Beginnings - Research Proposal Hand in

Week 2. Required for hand in is my timeline + aim of thesis. This is just for reference.


I propose to re-evaluate the formalistic approach of Peter Eisenman to incorporate or substantiate the recent phantasmagoria of digital buildings. Architectural work to be examined will come from buildings by Greg Lynn and Frank Gehry. Both eminent masters of form work.
I want to also address the move in architecture into hybrid space. Practices such as Asymptote and Reiser + Umemoto are experimenting with hybrid spaces where fluidity, time, etc… is expressed by form. I think that there is a connection between hybrid spaces and Eisenman’s approach in his recent work with the interstitial and blurring.
The two points above can be summarized as the unstabilised reading of form.

Weeks Thesis Design
Weeks 2/3 Research and formulate argument points General site analysis and HS data
Weeks 4/5 In depth analysis of buildings chosen HS(high school) typology/programs/sketches
Weeks 6/7 Milestone 3 (WIP work) Outline of thesis Sketches/digital or physical models
Weeks 8/9 Flesh out arguments/start draft Refine/adjust design, presentation
Weeks 10/11 Milestone 4 (sketch design) Drafting thesis/editing Week 10, presentation
Week 12 Milestone 5 (draft handin) Soft bind thesis