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PROXY II | RAYOGRAPH A CONCEPTUAL PROJECT MOLLY CHEN UMUT TOKER | ARCH 253 SPRING 2014

RAYOGRAPH a juxtaposition, superimposition, overlap, and exposition of objects within a defined bounding rectangle. the apartment of a rayographist is separated into three zones: a white box for living, a grey box for work evaluation, and a black box for creating. The black box exists as an object within the volume of the grey box in the way that objects sit in the plane of the paper.

FURNITURE the rayographist would be most interested in a piece of furniture that is involved with light—a lamp. this set of lamps is a study in form and control of light, which is instrumental to the rayographist’s ability to create his work. a faceted shape allows for the lamp to be placed in many different positions, changing the quality and the amount of light emanating from it. the lamp should exist as an object in the apartment, instead of something wired/fixed to a point. it is independent.

COMING SUMMER 2014

SAN FRANCISCO | HAYES VALLEY 37º 46’ 36.1” N | 122º 25’ 27.7” W | 72’ a site with a large, open park on its west flank. surrounded by small businesses, inhabited by young and old. and dogs.

PROGRAM arts education/exhibition, retail, and residential

VOLUMES | INTERSECT in a rayograph, objects are defined in reality but the realization of the objects upon the light-sensitive paper blurs boundaries. the ambiguity and overlap created in rayographs inspired a concept of intersecting volumes.

VOLUMES | LAYER another beautiful concept discovered in rayographs is the layering and superimposing of the various objects in the two-dimensional plane. each floor plate is its own layer that overlaps with the one below, and draw from a grid that is oriented with the north-south axis of the site. the plates were then extruded into massings with varied/slanted surfaces.

PLANES | OVERLAP drawing from the overlapping of the previous iteration but returning to an idea of intersecting volumes, a study model was created with surface in mind. the surfaces rest against each other, while mostly enclosing two major volumes that collide with each other. the volumes are realized as separate objects that interfere with each other. various other concepts from the rayograph and earlier concept models, such as controlled lighting and layering of planes/objects, are manifested throughout.