DelaneyTANG
 

This project is meant to explore spatial typologies and spatial poetic in architecture. Far from the projects done in the previous semester which emphasizing much on the design form, we were given task to express designs which impact on the uses and experiential conditions within an architectural space. The design serves as an experience rather than just an object.

Before generating the design for the walk of 5 senses, my group has chosen Temple of Heaven and Jewish Museum as precedent studies to analyze spatial order and spatial poetics. I am inspired by how the significant spaces shine upon the void in architecture. Says both of the precedent studies, the temple could not be so majestic without its humble surroundings while the dull and plain wall in the museum makes the user turns to his back to have a totally different view looking backwards. Every single part in the architectures is designed with reasons.

For the walk themed ‘journey for the 5 senses’, ‘Devil May Care’ was chosen as poetry to be translated into the walk. The sarcasm of ‘devil’ with ‘care’ brings the concept ‘contrast into the design. As both of the linear and centric designs intended to make user to discover, thus, spaces are kept mysterious, underground and secretive while choices of the user made eventually vary the consequences. Features such as manipulation of lights, materials, texture, human scale informed by the precedent studies are taken into considerations for the design. Much exploration of spaces was made through different spatial types, on the contrary, the linear and the centric spaces.