Repetition of Difference

Thesis:

Will be split into four sections;

Part 1_Form Origin

Part 2_Organising Principles

Part 3_Operations for transformation

Part 4_Reading into Final Form.

These four sections roughly outline a formalistic architectural design process. Using PE as a basis and GL as a comparison, I will formulate my thesis and design. Interspersed in these chapters, I will also discuss four topics that are in consideration of PE’s thinking and how I consider them in my design. They are:

1_Role of external influences

2_Diagrams as generator

3_Representaion techniques

4_Role of arbitrariness in design

I do not yet know how I will fit these four considerations into the chapters, they seem more like sub-topics, but are important in my decision-making during design. Of course these sub-topics may change, but the four parts above make up roughly the topic outline.

Design:

After writing an initial page on Form Origin, I have decided to try to work inside-out as opposed to GL’s outside-in approach. Therefore, volumes are what I will be working with (as opposed to space). The problem lies in how these volumes are organised. Usually, GL and sometimes PE uses external parameters (such as Mercator Grid or movement) to form the form. In any respect, they diagram out the external forces and use that as a way to generate form – conceptual diagram generates form. What I should look at is the program of the building (in this sense the school) and generate diagrams which in turn will hopefully translate to how volumes can be organised.

First I want to generate diagrams from the following information (not complete list)

Typology of High School

Movement of people in public buildings

Movement of students

High School Coursework

Changes in high school throughout New Zealand