EXP3: The 3 Clients

Angela Merkel

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Miranda Kerr

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Helen Keller

NYC exhibit tells the fuller story of Helen Keller (accessed 10/5/10)

EXP2: SUBMISSION

Above: spaces at rainy sunset, showing the primary-colour tinted lights.

Below: depiction of the various land-form ramps that flow about the main structure.

Stephen Hawking said: "There ought to be something very special about the boundary conditions of the universe and what can be more special than that there is no boundary?"

Nicole Kuepper said: "The amount of things that we take for granted in today's society that some people don't have access to is just mind boggling…"

What underlies these two quotes are the ideas of boundaries and access.

OVERVIEW OF THE SCHEME: Set on a hilled island. Passive natural setting (no sharp or overbearing features to detract from the goal of the labs - to encourage thought) to benefit and not hinder the clients' thoughts and thinking processes.

HAWKING's SPACE: Jutting out over the island into space, with an expansive view of the curvature of the Earth - an open space with a specific view to inspire thoughts of boundarylessness. His ramp is obscured from the main space to reinforce the openness.

KUEPPER's SPACE: Though still mostly open, the walled space is representative of enclosure. The small off-centred window reinforces the idea of a lack of access. Something that could be taken for granted - the view - is only barely accessible for some people. The ramp's gradient becomes steeper as Kuepper climbs to her space, to reinforce the contrasting levels of accessibilty.

THE MEETING POINT: At night, primary-coloured lights illuminate the meeting point. The primary colours and their amalgamated hues represent the way the unique and disparate thoughts of the clients can meet and intersect in this communal space.

OVERVIEW (AT NIGHT): The communal space offers the source of light for the two spaces, and forms a neutral white glowing to keep the spaces free of interruptions to the clients' thoughts.

TEXTURES USED:

The Final Scheme used these three textures.

The use of the DARK TEXTURE in Kuepper's space helps to represent the heaviness of her idea - the idea that many people are not accessing simple things such as electricity. The dark also represents this on a literal level - the lack of light.

The LIGHT TEXTURE is used in Hawking's space to create a loftiness in the structure, and to draw focus away from the physical structure, into the metaphorical thought patterns that Hawking engages in.

The MEDIUM TEXTURE is used throughout the larger part of the structure to find balance between light and dark, and between the two clients.

EXP2: Crysis & SketchUp Links

SketchUp

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EXP2: 18 SKETCH AXONOMETRICS

EXP2: 36 TEXTURES

The textures try to animate the progression from light to dark.

Some Ideas

thin top slab for Stephen Hawking - idea of boundaries (lack of)

for Nicole Kuepper - need to figure out how to develop the idea of "taking things for granted"

Electroliquid Aggregation

Nicole Kuepper and Stephen Hawking say:

"The boundary of things that ought to be very special, something we can take for granted; and what is more special than the conditions in today's society? That there is no boundary about some people is just mind boggling. Some people don't have access to the universe!"

Note: the above quote is abstract in terms of its meaning... the quote below makes more sense. (Red is Stephen Hawking, Blue is Nicole Kuepper)

"There ought to be something very special about the amount of things that we take for granted in today's society. The boundary conditions of the universe that some people don't have access to is just mind boggling…and what can be more special than that there is no boundary?"

Together these quotes show the duality of access and boundaries. One the one hand, there are many things that we can access, and take for granted, but there are those things that some people do not have easy access to that form boundaries... but these boundaries can also be freeing. Between Kuepper and Hawking, there is a very abstract philosphical notion that forms as a result of electroliquid aggregations...