LENS FRAME
landscape
interiors
applied graduate research
IN PRACTICE . introduction architecture
grit collector
bank city
thermoponics
urban canvas
folded
intersect
CONTEXT
synthetic stimulus
urban park
water cell
collaborative + professional work 005 009 057
CONTENT
helix lofts
technologies + ecologies
VISION
frame context content []
buildings
the spaces between buildings
A RCHITECTURE LAND SC AP
the spaces within buildings
LENS
“
W ALK AROUND THE CITY AND FIND SEMICOLONS .”
A delicate world of punctuation surrounds the built environment, like a world of symbols living in hidden layer. They are missed by the naked eye, but through the lens I invite you to wear, you will find that they exist, and that the layer is, in fact, teeming with life.
Punctuation marks are the control points of written language. Within grammatical syntax, punctuation is a means of facilitating what we want to say. Language is subjective but very little changes in punctuation. At their most basic sense, they represent INTERRUPTIONS AND CONTINUITIES BETWEEN THINGS , but their mere placement radically modifies the text that surround them. Not only is the constancy of their meaning in linguistic expression directly translatable to other forms of expression but they also reveal new ways of understanding them. I have pondered punctuation as a medium for spatial expression, as a means of impacting context, composing content, reframing meaning. This is not in a purely didactic manner, but in a profound manner of seeing, where it reaches clarity with phraseology, viewpoint, analysis, and making.
The discipline of architecture constantly introduces us to new modes of representation. We struggle to express our ideas – how our processes materialize a conceptual solution to a spatial problem, or how to turn conceptual problems into spatial solutions. I AM NOT PROPOSING A NEW LANGUAGE ; I AM PROPOSING A NEW TRANSLATIO n.
Punctuology, I propose, is the capacity of the typographic symbols we call punctuation to classify, provide relationships, and engender new architectural typologies. I have come to define/conceive my body of work through this world: the spatiality of punctuation.
You will go you will return not, in the battle you will perish.
You will go you will return, not in the battle you will perish.
SITUATING
TRANSITION
THRESHOLD
vacant pause constrain interlude assigned redirection doubt appropriation missing connect lapse reappropriation approximate shift break interjection sequence
ENCLOSURE
ACTIVE READING (ANALYSIS)
Punctuation as a way of reading the built environment, defining how something has been made. (classify and tell story) Herein, punctuation is assigned its meaning as an architectural condition and then as part of an urban block. (What the building says, how it’s heard)
ACTIVE WRITING (MAKING)
Punctuation as a way of communicating intent of spatial manipulation. (facilitate continuity in given measure, control points) Herein, punctuation is assigned its meaning as a design intervention (what the intention is for the purpose of using it as a representation of a design intervention), and then the elicited response of the context (the public realm) as a result of the intervention. (What I want to say, how you respond to what is said)
1. to indicate a series of equal choices
curly brackets TO CLASSIFY
Select your animal {goat, sheep, cow, horse} and follow me. punctuation character definition in prosein a nutshelli.e.
hyphen
1. DIVIDE DUE TO CONTEXT
1. divide a word at the end of a line. We, therefore,the representatives of the United States of America...
colon 3
3. separates the subtitle of a work (which is a noun phrase) from its principal title (another noun phrase) Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
3. LAUNCH DESCENDANT
quotation mark 1 TO BORROW MATERIAL
1. surrounding a quotation or direct speech "Hal," noted Frank, "said that everything was going extremely well."
Through these lenses, I use punctuation to classify my body of work, both as a way of telling its story and as a representation of its overall existence in the context of the built environment.
T HE SPATIALITY OF PUNCTUATION IS A MANNER OF SEEING AND U NDERSTANDING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT , ITS MODES OF REPRESENTATION , ITS UNFOLDING DISCOURSE , ITS HISTORY AND ITS FUTURE . THRESHOLDS, TRANSITIONS, OPENINGS, JOINTS, SURFACES WILL MANIFEST IN PUNCTUATION . T HEY BRING MEASURE TO TERRITORY THROUGH A SITUATED CHOREOGRAPHY OF MEANING , EXPRESSION AND REPRESENTATION . THIS IS NOT ABOUT HOW TO CREATE THE TOOLS; THIS IS ABOUT MANIFESTING THE EXPRESSION.
