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Museum of Deposition (2010)

Museum of Deposition
2010 - Cheeyoon Lee
Algorithm and coded structures, the key blueprint for complete assembly to define the landscape; a landscape which physically transports various units of added variables and deposits them in pre-calculated locations then finally to a suspended edifice of assemblies strategically constructed above to not harm the weak geomorphic conditions; the architecture. Through extended research of the allotted soil and geomorphic processes, each characteristics and mappings were assigned variables, accordingly. Inceptisols, of the researched soil, is divided into seven suborders: aquepts, anthrepts, gelepts, cryepts, ustepts, xerepts, and udepts. Only five are present in the distribution throughout the United States and thus was the limited basis for the maximum expandable frame of the landscape. These suborders, now assigned as variables, would then combine into various shapes as modeled, and through strictly set procedures, be assembled. The process of the landscape explained: the systematic, mapping of groupings defined the final, physical properties of the landscape of depositions and the various elements related, including alluvial versus colluvial and erosion. The final, end result of the very tight system allowed for several errors to occur, in which no additional units could be allowed to attach, but only by artificial means. That said, the landscape has reached its maximum expandability and now depends on interventions to artificially grow it. The possible areas of intervention are already clearly present by the errors the system left behind, the flat surfaces where additional units could potentially fit. These areas would provide the structural basis for the intervention, like a natural infrastructure. Through representational mapping of the plan, physical properties can be identified in which interventions could be implemented, not merely to emphasize the properties, but to provide additional, structural support for other interventions which protrude outwards to the negative, void spaces. The occupation of the negative spaces is critical to the overall system since the original system depended on variations of the creations of these negative spaces through the process of depositions. With this in mind, the use of wires to show the movement of depositions throughout the model, and the wires being the additional structural support for interventions, is possible. these wires which run across the model are attached to the individual units through various creases and grooves found from sectional representations. The wires are weaved through the various points throughout the landscape as explained.with them, sails are attached to form various shapes to ultimately affect the directionality of the wind. The sails play two important roles: to catch the wind and create a mild tension throughout the wires to tightly stabilize the landscape modules, and to artificially control the direction of the wind affecting the later proposed architecture.
Intervention

The systematic, mapping of groupings defined the final, physical properties of the landscape of depositions and the various elements related including alluvial versus colluvial and erosion. This final, end result of this very tight system allowed for several errors to occur, in which no additional units could be allowed to attach, but only by artificial means. That said, the model as reached its actual expandability and now depends on interventions that would artificially grow it. The possible areas of intervention are already clearly present by the errors the system created, the flat surfaces where additional units could potentially fit. These areas would provide the structural basis forthe intervention, like a natural infrastructure.

Through representational mapping of the plan, physical properties can be identified inwhich interventions could be implemented, not merely to emphasize theproperties, but to provide additional, structural support for other interventions which protrude outwards to the negative, void spaces. The occupation of the negative spaces is critical to the overall system since the original system depended on variations of the creations of these negative spaces through the process of depositions. With this in mind, the use of wires to show the movement of depositions throughout the model, and the wires being the additional structural support for interventions, is possible. These wires which run across the model are attached to the individual units through various creases and grooves found from sectional representations. This would also further complete the elimination of errors and make the connections more stableand strong.
Museum of Deposition (2010)
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Museum of Deposition (2010)

Spring 2010 Project for Pratt Institute's School of Architecture

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