Sunday, September 20, 2009

Map(in) UNAM: Site as Text ~ Assignment 3


First of all, we have to "draw" the maps base on the UNAM university and it can be any kinds of maps related to UNAM. Also, we can use any kinds of "drawing" methods to present the maps and they should be detachable, connectible, reversible and modifiable. Before drawing the maps, I had to pick at least two interesting places in UNAM according to the site or buildings' relationships or other reasons. In general, I decide to analyze the circulation path from one parking lot to an other and show how the buildings sat in angle (especially the center piece) had sharped the interesting walking path instead of being a linear straight through circulation. Then, the second one I want it to be more specific on the flow of circulation and see how the landscape was designed to filter the flow from one place that had many people and become less people.
In my final decision, I design to map the space transition through movement from the library to the terrace. Begin with the concept model and mapping the circulations.

The Final map have 2 versions of it, a paper mapping and axon mapping. Basically, it shows what is surrounding in that particular space and the feeling of that specific area when people walk through. Also, the movement behavior/pattern can be read/told from the circulation path that represented by the paper line or void space (in axon).

In addition, we had to create a third map that link back to the previous assignment 2 and think about the similar characters between my library and the campus site. Since my library is about the movement through the void spaces, there is one thing that I feel surprise about is how the plan of library similar to the section of site (the circulation through the void/open spaces). Therefore, I decide to map all the open spaces of the site in sections, then find the intersections (movement in the open spaces) they have and build the connection between the library and the site. I made it seems like they are reflecting each other, which makes the plans of the library is come out or created from the site. For example, the building section may become the form of the plan or a solid thing like a book shelf in section of the library. I think those interlocking spaces/forms may bring the library design to the next level in future.

2 comments:

  1. why did you choose to analyze a path from parking lot to parking lot...? it seems odd? (who moves between two parking lots, really?)... it seems, in regards to the first, more interesting to map the transition between engineering and humanities (as "opposite sides of a spectrum") that the yellow line makes.

    the second one seems to be about mapping the distinctions/transitions between the gridded quad and the larger grassy one...

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  2. definitely the interlocking spaces and forms of the last drawing-model could create something really interesting. something, perhaps, of the quality of rem's french national library project... except yours would be flat, topographic (perhaps), raised on pilotis (another perhaps)...

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