PROJECT 1 : re-thinking a promenade

The semester will begin with an analysis of the city of St. Augustine and the construction of two urban interventions. We will engage with the city of St. Augustine at a many scales and times to produce an analytical interpretation [from analysis to synthesis] that will serve as the armature for interventions. The first two weeks are reserved for the analysis part of the exercise which will be the mapping, re-thinking and re-construction of a promenade connecting two sites that you will choose for your interventions.

The programmatic charge of the interventions will be developed by you as a narrative constructed upon the specific place characters of the two sites. The re-constructed promenade between the two sites will be an imaginary / speculative / synthetic armature based on the memory of the two sites merging into the experiential qualities of the walk space between them.

Thus, your own experience of both the sites and the itinerary between them is the necessary starting point for the exercise. Understanding the notion of ‘analysis’ in terms of ‘probing’ questions specifically asked to ‘do’ something, to ‘intervene’ with the original object rather than ‘representing’ it will be a main pedagogical concern throughout the term.

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Friday, January 22, 2010

Promenade along River

Perspective pedestrian passage;Time and rhythm measured through vertical elements on opposing sides; Extruded path drawn from singular point; Threshold, boundary juxtaposed between built environment and nature

Flagler Courtyard


Metered measure mapping momentary movement of many; regulative courtyard enclosed by built environment; radial geometric pattern mapping time through enmeshing shadows and contrasting light; resting repose relieving residents from restricting rooms

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Flagler College looking Southwest at King Street


Enmeshing & Time is Duration
Structural apertures unveil an ornamental light field defining a perpetual space and capturing a limited span of time. The time-colored dimension is found by a finite fragment in time intertwining with a gleaming expanse.


Monday, January 18, 2010

St.George Street



Looking south. The enmeshing of materiality and shadow create a new edge on the ground plane. A datum is created defined by linked rectangular facades and shadows. Line of sight extends to the horizon accelerating the experience to the edge of the field.