed to act as a water feature to create a more beautiful and alive piece.

Thick Marble was used to create a heaviness to the piece. However, the use of wooden panels also offsets this deep weight to harmonise and balance the piece. This allows students to still recognise the concept but still feel inspired to discourse about the notion of how the client should impact the architect.














The last thing that I wanted to recognise was functionality and how that should influence design. Goldberg believed that the Marina City Buildings should be a "City within a City". As a result I wanted to recognise all vehicles of entrance so the monument could achieve the same function for everyone, paralysed or healthy.

The Marble Oppresor