Movement
Objective: To create a building that defines/redefines the concept of linearity
At first, I interpreted linear to be purely a vertical order of objects, but quickly realized I wanted to focus on the movement of a person in a linear manner. My project began to center itself around this one question: How does a person interpret their movement through a building as being part of a path? The experience of movement forces linearity upon the mover.
From this perspective, the building reads as linear along a diagonal plane. On the exterior, I pointed out the path through the building using color, but once inside, it is clear that one must move on a specific path in order to navigate the building.
From this viewpoint, the building’s vertical linearity is clear, which I reinforced using color, columns and the use of windows facing above or even open to below.
“If anything is described by an architectural plan, it is the nature of human relationships, since the elements whose trace it records - walls, doors, windows, and stairs - are employed first to divide and then selectively to reunite inhabited space.”