Monday 13 February 2017

Drawing Spaces Lecture 05: The Agora

Public space / Mapping space / how the space between works

The Agora: Roman space - between/exchange exterior/interior public/private

Very interesting to listen to given I live near here and that this area is my local library / swimming/leisure centre. The idea of building a space that connects the two iconic buildings through replication of the existing architecture.


Landscape project that drew together the variation of public activities and movement with a variety of city based materials. New directional lines and language are formed where materials direct you.


1st International Architecture Exhibition
a composition of theoretical elevations and facades designed by various architects. These proposals of a made up city in one single drawing were developed in 1:1 scale models that acted as a series of thresholds. The outcome is a collaborative town of architects. The threshold between exterior and interior is questioned further as the models situate themselves within an existing space.

Hiroshige: Paper Architecture
Narrative drawings that speculate a quality of space and perspective bringing body and architecture together. The influence of metaphorical stories inserted into the drawings gives examples of mixed exterior/interior view points. The drawings are layered not only in narrative but spaces and material offering a constant flexible and shifting dynamic.

Interior perspective prints that are mirrored questioning the boundaries and perimeter of the original space. I have seen these prints in Edinburgh whilst on a trip a couple of years ago. Beautiful detail and the idea of expanded and stretching space through the use of mirrored perspectives. 


Sanna: De Kunstine thearte
Human drawings that understand the relationship between inside/outside/environment/architecture. Perspectives of the solo view where the view point shifts in composing a framed relationship between the scale of human occupants and the scale of space.

Considering the pattern and rhythm of the city that will be mapped across the landscape. How the space changes over time. The drawings hold both diagrammatic and calculative details. There is a clear recognition in colour, type, shape and shift in light that has impacted on the proposal.


Basil Spence: Meeting Space
Interior spaces that hold a spectacle use of lighting. They highlight the occupation of both the private and public. Meeting space is part of the University of Sussex plan. Its massive geometry and circular orientation is brought out through the use of coloured light, influenced by church windows and medieval architecture.

Charles Avery:
Fictional landscapes discussing culture, lifestyle and are made-up. They deal with architectural furniture and space. The drawings focus on a public space and doesn't draw on the surrounding buildings.

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