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.

Showing posts with label Perspectival Space/Fluid Space. Show all posts
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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

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

St. George Street looking South



Tracing delicately along an edge, diminishing into the distance. A blanket of shade dominates the space, shadows lurk in the distance, emphasizing the jagged horizon.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Promenade: looking south


A perspective to infinity delineates the aquatic urban boundary while silent pillars' shadows describe the solar orbit and explore varying surfaces as vigorous juveniles.

Inside the Basilica at Cathedral Place

Perspectival Space/Fluid Space
Parallax appears when a narrowing perspective leads through a directive space, guided by encompassing overhead and ground conditions, to a halting moment.

Order, Geometry, Proportion
Modular spaces bound a pulsating rhythm to force time and space to merge in a slanting pilgrimage.

Flagler College Courtyard

This is a section perspective, exploring the spatial boundaries created by the outer edges of Flagler College. The space is limited, yet open to the skies. There are different yet similar pockets of space that extend towards the center. A symmetrical pattern is established by the two buildings opposite each other. Overhangs provide another type of enclosure on a smaller scale.

Flagler College





Rhythm defines space. Boundary marches  axially around a void. Divisional qualities meld with fluidity to find freedom for movement.

Monday, January 18, 2010

Flagler College








A boundary is shaped through a series of arched columns in order to act as a threshold between two worlds. Void and space generated by the promenade and the exposed area are interchangeable as light and shadow change positions during the day.