SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE 2013

THIS PROJECT INVESTIGATES THE QUESTIONABLE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN MOTION AND MONOLITHICITY, TWO CONCEPTS THAT
TYPICALLY DO NOT COEXIST IN ARCHITECTURE. AFTER
RESEARCHING WHAT IS THE NOTION OF A MONOLITH OBJECT
MEANS FOR A BUILDING, THE MAIN FOCUS BECOMES OUR MOST
QUESTIONED CONCEPTS - BEING THE TECTONICS OF A MONOLITH
OBJECT. THE GEOMETRY IS AN OUTCOME OF DISTORTING AND
ANIMATING A TRADITIONAL GRID, WHICH RESULTS IN A
COMPOSITION OF COMPRESSED, THREE - DIMENSIONAL LAYERS.
THE CHALLENGE IS TO FIND A DENSITY THAT SWITCHES FROM
SOLIDITY TO POROSITY. IT CHANGES ACCORDINGLY ITS
PERSPECTIVE AND IT ALLOWS CERTAIN DEPTH, REDEFINING THE
IDEA OF POCHE IN ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS. THE REFINEMENT
OF THE LAYERING INSPIRED A MATERIAL RESEARCH EXERCISE
FOCUSED ON METHODS OF DEPOSITION. THE SELECTION OF
MODELS REPRESENTS DIFFERENT VARIATIONS OF THE FACADE,
INVESTIGATING NOT ONLY THE IDEA OF MOTION, BUT ALSO
LIGHT, SHADOW, DEPTH AND CONDENSATION.