midreview . fall 2011

Here is the beginnings of our studio project this semester.  I say beginnings because though we've been working all semester this design really came together in the last two weeks.  We were way frustrated for a long time and finally decided to just go for it.  I'm actually really happy with the way the concept gelled and I think that this is a great place to be at this point in the semester.

The studio brief calls for a pavilion which will be part of the London Cultural Olympiad, an ongoing program which runs in parallel with the 2012 Olympics.  What we have proposed doing is to create a fleet of floating pavilions that will be deployed around the aquatic network that binds London together.  These pavilions will dock at various positions along the river and canals to act as a venue for pop up cultural events.  They will then travel back to the main distribution site and recombine in this super-structure floating above a tidal wetlands to create a whole new spatial experience.  The main site therefore becomes a system for the concentration and deployment of cultural events - rhythmically fluctuating as units flow in and out.  Units exist in two distinct contexts - deployed & engage - each of which offers unique programmatic possibilities, spatial conditions and effects.

Big thank you to my partner Amanda Morgan who battle through a cold (which I've since come down with) the week prior to our review.  I am very proud of us.

Here is an abridged version of our presentation.

Here is a very rough animation which demonstrates our early thinking about effect and fluctuation.