EXP03 _THE BRIDGE

EXPERIMENT 03:
THE BRIDGE



INITIAL INPUT:

How Architecture Shapes your Identity and Brain

EXCERPT:

"The theory behind this is known as "embodied cognition". Put simply, we live in bodies and those bodies inhabit spaces, which means our experience of the built environment is determined by the fact of our embodiment."

"It turns out we simply cannot remember these long-term memories without remembering something of the place in which they occurred."

"The built environment is one continuous, interrelated, integrated entity,"


How Architecture Affects Your Brain: The Link Between Neuroscience and the Built Environment

EXCERPT:

"He is interested in what he calls the phenomenon of co-linearity, which is the arrangement of one sequence in the same linear order as another sequence. The example that he gives is Thorncrown Chapel by Fay Jones. Of course that is parallel, but because you’re looking at it from below, they don’t look parallel, and they change as you walk through the space. The reason that people respond so well to co-linear patterns, Albright posits, is because those patterns resonate with the way that our visual system works and appropriates information."

"I found that the paradigms that I saw students being taught, so-called “critical architecture,” left the user experience out of the equation. Because the fact of the matter is, whether a building’s structure is expressed, doesn’t matter at all to the user." 




DESIGN THEORY:

Dis-aggregated, episodic spaces in a continuum, that embody the visual complexity and patterns found in nature.

CHOSEN WORDS:
Embodied, Co-Linearity, Continuum, Dis-aggregated, Interconnected, Episodic

The article by Mira Adler-Gillies posits that the built environment helps form our experiences, memories and the way we think. This connection between our environment and our minds have been demonstrated with neuroscience, specifically in the hippo-campus which processes spatial navigation and 'long-term episodic memories'. The underlying theory is "embodied cognition" which says that, how and what we think is framed from the experience of living a body and that body inhabits the environment it is in.

Sarah Williams Goldhagen's theory, also posits that we respond better when viewing nature due to the patterned visual complexity, co-linear patterns and open spaces. She also identified studies that indicate that tall rooms and open spaces tend to increase creativity and 'out-of-the-box thinking. Another factor is that of exposure to natural sun light, as having a positive effect on a building's occupants. 

The concept is a journey along a path, through dis-aggregated spaces serving as a narrative that mirrors the multi-faceted nature of architecture. Just as architects are often the bridge between several professions, the path between is embodied within the environment.


SITE ANALYSIS AND PLAN

Architecture underpinned by the art and sciences

Photos of the site. The hanging wispy bark form an interesting co-linear pattern as well as giving environment a distinct atmosphere. The translucent polycarb roofing had a texture that resembles a forest canopy.



18 ONE POINT PERSPECTIVES





 6 TWO-POINT PERSPECTIVES



THE PLANS +
LUMION DRAFT ENVIRONMENTS





THE MOVE




36 TEXTURES




VIEW FROM THE GROUND: SOUTH-WEST ASPECT

VIEW FROM ABOVE: SOUTH-EAST ASPECT



MEETING SPACE















LIBRARY

STUDIOS

Top Left: View from BELOW,   Top Right: View from ABOVE,
Bottom Left: ENTRY,   Bottom Right: Lecture Room

FLY THROUGH Video:




Sketchup and Lumion Files:


https://drive.google.com/open?id=1AaVMZTK-bIiN2jSoPa4dtI4X462R79aL



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