After completing this assignment, it is apparent that I’m interested in a wide range of topics, but these topics all seem to have a common thread or something that connects all of them. For studio, I am in the critical regionalism class that is designing an artist’s residence in Lincoln, MA. This studio was my first choice out of all of the studios because the topic interests me. We studied the Gropius House, Breuer House, and other works of modern architecture that were designed in Lincoln, and how these works of architecture not only do something that the architecture that existed there before didn’t do, but they are rooted in their place and in nature and make connections and try to relate to the site while being sustainable. This idea of being rooted in a place, using local materials, studying the vernacular architecture while inventing something that is for use rather than form, really interested me.
My other topic, the cyclical nature of the seasons, came about in Thesis Prep Two when we were asked to pick terms and then create collages that portray these words. The idea of nature and time, progression, and the changes that take place over a short period of time versus the changes that occur over a longer period of time really struck me as something that I wanted to further investigate and see if I could relate this back to architecture somehow.
Lastly, the topic of connections and module systems was something I wanted to further investigate. I like the idea that something can be assembled, disassembled, and then reassembled again. I think this topic can easily intertwine with the other topics I chose. For example I could investigate how modular systems and pre-fabricated materials could be regionalist, vernacular, and site specific. The idea of time and the different variables that exist because of time passing could play into this idea of modular systems and pre-fabricated materials by questioning which materials are affected by time or the change in light or temperature over time. I could also look at the idea of short term architecture versus long term and how pre-fabricated architecture can be manipulated to be both.
Cyclical Nature of Seasons
How can the cyclical nature and rhythm of the seasons enhance architecture and the human experience?
How can architecture adapt to the change that occurs over time (short term and long term) for instance through the seasons or over a span of fifty years?
Connections and Module Systems
How can module systems and pre-fabricated materials be vernacular and site specific (rooted in a region/culture)?
How can adaptive/flexible architecture combine with enhancing the human experience?
Regionalism
How can architecture be so rooted in it place that it’s impossible to tell the difference between what is natural and what is the built environment?
How can architecture reflect its surroundings (be site specific) while being pre-fabricated/modular?
How does site-specific architecture enhance the human experience?
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Connections and Module Systems
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Regionalism
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