Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Cutting Corners

We realize that you all are currently doing identical work. This will form the base of what you'll make in the next two weeks as you demonstrate material techniques in Wood, Masonry, & Steel.

Each step is designed to lead to the next- additive & incremental learning. If you skip over one step & use someone else's work you'll inherit their mistakes & your own ignorance of the nuances of the construction. You won't be able to make a structure unless you know the foundation, site, & spatial issues this step raises. This is the moment we inscribe the project's spatial arrangement parameters into the site & build a foundation to build upon.

We begin a construction by inscribing space into the site
& we materialize the building through our authorship of the parameters of this inscription.

This is the most critical step of the modeling exercise.