Over-Analyzed, Under-Used

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Over the course of the semester my initial investigations began with the concept of piling and layering various objects on top of oneanother to create different scenarios. The first project lend itself to gathering a set of objects that would interact with one another in interesting manners. The process of 3D modelling the physical objects into Unity allowed for the exploration of how objects from these two sets would interact with themselves and one another. The different 

scenarios produced a series of stacks, heaps, and piles dependent on the objects that were placed in the scene. The interaction of the different objects to one another created a new part to whole relationship, which in turn produces a new reading of the object. 

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The detail mockup further allowed the opportunity to test the potential of stacking different materials on top of one another. For this exercise, the primary set objects were stripped down to their materiality. Other materials that had the ability to deform based on their adjacent environment were also added. The metallic objects were replaced by sheets of different apertures which would allow the materials to react in different manners. As the detail mockup transitioned to an architectural form, I was greatly interested in the idea of stacking various programs on top of one another as Rem Koolhaas discussed in Delirious New York. The various materials from my mockup became zones of new programmatic functions would serve the wants of the buildings inhabitants. Thus my project transitioned into a critique of the New York skyscraper which has become an integral part of the city’s urban landscape. The skyscraper is a manifestation of “Manhattanism” as an urban phenomenon and it formally determined by social, political and economic context.