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The Trans-Human Hitchcock Theme Park Area 51, Rachel, Nevada
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The Transhuman Course Project Statement Prepared by:
The Transhuman Course is physically defined by six repeating bays measuring 20 feet, by 40 feet, by 60 feet, each rotated 30 degrees respectively.
Nicole Winkler
Conceptually, the course aims to breach technological and psychological goals in terms of the 6th sense, specifically, transtemporal consciousness. This kind of consciousness is simulated in the course in “gray areas”, where the space between “white and black” (Past and Future) are thinnest. This happens through a dynamic sequence of linear tubes, all with diameters of 7 feet. In each tube, from the first to the third, a democracy is split in half, over again, until there are six separate users in separate tubes. Upon each separation, the new user group is funneled into a dramatic catwalk, each becoming more physically and mentally exhausting and exaggerated. By the fourth separation, all users are separate and the transtemporal experience begins.
Upon reaching the entrance to the course, all users (6) within one group board a lifeboat. The boat ride serves as a literal formation of a democracy among
users, this is done incase all six users do not already know each other. Once the boat reaches the dock of the course, all users are led to the entrance of the ride. The first tube of the experience has a diameter of 28 feet, and holds all six users. The second bay houses two tubes, both of which have a diameter of 14 feet,
ARCH 727-737 Graduate Studio II-III Professor Tammy Thompson Winter-Spring 2016
CS - 100 SA- 100 - Site Analysis SA - 101 - Site Analysis G -100 - Lifeboat Analysis - Fears G -101 - Lifeboat Analysis - Fears G -102 - The Story G -103 - Phenomenology - The Senses G -104 - Story Link and Statement G -105 - Transtemporal Consciousness G -200 - Schematic Plan & Elevation G -201 - Schematic Process G -202 - Schematic Process G -203 - Programming G -204 - Massing G -205 - Massing G -206 - Massing G -207 - Massing G -208 - Circulation Diagram G -209 - Egress G -300 - Materials G -301 - Renderings G -302 - Site Section G -303 - Site Plan G -304 - Marketing S - 100 - Structural Assignment Title Page S - 101 - Structural Loads S - 102 - Structure Process S - 103 - Structure Rendering S - 104 - Structure Rendering S - 105 - Structural Plan S - 106 - Interior Elevation Rendering S - 200 - Code S - 201 - Code S - 202 - Individual Tube Plans S - 203 - Individual Tube Plans S - 300 - Specs S - 301 - Specs S - 302 - Material Specs S - 400 - Details - Bay One A - 100 - Floor Plan A - 101 - Elevations - Front & Rear A - 102 - Elevations - Left & Right A - 103 - Interior Perspective Renderings A - 104 - Section A - 105 - Section A - 200 - Detail Call-Outs A - 201 - Detail Call-Outs A - 202 - Detail Call- Outs A - 203 - Load Tracing Diagram A - 204 - Front Rendering A - 205 - Rear Rendering A - 206 - Left & Right Side Elevations A - 207 - Site Model Photos A - 208 - Site Model Photos A - 209 - Tube Model A - 210 - Tube Model
holding three users in each. At the third bay, users are broken off into singular tubes measuring 7 feet in diameter.
While all users circulate to the fourth bay, they are reminded of their bonding boat ride, while sound, light and reflective materiality disguise the path of
egress. They are also reminded of the previous spaces they have been in, and in this way, the transtemporal consciousness is stimulated. Memories of the past and the inevitable future become visual guides, and third-reich period music supports the breaking down of a democracy.
Questions such as “Where is everyone else?” and “How long have I been here alone?” will be challenged, and users will ideally begin to experience
introspective conflict; questioning reality, time and space and one’s own purpose and perception.
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June 1, 2016 Sheet Name
Cover Sheet Sheet Number
CS-100