01.15.09

Casa en Brejos de Azeitao, Setubal by Aires Mateus
re[de]fining the information gathered below



camera obscura
box

after researching the calculations to obtain an image on a 24x36 piece of paper i found that i would need a focal length of 42" and an aperture of 0.045" . this is if the focal plane is flat.
initially the idea was that i would build this according to the proportions of my body so that i could stand inside and draw. however, this would be huge and i am now considering a box that telescopes to the dimensions of the focal length, but i would make it so i could draw on the back from behind.


camera obscura
round


this is looking at the focal length in the round with many apertures that can be opened one at a time to have a projected image to draw (again 24x36). the difference between the two is that the images on the round will not have that much focus due to the curved plane and the light will fall off faster. (not a big deal perhaps). also, this will not be a true panorama in the sense that we think because it is a projected image that is a reversal and up side down. so left and rights will not line up.
also not a problem and perhaps a wonderful finding of the perspective[s] finding a new place.
this also was design ed to stand inside of but i am thinking now of a tripod to hold up the instrument and to stand behind and draw.



i feel, however, that the box is the way to start for now to understand the principal and then the round next.


i am waiting on a response to some questions about the construction from someone else to make sure that i am on the right track.
i built a small 1"-1-0" mock up of the round one with the calculations changed to match the new focal length, but the material needs to change and the design slightly.

my hope with this is to take the instrument that sets up certain parameters of seeing and draw what is projected and find the overlaps that occur with in the spaces and the walls. then, to take these sets of drawings that are done in different situations and [re]connect them in a way that is similar to connecting sections cut along a path.
hopefully there will be a new datum that appears...
this is all for now.







case study no.1
a start at looking at Casa en Brejos de Azeitao, Setubal by Aires Mateus
this is a study of a house that is built inside a former wine warehouse.
for me, the walls [existing] are the parameter to work within and how this house is a "living within the walls".
the balance between the positive and the negative as well as in the moving through, there is never the same perspective. the intention of the inhabitant guides and follows.

what does it mean to be
between walls
inside walls

what is the difference?
is there?

The house is set inside of an old wine warehouse.

The walls of the existing structure and roof act as the enclosure of the building. The new walls that are then constructed act as the “other” side of the exterior walls. In between is where the inhabitant lives. The stairs are directly leading to specific locations. There are four ways to go. The new walls are the structure for the cantilevering rooms that are an extension of the wall itself that turns to form the room and allow inhabitation.

The circulation is determined by the user: which room are you going to determines which way you go.

The natural light that comes in through the existing windows is absorbed by the openings in the walls and the cantilevered boxes. The light is reflected to pass through the inner open space that is created by the action of the walls.