Thursday, September 21, 2006

Research: Agenda + Proposal

3 primary factors in the proposal

spatial [spey-shuhl]
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to space.
2. of, relating to, involving, or having the nature of space.
3. existing or occurring in space; having extension in space.
4. relating to, occupying, or having the character of space, affected with spatial disorientation


one may prejudge before entering the space and may have a sense of what’s occuring.
upon entering, the individual may realize, that they influence the space in which they’re in.



experience  [ik-speer-ee-uhns]
-noun
1. a particular instance of personally encountering or undergoing something.
2. the process or fact of personally observing, encountering, or undergoing something.
3. knowledge or practical wisdom gained from what one has observed, encountered, or undergone.
4. the observing, encountering, or undergoing of things generally as they occur in the course of time.


experience is an important feature in the proposal. There should be a diaologue between the individual(s) and the skin.
kinetic architecture should be interactive with the people occuping the space.



functional [fuhngk-shuh-nl]
-adjective
1. capable of operating or functioning.
2. of or pertaining to a function or functions.
3. the action for which a person or thing is particularly fitted or employed.
4. the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution
5. the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.


it should take part on the interaction.
it should be something to encompass the human scale, and benefit and satisfies the human needs.



the space would have a field of skins with creases and lips that will open and expose lights and close depending on

- when the individual enters the space

- how the individual passes the skin

- the number of indivuals entering the space

- how the number of individuals pass the space


in areas where natural light may be available, the skin depending on what’s described above will reveal natural sunlight into the space.


in areas where natural light may not occur, the skins depending on what’s described above will reveal artificial light into the space.


in areas where both partial sunlight and artificial occur in the space, the skins exposure of natural sunlight and artificial sunlight may be placed depending on if that lighting is available.


we plan on going by this, by using specific sensors that will monitor a person’s presence in the space.


we would like to experience with various kinds of papers as well as textiles.

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