STACKING
Critic: Jing Liu Location: Central Park, New York City My project began with the exploration of scale, more specifically, “what is the scale of a brick?” At what point does a brick cease to be a brick? Is there something inherent to ‘brickness’ that each brick posseses? This line of questioning led to notions of typology and brick’s ability to aggregate in an almost fractal way regardless of scale. Moreover, the language of a brick is simultaneously monumental and democratic. It is monumental due to its weight and durability as a a material. It is democratic in the sense that the process by which brick and brick buildings are created is extremely labour intensive and accessible. How might these concepts of typology, monunmentality and labour be incorporated into a design strategy? This proposal involes pavillion sized bricks as an urban playground for this exploration.
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