dsgn dsgn2100 210 gRad // fall 10
NICk SaCkOS NEW ORLEANS FILM ARCHIvE Critic: Kentaro Tsubaki “Building performance� is an action, an ingenious response to various internal and external forces as they seek equilibrium through time. It is not simply a technical predictability of its structural and environmental behavior nor an aesthetic legibility of the design ideas. A good musical performance has an element of surprise, as it is an intuitive, improvised response to the audience and to the context; so is the performance of a building. DSGN 2100 aimed to examine this nature through focused iteration, cultivating student awareness to the phenomenal quality of a physical construct as they develop technical proficiency in the design process. The studio, designed to be a beginning design sequence in the M. Arch I. program, started with a series of form generating and skill forming exercises accompanied by a discourse on architectural diagrams as a generative tool. The exercises culminated in the construction of a cast plaster Light Receiving Device. The observational record of its phenomenal performance was documented and appreciated as Light Drawings. A series of analytical diagrams accompanied the drawings, establishing the conceptual foundation for the main project, the New Orleans Film Archive. Located in the Warehouse District, NOFA aims to advance the rich historical and cultural heritage for future generations through preservation, education, promotion and research of audio and visual media chronicling New Orleans. The program consists of a theater, a preservation archive/library, offices and three residential units for artistsin-residence. The nature of the building was interrogated and examined thorough the interplay of light and shadow, crucial components to the perception of space, structure, form and function.
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