“OUT OF A BOX” EXERCISE “Out of a Box” Exercise Architecture 101 Basic Arch Studio A| Fall Semester 2007 Instructor | Hyoung-June Park, PhD Length | 1.5 Weeks
The nine basic shapes to the right make up the foundation to the systematic procedure of architectural design. Yet, when applied in an architectural situation, these shapes cannot only be looked at 2-Dimensionally, but instead they must be visualized with a 3-Dimensional understanding. In this project, we were to take these 2-Dimensional shapes and apply them in a 10X10X10 inch box in a way that not only provides recognition to the shapes and what they represent to architectural history, but we were to assemble them in an orientation that “stepped out of the box.” Pulling away from the commonality of simple geometry, the task was to explore our creativity and imagination by creating a box that really wasn’t a box at all. In actuality, this box would become something far more complicated than a six sided cube. With a quick glance, the required 2-Dimensional shapes may be left unnoticed, but upon careful examination of this movable model, it is clear that all components were included in some way or another.