Suffling Space-Time, Arts Center
Northern Liberty, Philadelphia. USA, Spring 2010
Instructor: Annette Fierro
The important aspect of my project is extracting harmony form different two constituents or concepts using spatial language of architecture. The first impression of this site was just ‘Empty’. Furthermore, a surprising fact is that the estimated percent of the population under 18 years old in 2009 in the district is more than 30%. Also, approximately half of them are living in poverty and with low education level. However, they have seen better days around 1960’s. At that time, there were a lot of factory and facility before changing of industrial structure. I would like to try to resuscitate this district with art education via my project as a catalyst.
Before starting my design on the site, I visited MOMA in NYC to figure out patterns of viewers against art pieces. I reconstitute the space from the film of their behavior I made, and I got the pattern of viewers from this. Also, I tried to shuffle its space and time through my two videos to extract harmony or illusion that they seem to co-exist. I selected young people of 1960’s and 2010’s as two different constituents of my project. Then, I got two diagrams from patterns of their behavior with their attractors and frequency within the field of activity from the site by using suffling method of last experiment. These diagrams is starting point of design.
These two different constituents have been neighborhood and artists including students in the concept of ‘users’. This art center offers a roof garden, skate park, food court, grocery store, cafe, restaurant, convenience store, bar, liquor store and laundry to neighborhood to support low-incomed neighborhood. Also, it provide ten studios, five exhibition place and artists’ residence. How are they mixing together? All circulations-ramps, stairs-with different degrees of slope and rest pocket spaces and art pieces everywhere and several entrances depending on each type of users will change their speed of passing and make unexpected event when they meet different types of users with them.
Publication
Northern Liberty, Philadelphia. USA, Spring 2010
Instructor: Annette Fierro
The important aspect of my project is extracting harmony form different two constituents or concepts using spatial language of architecture. The first impression of this site was just ‘Empty’. Furthermore, a surprising fact is that the estimated percent of the population under 18 years old in 2009 in the district is more than 30%. Also, approximately half of them are living in poverty and with low education level. However, they have seen better days around 1960’s. At that time, there were a lot of factory and facility before changing of industrial structure. I would like to try to resuscitate this district with art education via my project as a catalyst.
Before starting my design on the site, I visited MOMA in NYC to figure out patterns of viewers against art pieces. I reconstitute the space from the film of their behavior I made, and I got the pattern of viewers from this. Also, I tried to shuffle its space and time through my two videos to extract harmony or illusion that they seem to co-exist. I selected young people of 1960’s and 2010’s as two different constituents of my project. Then, I got two diagrams from patterns of their behavior with their attractors and frequency within the field of activity from the site by using suffling method of last experiment. These diagrams is starting point of design.
These two different constituents have been neighborhood and artists including students in the concept of ‘users’. This art center offers a roof garden, skate park, food court, grocery store, cafe, restaurant, convenience store, bar, liquor store and laundry to neighborhood to support low-incomed neighborhood. Also, it provide ten studios, five exhibition place and artists’ residence. How are they mixing together? All circulations-ramps, stairs-with different degrees of slope and rest pocket spaces and art pieces everywhere and several entrances depending on each type of users will change their speed of passing and make unexpected event when they meet different types of users with them.
Publication
research I (observation of viewers): frames of film from an exhibition MoMA, nyc
research I (observation of viewers): recomposition of space and flows of viewrs
research I (observation of viewers): diagram of viewers’ flows
research I (observation of viewers): video_flows of viewers
research I (observation of viewers): dissections of flow diagram
research I (observation of viewers): flattening of dissected flow lines on sections
research I (observation of viewers): rearrangement of sections & physical model of sections
research I (observation of viewers): video_flows through sections
research II (behavior of young people): analysis of young people behavior
research II (behavior of young people): classification of young people behavior
site analysis I
site analysis II: site and context
site analysis II: diagram of context
design strategy
program diagram
One day at the Youth Town, Art Center
My life has been changed after the first visit the Youth Town. Actually, though I don’t like to go to school, I registered an art program of the Youth Town because they not only allow drawing my painting on the vacant wall, but also they teach me drawing skills. Today, I went to the Youth Town by using bicycle. I like this way to there because I can see my own painting on several walls. I think that they are very nice murals. Also, when I was almost there, I could see the young people who are enjoying skate boarding. The skate park under the Youth Town Building is very awesome because on boarding we can see various behaviors in the building. Through art part next to the skate park, smelling fragrance of a Lilac, I am going to my studio to discuss our next work with my drawing teacher. I like my studio because of variable ceiling height of the room. I think that everything is connected in this building—space and space, inside and outside, upstairs and downstairs, young and old, memory and dream…
My favorite image in here is the strolling image of an old man and his grandson on roof garden of this building. So, I want to choose the image for our next work. Two years ago, I start to make graffiti around my place. Thus, sometimes I was used to be kept in custody. However, I already got admission from a good Collage due to my portfolio of mural. At the time when I made graffiti, I always put blame upon the poverty. Now, I realize I needed some helps and another approach for my dream. I really thank the Youth Town for everything.
My life has been changed after the first visit the Youth Town. Actually, though I don’t like to go to school, I registered an art program of the Youth Town because they not only allow drawing my painting on the vacant wall, but also they teach me drawing skills. Today, I went to the Youth Town by using bicycle. I like this way to there because I can see my own painting on several walls. I think that they are very nice murals. Also, when I was almost there, I could see the young people who are enjoying skate boarding. The skate park under the Youth Town Building is very awesome because on boarding we can see various behaviors in the building. Through art part next to the skate park, smelling fragrance of a Lilac, I am going to my studio to discuss our next work with my drawing teacher. I like my studio because of variable ceiling height of the room. I think that everything is connected in this building—space and space, inside and outside, upstairs and downstairs, young and old, memory and dream…
My favorite image in here is the strolling image of an old man and his grandson on roof garden of this building. So, I want to choose the image for our next work. Two years ago, I start to make graffiti around my place. Thus, sometimes I was used to be kept in custody. However, I already got admission from a good Collage due to my portfolio of mural. At the time when I made graffiti, I always put blame upon the poverty. Now, I realize I needed some helps and another approach for my dream. I really thank the Youth Town for everything.
physical model studies
circulation diagram
floor plans
sections
physical model: elevations
physical model: perspective and circulation detail
