Week 5 - Layering Relationships

Here the relationship between the 1st block affects the visual perception of the second block, which might encourage the 1st block to acquire other views such as the view between the first and second block, but if there is something interesting happening in the second block, those in the 1st block begin to shift and arrange themselves so they are in closer proximity. Perception is not simply shaped by the physical elements but also by other factors that draw people and give significance to the physical elements. Something seemingly insignificant could be something that people are drawn to if it fits completes a certain picture.

What happens at the base level (0) or in the highest level (3) is more likely to have a determining factor in the way people perceive space, due to scale. What is near and what is beyond.

People can be drawn to the junctions of sensory activity. People are drawn to things that are balanced, unbalanced, striking, receding. I wanted to investigate positive and negative space/Additive/Subtractive architecture as a means to guide people.

Fluid, informal paths in the city are often areas of positive space while the formal paths in the city are areas of negative space because they are service avenues rather than spaces of their own.

In designing a concept, I wanted to maintain this context as a means to attract people and create the perception.

Additive Informal Path

Subtractive Formal Path. Areas of Negative or subtractive space are of a subservient nature. It suggests an order which is something that could be explored for a learning environment. How people perform in an ordered space and how they relate to the enveloping structures