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Rhode Island School of Design, Architecture Thesis Book

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0 9 1 0 1 4 - R A D I C A L R E C O N S T R U C T I O N - 1 2 0 5 1 4 1 2 0 5 1 4 - S Y S T E M I C S P A C E - 0 2 1 2 1 5

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1 2 0 5 1 4 - S Y S T E M I C S P A C E - 0 2 1 2 1 5 0 2 1 2 1 5 - R A D I C A L C O N S T R U C T S - 0 5 2 2 1 5

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Radical Constructs

[ a d j . r a d - i - k u h l ]

/of or going to the root or origin; fundamental

[ n . k o n - s t r u h k t ]

/an image, idea, or theory, especial ly a complex

one formed from a number of s impler elements

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To create an architecture, but not a building; to make a drawing, but not a

detai l ; to design space, butwithout existing bounds. Analytical ly studying

architecture, in i ts purest sense, as space and form, can spawn alternative

ideas and conventions. Rather than designing to build a building, concepts

and techniques wil l be built through architectural design. Liberated from

the shackles of convention, r ise bri l l iant spaces that have yet been dared

to be imagined. Curiosit ies are to be sought out and discoveries welcomed.

This project becomes a way of thinking, seeing, and understanding relationships

within space and how they can be analyzed, organized, and diagnosed.

Through drawing, technical practices wil l be challenged by creating a

project as a platform for experimental and radical space. The project

is an analytical projection of what a construct can be, independent of

the representation of what i t is . A project in which the space wil l be

informed by the drawings, rather than the drawings be of the space.

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0 9 1 0 1 4

R A D I C A L R E C O N S T R U C T I O N

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R A D I C A L R E C O N S T R U C T I O N

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N o E x p o s u r e

f o r t h i s o n e ,

i t ’ s a f r a i d o f

M e l a n o m a

S m e a r _ 0 0 1

0 2 m i n u t e s

i n t h e s u n ,

j u s t e n o u g h

f o r f r e c k l e s

S m e a r _ 0 0 2

c r o o k e d

o f f - c e n t e r

f o r 0 5 m i n u t e s

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S m e a r _ 0 0 2

c r o o k e d

o f f - c e n t e r

f o r 0 5 m i n u t e s

S m e a r _ 0 0 3

1 0 m i n u t e s

a s t h e s u n

b e g i n s t o s e t ,

a b o u t - f a c e

S m e a r _ 0 0 4

2 0 m i n u t e s

t h e l i m i t

o f d a w n

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C u b i c l e _ 0 1 3

5 h o u r s

J u s t l o n g e n o u g h t o d i f f e r e n t i a t e e a c h

p r o p e r t y ’ s p o p u l a r i t y .

C u b i c l e _ 0 1 4

3 0 4 m i n u t e s

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C u b i c l e _ 0 1 4

3 0 4 m i n u t e s

C u b i c l e _ 0 1 5

3 0 7 m i n u t e s

o n a h a l f - c h a r g e d , s c r a t c h e d - u p ,

l o w - l u m e n l i g h t - t a b l e .

L a b e l e d , P r o p e r t y o f B E B .

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H a u e r _ P 0 1

2 5 m i n .

H a u e r _ N 0 1

3 5 m i n .

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H a u e r _ N 0 1

3 5 m i n .

H a u e r _ N 0 2

4 9 m i n u t e s o f

d i f f u s e d a i r s p a c e , o r

a r e f r a c t i o n a s s e s s m e n t .

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B u b b l e s _ 0 0 1

0 9 m i n .

B u b b l e s _ 0 0 2

1 2 m i n .

A v a r i a b l e m e m b r a n e

t o s t r a t e g i c a l l y d i f f u s e l i g h t .

W h i c h t o p o p .

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B u b b l e s _ 0 0 2

1 2 m i n .

A v a r i a b l e m e m b r a n e

t o s t r a t e g i c a l l y d i f f u s e l i g h t .

W h i c h t o p o p .

B u b b l e s _ 0 0 3

1 5 m i n .

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R a s t e r _ 0 0 1

1 2 m i n . ( a b o u t )

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R a s t e r _ 0 0 2

2 0 m i n .

A l o o k b a c k

f o r l o n g e r t h a n o r i g i n a l l y v i e w e d .

O v e r - e x p o s e d

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P l a n s O u t

1 2 m i n .

E s c a p e t h e r o o m

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C o m p o u n d F o r m _ 0 0 7

1 5 m i n .

A p r o g r e s s i o n o f o p a c i t y a n d g e o m e t r y .

H o w m a n y b u i l d u p t o o n e .