WHATITREPRESENTS, ESSENTIALLY
WHATMYINTENTIONWOULDBEFORTHEPURPOSEOFUSINGITASAREPRESENTATIONOFMY INTERVENTION
ELICITEDRESPONSETOINTERVENTION-LENSISASSIGNEDTOAPERSON SHIFTINGSCALESANDLENSES-LENSASSIGNEDTOABUILDING
what it is how it is TO THE PUBLIC REALM TO A BUILDING IN AN URBAN BLOCK
REPETITION
same-type spaces, a offer a series of equal, sequence of same typologies for one to choose from.
feel equal
STITCH breaks/splits something because of a pre-existing contextual condition in order to represent it as one, a whole. - identify connection re-constituted unity
band aid
ORIGIN something that enables the revelation of a new element coming from its original source. a point of departure.
recall history.
APPROPRIATION an apparatus that encloses/allows borrowed material to be appropriated
identify source
legible evolution
borrowed material foreign body
FRAME BUILDIN GS
VISION
G RAD U AT E
A PPLIED RE S EAR CH ( GLOSSARY )
square brackets 1
1. enclose explanatory or missing material usually added by someone other than the original author, especially in quoted text.
I appreciate it [the honor], but I must refuse.
OBLIGATORY ADDITION
square brackets 2 apostrophe 1
2. enclose missing/modified material usually added by someone other than the original author, especially in quoted text.
1. indicates that some letters have been omitted from a word
OBLIGATORY REPLACEMENT
[Jack] and I went a long time go.
"Most people save all their lives and leave [their money] to somebody else."
TO CONDENSE
Erin doesn't tie her shoes correctly.
o'clock
apostrophe 2
2. to form the possessive case of a singular noun
TO SHOW POSSESSION
Erin's shoes are poorly tied.
1. to indicate a series of equal choices
curly brackets
parenthesis 1
1. to include material that you want to de-emphasize or that wouldn't normally fit into the flow of your text but you want to include nonetheless, material that could be omitted without destroying or altering the meaning of a sentence
TO CLASSIFY
Select your animal {goat, sheep, cow, horse} and follow me.
SPONTANEOUS INSTRUCTION
Your essay (all nine pages of it) is on my desk.
2. indicate shorthand for "either singular of plural" for nouns
parenthesis 2
INDICATE CHANGEABILITY
…the claim(s)...
SUPPLEMENT add something to something that already exists to make it clearer.
REPLACEMENT modify something that already exists to make it clearer.
ABRIDGEMENT take something out in order to make it shorter, make it concise but don't lose clarity.
POSSESION own it
REPETITION same-type spaces, a
offer a series of equal, sequence of same typologies for one to choose from.
INTERIM/ADVISOR
add a temporary insertion of something not entirely necessary but helpful. temporary insertion of something that indicates the element preceding is responsive/can grow.
colon 1
1. to introduce a list in a sentence or a quote
colon 2
2. introduce an appositive independent clause. in other words, the sentence after the colon is in apposition to the one before the colon. before an explanation that is preceded by a clause that can stand by itself
1. LAUNCH SERIES
colon 3
3. separates the subtitle of a work (which is a noun phrase) from its principal title (another noun phrase)
2. REVEAL COHERENCE
The charter review committee now includes the following the town council.
The acting director often used her favorite quotation from on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep."
There was only one possible explanation: The train had never arrived.
Luruns could not speak: He was drunk.
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
3. LAUNCH DESCENDANT
comma 1
1. to separate words independent phrases or clauses in a sentence. to indicate an interpretation of the text such that the words immediately before and after the comma are less closeley or exclusively linked in the associated grammatical structure than they might be otherwise. to itemize.
1. TO PARSE
comma 2
comma 3
1. divide a word at the end of a line.
2. A BRIEF INTERVAL
The dull, incessant droning but the cute little cottage. Hartford, Connecticut. chewed.
3. SET OFF BORROWED ELEMENTS
"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many things."
1. DIVIDE DUE TO CONTEXT
We, therefore,the representatives of the United States of America...
INTRODUCTION the element through which something materializes/ originates from something preceding it.
