MArch Architecture Unit 17
17.4 The Bartlett School of Architecture 2017
17.5 Fig. 17.4 Sam Tan Y4, ‘The People’s Square of Manifestations’, Parade Square, Warsaw. The project begins by exploring the phenomena of chaos theory, which is intrinsic to weather changes, and the notion of a constructed language of digitality as the perceived finite truth of reality. A range of animated configurations of predictive weather data form part of various large-scale immersive installations. The experiential qualities of these initial pieces go on to inform an architectural proposition: a physical display of public opinion across the second largest public square in Europe, overlooked by the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw. This uses the chaotic societal impetus of contemporary political public opinion as the driver of its transitory spatiality. Fig. 17.5 Krystal Tsai Ting Y4, ‘Data-Driven Train Station’, Warszawa Miedzeszyn
Station, Poland. The architecture of this data-driven station is inspired by a spatial mathematical language developed through iterative models, drawings and films with ‘reactions’ between numbers. Numbers determine everyday life, in our patterns of movement, commerce, telecommunications, financial and digital transactions. In this project, each number is individually designed while larger numbers are assembled as complex composites of smaller units. The architecture of the station responds when deployable kite-like roofs are thrust upwards as commuters enjoy vertically moving seats. This performative structure is generated by the temporal logic of the station, particularly the time announcements of arrivals and departures of trains. 237