Ana Fitriyani - Despina

NARRATIVES EXPLAIN SPACES (ANA FITRIYANI / 1006775501)

CITIES & DESIRE:

DESPINA FROM THE BOOK “INVISIBLE CITIES”

Cover sketched by Goastar (http://www.playdom.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=85445)

“Despina can be reached in two ways: by ship or by camel. The city displays one face to the traveller arriving overland and a different one to him who arrives by sea.�

-From the book Invicible Cities-

Picture by: allaboutdrawings.com/ www.alexkorting.de

“Each city receives its form from the desert it opposes …

SEA

DESERT

DESPINA DESERT

… and so the camel driver and the sailor see Despina, a border city between two deserts.”

DESPINA When the camel driver sees QUALITY OF SPACE

iconic

high Open-space with landscape

windy

Intenseness

DESPINA When the sailor sees QUALITY OF SPACE

shady high & white movement distraction

fresh (water as metaphor)

a hide-andseek

SKETCHES

reflecting surface (mirror)

intense

FROM THE ENTRANCE 1

make a form of light

high space windy OPPOSE EACH OTHER, ACTUALLY SAME

FROM THE ENTRANCE 1 opening, to get outdoor view

FINAL MODEL

END. THANK YOU :)