FORESIGHT the element through which serves to define or modify another thing immediately preceding it
ORIGIN something that enables the revelation of a new element coming from its original source. a point of departure.
BRIEF INTERVAL
separate something, distribute/provide separations in order to make something clear/legible
SUSPENSION something that prepares for/sets of divergence, detour.
YIELD something that prepares for, sets off and stands between borrowed elements.
STITCH breaks/splits something because of a pre-existing contextual condition in order to represent it as one, a whole.
soft hyphen
2. hyphenate a compound adjective when it precedes the
suspended hyphen
1. used when a single base word is used with separate, consecutive, hyphenated words which are connected by "and", "or", or "to". also referred to as a "hanging hyphen" or "dangling hyphen". suspended hyphens are also used in
TO CREATE AN AMALGAM
en dash
1. instead of a soft hyphen in compound (phrasal) attributives in which one or both elements is itself a compound, especially when the compound element is an open compound, meaning it is not hyphenated itself.
TO DIVIDE FOR WORD ECONOMY
That gentleman is well-respected.
double dash
1. demarcates a break of thought or some similar interpolation stronger than the interpolation demarcated by parentheses.
TO MERGE AND MIX COMPOUNDS
un-American, de-Stalinisation nineteenth- and twentieth-century writers. "investor-owned and -operated"
TO ENCLOSE AN INTERJECTION
The pro-conscription–anti-conscription debate
Public-school–private-school rivalries
He had been given the comprehensive sixty-four-crayon Crayola box—including the gold and silver crayons—and would not let me look closely at the box.
em dash 1
speaker has been interrupted.
TO REDIRECT
He was—
"Crazy!" Clevinger interrupted, shrieking. "That's what you are! Crazy!
tilde caret
1. to indicate the omission of the entry word. 2 shorthand for "approximately" 2. It can mean "similar to",[3] including "of the same order of magnitude as"
TO APPROXIMATE
~30 minutes ago
a series of underscores (like [_____]) may be used to
TO CORRECT
I’m hungry and need to home.
^ go
TETHER ties/attaches something to another in order to create a new thingr with a new meaning (make one compound)
UNREQUITED UNITY
breaks/splits something because its second half is repeated, shared by another in the same context, for the purpose of using less space
CONCATENATION
DIGRESSION
add this to expand/extend things that are already composites in order to convey something impossible to understand otherwise. (compounds within compounds)
something that allows one abruptly set off and continue from one thing to another in the same context
DISCONNECTION
forthcoming elements are
something that clarifies unforeseen interruptions in initial element
ENIGMATIC IMPERMANENCE
PLACEMENT
a wild card with design/programmatic implications responsive to its immediate neighbor. has to do with measure. it is in some scalable proportion to its neighbor.
an apparatus that suggests the insertion of something in something missing. in order to correct/fill
underscore 1
1. to emphasize and distinguish certain words from others within the text.
2. in citation (see asterisk).
underscore 2
underscore 3
a series of underscores (like [_____]) may be used to create a blank to be filled in on a form.
ellipsis 1
1. indicates pause
ellipsis 2
2. that part of a sentence or sequence has been omitted. 3 if an ellipsis is meant to represent an omission, square brackets must surround the ellipsis to make it clear that there was no pause in the original quote.
period 1
1 placed at the end of sentences indicating a full stop. The term is often used to mean "the end of the matter."
(Spacing after period for clarity).
TO SHOW EMPHASIS TO SPECIFY TO INDICATE REFERENCE MATERIAL FULL STOP. OMISSION TO SHOW LAPSE
If you look closely, you'll see e pluribus on most U.S. currency.
Remember to dot every i and cross every t.
Sign Here
You mean ... I ... uh ... we have a test today?
"I'm wondering …" Juan said, bemused.
"Then you'd blast off ... on screen, as if you were looking out ... of a spaceship."
"Bohr […] used the analogy of parallel stairways […]" (Smith 55).
Mrs. M. E. Kerr is a wonderful author.
period 2
2 Placed after abbreviations, initials.
ABBREVIATE
Dr. Espinoza arrived from Washington, D.C., at 6 p.m.
