Assembly by Force
Deliberative Body - Assembly Hall
RISD Spring 2020, Advanced Studio, Professor Chris Bardt
The assembly hall is heavily influenced by the first two projects: a Drawing Machine and Vessel within a Vessel.
The concept derived from the drawing machine informs the vessel within a vessel which guides the design of the assembly hall.
This studio class was guided heavily through a thought process, how one can inform another.
Rather than focusing on the final design, we were encouraged to focus on our process.
This semester unfortunatly was affected by COVID-19. I commend my professor, classmates and critics for being able to still have a rigorous studio semester via zoom.
Force interaction drawing
Inertia
State of rest until changed by the force of the rocks
Rock + Wire
Artifacts of drawing machine
Rock, wire, plaster studies
Force study 1
Cast of rock
Depression
Force study 2
When force is applied, the top layers are more impressionable
Ripple effect
Force study 3
Force Depression Displacement
Depression enforces assembly because one is always gravitating to the center
Icelandic crater as a natural depression
Stalagmite
Grows from
Transforms
Ribs
Cradle rock
Wire
Binding
Spiral
Movement
Ramp
Wire + Ribs
Rock within Rock
Rock Depression Wire
Rock creates depression in ground
Rock is held above the depression it created
Rock as a formal place of assembly
Depression as a informal place of assembly
Wire holds rock above the depression
Wire spirals to hold rock
Wire is a fluid mono-filament
Concept Thumbnail
Depression
Public
Ground
Informal
Outer Rock
Public/ Private
Interstitial
Semi formal
Inner Rock
Private
Assembly
Formal
Perspective sketch
Axon
Section 1” : 32’
Plan - Ground
Plan - Ground + Ramp
Plan - Ground + Ramp + Body
Perspectives + Material
