Tuesday, 6 May 2014

Experiment 2 Monument

Quick Pictures of the Finished Product:


The finished combination of the monuments. The two monuments were connected using a walkway and staircase split evenly in the styles of Gang and Goldberg to emphasise the necessity for harmony in our time. These circulation details were also to provide the journey of realisation that is told in the "student experience" page.

Pictures:

The entrance is largely organic to emphasise the dichotomy between Goldberg's antiquity and Gang's Modernity. These opposing themes come to allow the structure as a whole to represent the necessity for harmony and compromise in the architectural process.
 The walkway is built to allow two people to attempt a worthwhile discussion as they move towards the Goldberg monument. They will then be able to experience the monument together and upon their return question the progression of architecture and the requirements for peace in our time.
The Goldberg monument's central fountain is to emphasise the extended metaphor of the monument in its locale. Its presence in the water represents the architect slowly being eroded by wave after wave of requests from the client.




The upper deck of the Goldberg monument is for discussion. The provision of modelling equipment, tables and amenities is to allow students to explore the two dichotomous architects and their monuments.
The departure from the site ends with a visit to the viewing podium. It is a final glimpse of what was before students return to modernity. It allows for a reflection on the necessity for peace as well as contemplation of Goldberg's plight of the architect.

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