EMPHASIS
something added that distinguishes element from the rest. pay attention to this.
IMPORTANCE
SITE SPECIFICITY
something added to distinguish established element, authority or precedent
apparatus that indicates where specific action will take place
INTENTIONAL LAPSE take it out because we need a moment. maybe we'll carry on, maybe we won't. ABSENCE
DENOUEMENT
take it out because it isn't necessary.
ENCAPSULATE
place this to end continuity of element.
insert this plug to create an understood, shortened element that encapsulates the meaning of its full version
asterisk 3
1. To call out a footnote, especially when there is only one on the page. As an alternative to parenthetical references; a simpler way to acknowledge information gained from another source
exclamation point
1. Used especially after an interjection or exclamation to indicate forceful utterance or strong feeling
2 A distinctive indication of major significance, interest, or contrast
TO REFERENCE
Provisional agenda of the sixty-third regular session of the General Assembly*
* Issued in accordance with rule 12 of the rules of procedure.
question mark
quotation mark 1
1. replaces the full stop (period) at the end of an interrogative sentence. 2. In place of missing or unknown data.
COMMAND ATTENTION
Wow! The footing is as wide as the penthouse!
quotation mark 2
1. surrounding a quotation or direct speech
TO QUESTION
Did Steven go with you? She's our new teacher?
quotation mark 3
2 surrounding a literal title or name. See Citation
TO REFERENCE MATERIAL TO BORROW MATERIAL
"Hal," noted Frank, "said that everything was going extremely well."
"The Impact of Global Warming in North America." GLOBAL WARMING: Early Signs. 1999. Web. 23 Mar. 2009.
3 to indicate a different meaning of a word or phrase than the one typically associated with it or current, commonly accepted sense and are often used to express irony
TO INDICATE IRONY
Crystals somehow "know" which shape to grow into.
He shared his "wisdom" with me.
single quotation mark
to enclose quoted material (or the titles of poems, stories, articles) within other quoted material
TO ENCLOSE BORROWED MATERIAL WITHIN BORROWED MATERIAL
“Squiggly saved my life when he yelled, 'Watch out, Aardvark.' ”
VEHEMENCE
something that directs one to something that has been provided or where further useful information is pertaining to the immediate context
POSSIBILITY
add something to something that already exists to make it clearer.
APPROPRIATION
add something to something that already exists to make it clearer.
APPROPRIATION
an apparatus that encloses/allows borrowed material to be appropriated
IRONY used to indicate that something is not being used in a commonly accepted way
APPROPRIATION WITHIN
APPROPRIATION
an apparatus that encloses borrowed or referenced material within borrowed or referenced material LICENSE
an apparatus that encloses reference to existing elements and acknowledges their establishment
semicolon 1
semicolon 2
slash 1
slash 2
1 Between items in a series or listing containing internal punctuation, especially parenthetic commas, where the semicolons function as serial commas.
slash 3 line break TO CONTRAST TO CONNECT TO CONTINUE TO HYBIDIZE
2 Between closely related independent clauses not conjoined with a coordinating conjunction.
to separate words of opposed meaning and to indicate interdependent statements.
She saw three men: Jamie, who came from New Zealand; John, the milkman's son; and George, a gaunt kind of man.
I went to the basketball court; I was told it was closed for cleaning.
Everyone knows he is guilty of committing the crime; of course, it will never be proven.
1. Used as the word substitute for "or" which indicates a choice is present.
Male/Female, Y/N, He/She
2. To make a clear, strong joint between words or phrases
3. Used to indicate a line break when quoting multiple lines from a poem, play, headline, or lyrics.
4. The slash is used in some abbreviations
"the Hemingway/Faulkner generation" "live/work lofts"
"Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, / But bears it out even to the edge of doom" w/ (with) and w/o(without)
LONG INTERVAL
ECONOMICAL MEDIATOR
something that provides separations between separated elements but allows continuity as it allows all to exist under one umbrella.
something that connects two or more elements, allows them to help explain each other and allows them to exist under one umbrella POLARITY apparatus that heightens the contrast between two elements.
VERSATILITY
apparatus that binds two elements, the union creates a larger, more versatile capacity
INSTABILITY to suggest, not demand, a pause or break
