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working on digital model now, after did some physical model which can not stand firmly by themselves, i found it is too crazy to think everything in the system is changeable.

so i decided work on the fix part of the system first: basic structure ( which raise the whole park up) and one footpath. the system on left is what i had on monday, i showed it to jason, he didn't say anything bad about it, and mentioned me think more about how the park connect to the city. but the dullness of that model does hurt me badly. did the right one today, feel a little bit better now.

manifesto (again)

picture flicker's ordinary architecture pool, thanks leopold






the original manifesto:

I am interested with ordinary architecture.

Ordinary architecture is aspirin, it gives comfort but not rescue.

The best ordinary architecture is insignificant, light, empty, and discreet.

Ordinary architecture is about compromising, blending sharing; it is not about occupying provoking and highlighting. 

Ordinary architecture is as complicated as real life. 

i had no idea what "ordinary architecture" is when i used that term. i was questioning authority of architects at that time, using ordinary is to induce people to think that architecture is not a big deal, and then to justify my negative attitude. ordinary architecture is not useless, but anything is better with some uselessness. 

new manifesto here:

I am interested with ordinary architecture the uselessness of architecture.

Ordinary architecture useless architecture is aspirin, it gives comfort but not rescue.

The best ordinary architecture useless architecture is insignificant, light, empty, and discreet.

Ordinary architecture useless architecture is about compromising, blending sharing; it is not about occupying provoking and highlighting. 

Ordinary architecture useless architecture is as complicated as real life ordinary. 

ordinary architecture

I found a hilarious booklet named "synergetic stew explorations in dymaxion dining." which is a gift for "dearest Bucky" made by crew in buckminster's office, 
let's see how professionals cook:

a). an ideological and theological approach.

b). aslo contribute by amy edmondson, an more ordinary approach.

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collage made for last week's presentation, telling what would in the park; through i am not very sure about that yet.
as said before, the park is for people to wandering. but what to wander about? when flaneur walking on the street they emerge themselves in the city wonders; and when people go to park they enjoy nature wildness, so may be i can combine this two experiences on the "street park".  

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Michael Wolf  a photographer who lived in Hong-Kong for 16 years, and gets a wife who lives in Paris now, started to take picture on google street of paris since 2009. He did two projects named one "Paris street view" and another one "street view: a series of unfortunate events". i gave him a lot of credits because he found a really interesting way to represent that city, and the pictures he takes are good.  

  

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when i was preparing for the presentation on thursday, i searched architectural section pictures, and came into this beautiful church ( which supposed to be) beneath manhattan.

Church of Solitude, designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1970's.
 i post it here in case you haven't see it before as i did. 

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pictures of study models 

i worked on a small ( around 60 x 60 feet) section of the park last week. 

talked with Jason on monday, he reminded me the risk that the project ends up as a huge art installation but not a serious architectural work. and, it is better to go deep and develop one adoptable system than try different things.

and on thursday, the same problem had be pointed out by Elliot again. and another thing she brought me to think about is how could linear walk way provide people experience of wandering, as actually in a raised passageway, there aren't much choices of where to go.

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Michael Kenna's photography work of the world trade center.
i am reading books about flaneur and night waker today, came into this British photographer who is famous for taking picture during dark.
he said that light in night is similar to theater which has a sense of something about to happen. but the best thing he provides by his pictures is some empty stages.

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one scaring question Elliot brought to me today is what people should do with the dark space under the park.
en, tricky. a story of a night traveller will not kill the big shadow which my design could places on the streets during daytime. how could i have never thought that before!

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i talked with Elliot today, she recommended me to watch this  interesting video:
social life in a small urban space by william h whyte ( the link is its remixed version).

according to whyte, the first activity on streets is "people looking at other people".

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I am working on design supporting structure of the park now. At beginning, I tried to work directly on site model, but find it was too complicated to start with. I turned to design some prototypic structures. and will text them on the site today or tomorrow.

i am also working on making my story( if in night, one wants to become a traveler), i spend my pre-sleep time on imaging what i will put in my backpack to go to a field yesterday night, and the first word came into my mind is panties,,,

a: why one backpack?

b: one doesn't want to bring to many things 

a: why one brings a bag? 

b: the idea that there is one bag of comfort and guarantee make one feels better... especially when one doesn't know where one is going.

a: what guarantee one needs?

b: food? 

a: food is everywhere.

...

a: why one wants to travel?

b: to leave where one is now.

a: what about not bring anything? 

...

so now, i started to think about if one goes into the park with nothing, what the park should/ could provide one. 

light and soft

1.
title: bench between pillars
function: rest space
completion: 26 june 2010
site: 7f seibu ikebukuro flagship store, minamiikebukuro, toshima-ku, tokyo
material: vinyl sheet for floor
size: w8270 d1273 h2330 sh450
design: ryuji nakamura

2. 

title: cornfield
function: installation
exhibition title: "where is architecture? seven installations by japaneses architects"

material: paper and glue
size: 53.90m2

more interesting thing to see is this: 


http://www.momat.go.jp/Honkan/where_is_architecture/work_in_progress/#/nakamura_ryuji/

which showed the working process of making this installation, those paper bar is cut from cardboard by laser cutter, and than glued together one by one.