Research Essay
Fortunately, the consecutive appearance of the element of folies in the autogram mentions in the previous section explains that the sharp contrast between the three colours, red (folies), green (grass and trees) and grey (gravel pavement) takes the attention throughout the journey. Noted that “the understanding of it [colour] as an architectural element that gives shape to the interface between surface and space…” (Mack, 2001), the use of colour act as a role to create “spatial illusion” (Baljon, 1995) as it aids to improve the perspective and sequence of the movement in the park. “At La Villette, the cut between two garden two garden sequences is executed by means of a line of trees.” (Tschumi, 1984). The scriptogram (Fig. 31) produced in the research investigates the cinematic relationship in between two folies. The sense of continuity, discovery and mystery through the screening of the trees and the hence the red folie captured as a landmark which also leads the journey in a particular direction. This proposal responds to the theory of “serial vision” (Cullen, 1961) which states that high quality of spatial experience is the one that the progress of a person walk from one end to another is impressed by a series of sudden contrast, screening, landmark, etc. These creates a great visual approach and also bring upon the plan to life. Fig. 31 Scriptopgram output - Zooming
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Fig. 32 Photomontage of a folie