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A S u p e r i m p o s e d F i e l d o f C o n t o r t e d P r i s m s

D r a w i n g s c o n v e r g e t o c r e a t e t h e d r a w i n g .

I n t u r n , c r e a t i n g t h e s p a c e , e x c l u s i v e t o i t ’ s p r o c e s s .

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A S u p e r i m p o s e d F i e l d o f C o n t o r t e d P r i s m s

D r a w i n g s c o n v e r g e t o c r e a t e t h e d r a w i n g .

I n t u r n , c r e a t i n g t h e s p a c e , e x c l u s i v e t o i t ’ s p r o c e s s .

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T h e S u p e r i m p o s e d F i e l d o f C o n t o r t e d P r i s m s

T h e s c a f f o l d o f c r e a t i o n ,

f r o m w h i c h a l l d e s c e n d a n t s a r e t r a n s l a t e d a n d d e r i v e d .

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T h e S u p e r i m p o s e d F i e l d o f C o n t o r t e d P r i s m s

T h e s c a f f o l d o f c r e a t i o n ,

f r o m w h i c h a l l d e s c e n d a n t s a r e t r a n s l a t e d a n d d e r i v e d .

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D r a w d l e _ P

“ T h e r e i s a f i f t h d i m e n s i o n , b e y o n d t h a t w h i c h i s k n o w n t o m a n .

I t i s a d i m e n s i o n a s v a s t a s s p a c e a n d a s t i m e l e s s a s i n f i n i t y .

I t i s t h e m i d d l e g r o u n d b e t w e e n l i g h t a n d s h a d o w , b e t w e e n

s c i e n c e a n d s u p e r s t i t i o n , a n d i t l i e s b e t w e e n t h e p i t o f m a n ’ s f e a r s a n d

t h e s u m m i t o f h i s k n o w l e d g e . T h i s i s t h e d i m e n s i o n o f i m a g i n a t i o n . ”

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D r a w d l e _ N

T h e l i n e s o r t h e s p a c e b e t w e e n .

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T h e P r o p o s a l

T h e s t a t i c d e s i g n o f t h e d y n a m i c .

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T h e P r o p o s e d

A B C ~ A B C

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U n t i t l e d _ P 0 4

p y g a m e . d r a w . c i r c l e ( s c r e e n , #00000, r = 1 / 1 2 8 , w = 0 )

r s . a r r a y o b j e c t s ( s c r e e n )

r s . g e t r a n d o m ( 4 )

r s . p o s i t i o n ( y = - 1 0 )

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U n t i t l e d _ N 0 4

p y g a m e . c o l o r ( r g b - 2 5 5 )

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C o m p o u n d F o r m _ 0 0 3

C o m p l e x i t y f r o m t h e r e g u l a r .

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1 2 0 5 1 4

S Y S T E M I C S P A C E

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S u p e r I m p o s i t i o n

A p p r o a c h i n g a n e x h a u s t e d p e r m u t a t i o n ,

a p p r o a c h i n g a f u l l c i r c l e .

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S o l L e w i t t

P r e s t o n S c o t t C o h e n

L e b b e u s W o o d s

A n t h o n y M c C a l l

T e r r e f o r m O N E

D a n i e l L i e b s k i n d

M a r c F o r n e s

N u r h a n G o k t u r k

P e t e r E i s e n m e n

J a m e s C o r n e r

S A N A A

T h a n k s t o

S a n t i a g o C a l a t r a v a

L o u i s K a h n

D a n G r a h a m

T h o m M a y n e

E r w i n H a u e r

E r i n B e s l e r

T o b y - M e l l v i l l e B r o w n

A n t o n y G o r m l e y

M a r c e l D u c h a m p

C h u c k C l o s e

R o b e r t A M S t e r n

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S a n t i a g o C a l a t r a v a

L o u i s K a h n

D a n G r a h a m

T h o m M a y n e

E r w i n H a u e r

E r i n B e s l e r

T o b y - M e l l v i l l e B r o w n

A n t o n y G o r m l e y

M a r c e l D u c h a m p

C h u c k C l o s e

R o b e r t A M S t e r n

F r a n k S t e l l a

D a v i d H o c k n e y

M C E s c h e r

P i r a n e s i

L u X i n j i a n

B e r n a r d T s c h u m i

C y p r i e n G a i l l a r d

R o b i n E v a n s

K e v i n L y n c h

J o h n C a g e

D e c o n A r c h i t e c t u r e

Y a s m i n V o b i s

A n d e v e r y t h i n g I h a v e n ’ t s e e n

b u t h a v e d a r e d t o i m a g i n e .

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