Preservation in Dynamicsfrom Design 6 with Prof. Betty Hackney
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This project is divided into two modules: the first being a case study using analysis, transformation, and creative misuse serving as the potential for new ideas. Principles of the "Blur Building" are extracted in an abstract drawing to develop a new concept and new understanding relating to tectonics and sustainability. The second module expands upon the precedent analysis of sustainable tectonics and the conceptual principles and is utilized as a foil for the basis of conceptual development for the remainder of the project.
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Exploration began with initial analytical drawing depicting the main principles in the Blur Building. The architectural skin is formed by a dynamic, multi-layered mechanism that alters spatial perception. The two-dimensional drawings were then translated into a three-dimensional, dynamic model. Finally, the abstract drawing and the model are interconnected to create a conceptual site analysis, or sketch model, that responds and relates to the project location - Bethlehem, PA. As a result, the project goal is to preserve Bethlehem's identity while generating new dynamics.
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The project connects to the change in sustainability by a series of environmental systems, where each element engages with one another to create a manipulation of space. Systems include water, light, shade, wind, etc. and when each operates with one another, or independently, and are even operable or engageable, they change how space is perceived.
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