FANTASY ARCHITECTURE ALYSSA MOYER 2018
ALYSSA MOYER INDEPENDENT STUDY ADVISED BY ANDREW HART FANTASY ARCHITECTURE UTILIZES VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGIES TO DEVELOP A SERIES OF IMAGES BASED ON PHRASES TAKEN FROM ITALO CALVINO’S INVISIBLE CITIES. EACH CHARRETTE LASTED ONE OR TWO WEEKS TO FORCE QUICK DECISIONS AND AS MANY FINAL IMAGES AS POSSIBLE TO PREPARE FOR THE FAIRY TALE ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION. THIS EXPLORATION HAS BEEN HEAVILY BASED ON THE PROCESS AND ‘MESS’ OF CREATING THE FINAL IMAGE. EXCERPTS FROM INVISIBLE CITIES WERE USED VERSUS VISUALIZING AN ENTIRE CITY IN ORDER TO LET THE IMAGE BE MORE OPEN ENDED AND LET THE PROCESS TAKE CONTROL TO DEVELOP A RESULT THAT IS LESS PREDICTABLE. EACH CHARRETTE BEGAN WITH AN IMAGE LIBRARY AND A SET OF RULES TO FOLLOW. THEN, EXCERPTS FROM THE INVISIBLE CITIES WERE SELECTED QUICKLY - SOMETIMES JUST BY OPENING THE BOOK AND PICKING A SENTENCE. ONCE ENOUGH CONSTRAINTS WERE SET, IMAGES WERE QUICKLY PRODUCED TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT IS WORKING AND WHAT IS NOT. AFTER DETERMINING WHAT WORKS, SELECTED IMAGES WERE REFINED INTO A FINAL PRODUCT.
TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S CHARRETTE I
4-9
CHARRETTE II
10-11
CHARRETTE III
12-19
CHARRETTE IV
20-25
CHARRETTE V
26-31
THE PROCESS
32-43
CHARRETTE 1 “THE TRAVELER SEES NOT ONE CITY, BUT MANY...ONLY ONE IS INHABITED AT A TIME, THE OTHERS ARE EMPTY...” -EUTROPIA
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CHARRETTE 1 “...THE NEXT CITY, WHICH IS THERE WAITING FOR THEM, EMPTY AND GOOD AS NEW...” -EUTROPIA
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CHARRETTE 1 “THUS THE CITY REPEATS ITS LIFE, IDENTICAL, SHIFTING UP AND DOWN ON ITS EMPTY CHESSBOARD.” -EUTROPIA
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CHARRETTE 2 MAN-MADE PARASITES
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CHARRETTE 3 “...THE PEOPLE WHO MOVE THROUGH THE STREETS ARE ALL STRANGERS.” -CHLOE ALDO ROSSI. THE ANALOGOUS CITY STEVEN QUEVEDO. UNKNOWN
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CHARRETTE 3 “SUSPENDED OVER THE ABYSS, THE LIFE OF OCTAVIA’S INHABITANTS IS LESS UNCERTAIN THAN IN OTHER CITIES.” -OCTAVIA
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CHARRETTE 3 “MEMORY IS REDUNDANT: IT REPEATS SIGNS SO THAT THE CITY CAN BEGIN TO EXIST.” -ZIRMA
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CHARRETTE 3 “MEMORY IS REDUNDANT: IT REPEATS SIGNS SO THAT THE CITY CAN BEGIN TO EXIST.” -ZIRMA
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CHARRETTE 4 “I FOLLOWED THE ALPHABETICAL ORDER OF VANISHED ALPHABETS, UP AND DOWN HALLS, STAIRS, BRIDGES.” -HYPATIA
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CHARRETTE 4 “I FOLLOWED THE ALPHABETICAL ORDER OF VANISHED ALPHABETS, UP AND DOWN HALLS, STAIRS, BRIDGES.” -HYPATIA
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CHARRETTE 4 “I FOLLOWED THE ALPHABETICAL ORDER OF VANISHED ALPHABETS, UP AND DOWN HALLS, STAIRS, BRIDGES.” -HYPATIA
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CHARRETTE 5 “ABANDONED BEFORE AND AFTER IT WAS INHABITED, ARMILLA CANNOT BE CALLED DESERTED.” -ARMILLA
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CHARRETTE 5 “YOU FOLLOW ZIZAG LINES FROM ONE STREET TO ANOTHER...A DOOR HERE, A STAIRWAY THERE...” -PHYLLIS
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CHARRETTE 5 “THE CITY IS OVER THE VOID...” -OCTAVIA
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ALYSSA MOYER 2018