Patterns and Performance - 2011 Sem 4

Thesis | 2nd Year_ 4th Sem 

Patterns exist all around us. They  are evident all around in nature and the cosmos. Is it not intriguing that if we look at the organic layout of an atom it replicates a similar format of the solar system? SImilarly if we analyze the configuration of various molecular structures the diagraming is very similar to that of the structure of DNA molecules. However the DNA molecule may develop on a more vertical construct vs chemical molecular structures which may unfold on a more horizontal platform. The role of the studio is to be able to question this possibility into the realm of built form. Cities like molecules are a composite of various patterns of their own - some planned others amorphous generations. The studio will also research such conditions as part of the ongoing process of design. Students will participate in research developing tools, processes and strategies of patterns that may influence the built form. The unit will be involved with testing parameters and strategies in relation to the formulation of space. The studio will be testing these ideologies within a rural context as well as an urban scenario. The studio is based on the format of asking appropriate questions through design ideologies rather than answering them. 

Neha Yadav

Vatsala Nagar

Ritika

Gauri Varshney

Gauri Varshney

Patterns and Performance - 2010 Sem 3

Details: http://ssaa-pnp.blogspot.com/



UNIT BRIEF


1. Patterns exist everywhere, and have existed since the big bang.
Patterns are graphic representation of coded information. From the
Neolithic symbolism to twitter mood swings. Spatial patterns are on the
drawing tables of all global design studios. The seduction for patterns is
driven by two essential reasons - first, the mystery of its aesthetic and
second, the rule(s) of generation.
Life revolves around the production of patterns. A simple tracking device
to map your daily movements can produce a personal and intriguing
diagram of your hometown. The subset of this movement also leaves
behind intricate diagrams, from the sediments on the morning coffee cup
to soap bubbles on the shower floor to potent wi-fi connectivity, pattern
dictate life processes.
The studio aims to map and formulate such patterns that envelope us. We
attempt to tackle spatiality by visiting the root of design, both intuitively
and objectively.


2. Performance criterions enable us to judge the creations. Broadly, It is
a measuring device to test the potential of the products. The definition is
extremely loose, as are the different categories under which a building,
installation, objects can be tested. However, Performance variables
are critical factors that enable us to create with balanced intangible
aspects (social, cultural, aesthetic, cognitive) and the measurable aspects
(economic, structure, heat, material constraints etc).
Every design move shall be tested for its performance. There are always
alternatives. Performance criterions would enable us to generate a
repertoire, a gene pool that provides a family with similar but not identical
traits.


3. With the use of models (physical, digital, mental, philosophical,
metaphorical), the unit aims to design and develop environments that
are bottom-up. There is no determined Program for most period of the
studio. The program is deciphered by the rules of engagement.

Installation 1 | Component Aggregation

On 26th August 2010, Unit 4 successfully aggregates the design components. Each component with embedded joining detail aggregated to:

1. GROW
2 .form an 18 sided 3d Geometry
3. Find touch down points to stabilize the installation.

Construction Team - Unit 4 | 2nd Year | SSAA
Construction Location - SSAA_Amphitheater
Construction time - 3 hrs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H76qm1l53M

Apocalyptic Creations - Projects @ Sushant School of Art and Architecture

AC is a design studio at Sushant School of Art and Architecture, New Delhi. AC operates in the realm between reality and fiction. Studio challenges human perception to create environments that cater to 'novel' socio-political, cultural, economic, geographic, physical and mental conditions.


http://apocalypticcreations.blogspot.com/