For the Berlin Memorial, I chose to focus on the idea of collision. There is a “rational grid” created by the ordered system of the columns. Since the columns vary in height from 0 to 4m, the tops of these columns make their own topography, which then results in another grid, but completely different from the first. There is a collision in the difference between ordered and disordered, an actual “physical” collision between the intersection of the various grids, and the collision between understanding that there can be potential chaos in ALL systems that are apparently ordered.
For the Oakland Museum, I focused on both coincidence and collage. What appealed to me about this case study was the interconnectedness of each part. The stairs connecting to the roof of another level, which is the terrace of another portion. Coincidence plays a role in this because a roof is not just a roof and the stairs do not take you to the “obvious” next level, but rather offer you several options. When working on the top view of the museum, I also realized that the various geometric shapes would play really well into a collage, as the various shapes, lines, and pathways all interweave and have a relationship with each other.For the Spatial City I decided to focus on collage. The multilayered nature of this lends well to the idea of a collage because each of these components come together and relate to each other in order to form one “city”. I wanted to emphasize this idea by only hatching the right sides of each piece to show the various shapes coming together to make up one form.
