Lisa Macfarlane_After Mid Review

Comments from Nov. 4 Review:

Pairing of scales in a single agglomeration would enhance the ability to create spaces.

Is 3 enough information to be the Fibonacci sequence, when is the system legible as an essence rather than just a fragment of that system?

How do you make judgments about disruption?

Stating ambitions of form and declaring desirability would allow the project to move ahead

What are the possible intentions of this form, how could this form be interpreted?

If you left this in three extreme climates, what would happen to this thing?

Consider the cardboard orientation, this can create transparency or opacity depending on the corrugation alignment.

Response to Nov. 4 Review Comments:

The pairing of scales in a single agglomeration is impossible without intersections of geometry.

It seems that if the proportional system is a primary guiding element of the design process, the proportional system should inform the design at multiple levels.

Disruption is appropriate when the system becomes monotonous.  When the product of the system is no longer interesting due to repetition, disruption is a technique by which interest can be generated.

Leaving this form in extreme climates might be interpreted in an abstract way:

If this cell was left among the leafy undergrowth of an amazon rainforest, its fibers might grow upward and spread out to gather more sunlight similar to the way a tree grows

If this cell was left in a hot, and dry Arizona desert, it might become more like a cactus, condensing its body into a tall narrow structure with thick branches in order to retain water

Possible potentials of this cell could include:

The use of this cell at the scale of a brick to create a pavilion

Repetition of this cell to form a piece of furniture

Siting of this cell - this cell could be placed in multiple sites at multiple scales to begin to consider how the cell could be occupied or act as a piece of architecture

This cell could be re-created in multiple materials

A particular site, program and function could be chosen for the cell, allowing future modification of the cell to better suit this function

The concept of aggregation of the cell could be used as a metaphor for architectural design of an urban housing block