Sunday, January 18, 2009

01.18.09

case study 2
to look at the Diller + Scofidio Slow House

there is only a front door-no "front facade"
the movement is "from a physical entry [door] to an optical departure [window]".
as if two walls were constructed in order to lead from one place to another.
this is a passage that does not necessarily promise the return but focuses more on the entering and passing through. at the end is a monitor screen that shows the outside at any time desired since it is recorded and played back. the "picture" window is large and enticing for the travel.
in the bedrooms on the ground level the light that comes through is siphoned into the walls through opening and shutters.

this brings up the question of passage through as the program, the threshold is the house.
two walls hold the in between. to move into any room of the house is to progress.



the understanding now is that i should take these two houses and through perspective drawing, understand the station point, the focal length, the picture plane. what is the reason for this design. how does one move through and what happens along the way.