Experiential Narrative- Artist

You are the Artist; you circulate the building to enter through an entrance leading to your studio space, in which only you know the location. This is a personal space in which you and only others you let in occupy. This is a place of process and work, which can be short or long term, it is your creative domain. You not only see “behind the scenes” this is the place where you create the scene. You can stay in this space for a long or short period of time; it is at your discretion. You decide when the work is “done”; you decide the setting and space this work will be presented in, alone or with others. It is your choice, no more WHITE BOX, the architecture responds to you and your work.

Experiential Narrative- Visitor

You are the Visitor; you enter through a large public threshold to a unique and versatile building. As you proceed through space you encounter various forms of art. The first you experience upon arrival in the landscape of the site, you did not recognize it at first due to its camouflage qualities. As you begin to look around you see the architecture is adapted to the art. You transgress through artistic spaces as well as spaces specifically for traditional art. The range of experiences is tremendous. You come back in a week to the same site and to what you think is the same facility. There are subtle hints of the base facility but things have been subtracted, added, the facility has transformed. A new set of spaces has been developed, all customized to the art it contains, this is a DYNAMIC facility.

Program Diagrams

This first diagram is showing the various art forms in relation to time. The area before the white box is the process time before the art is put on display. The white box represents the gallery time or the time the art is in the public realm. After the box is the time of storage or when art becomes a memory. Some forms of art (the turquoise and pink colored lines) continue from the beginning all the way to the end, while some (yellow) start and end in the public realm (this could be linked to performance art, while others (blue and orange) start in the public realm and continue on, for instance process art.

This is a circulation diagram showing the path of the visitor vs. the path of the artist. The path of the visitor (Blue line) starts in the public realm enters the gallery/viewing space (the white box) and exits again, this is more of a controlled path. The artist (teal path) can either start in the public realm like the visitors or start at their individual studio spaces beyond the gallery. The gallery is the point where the visitor and artists interact.

This final diagram shows adjacencies. The orb in the center again represents the public realm. The blue pieces inside represent studio spaces that are completely public, the blue/green boxes represent the studio spaces in both public and private realms, and the green boxes represent private studios.

New Visual Abstract/Idea Map

The idea map speaks for itself, however the visual abstract may need a little explanation. I was trying to think of a way to represent the combination of static and dynamic (or temporary) elements without simply placing pictures of temporary and static architecture. I developed the idea of a trellis (a typically static element) and how plants and vines grow off of it throughout the year (growing from a base).

The visual abstract is in a grid formed by the trellis with the center image blank (representing the trellis itself) the images surrounding the blank space are pictures of vines themselves, with outer ring of flowers and fruits images produced by the vines. This version of my visual abstract strives to show the diverse growth of elements from of a solid base.

Acrylic Painting

In my free time and occasionally for projects i enjoy acrylic painting mostly abstractly but sometimes realistically. Here are a few painting i found online that i find intriguing both in terms of color and spatiality.

Buildings I Like

Partial housing - Alejandro Arevena

Nelson Atkins Museum: Steven Holl

Hirschorn Museum: Diller and Scofidio