Final Drawdle and Drawing for Mapping at UNAM

The completed drawdel and drawing highlight the transitional space separating the interior and exterior boundary at UNAM. The two pieces work together to create compositions in relation to the expression of liminal spaces.

Area that is being mapped in the following drawdle and drawing at UNAM in Mexico City.

Side "A" of the drawdle illustrating the building as volume, the changes in surfaces as folds and the liminal spaces as voids/ impressions in the paper.

Detail view of the drawdle looking at one of the transitional spaces.

Side "B" of the drawdle revealing the liminal spaces and transitional areas as three dimensional volumes.

Drawing composed of a sectional axonometric highlighting with a darker line weight the path of liminal space.

Liminal Space Mapping in Progress

Mapping a liminal space at UNAM in Mexico City with a drawdle and drawing begin to explore the relationships between spaces and their connecting elements. The below images show progress of two mappings of the same space.

Composing Liminal Spaces

Exploring the qualities of liminal and transitional spaces through drawings and drawdels (models that represent a drawing) has been challenging. Figuring out what to represent to show the qualities of the spaces and what defines a transitional zone was first attempted in the following models and sketches. Questions that I am exploring include "What is the thing that is particular about a transition?", "Where are transition zones bounded?", "What creates and edge?" and "What are the distinctions of transitional spaces and other zones?".

Discovering Liminal Space

Some diagram and sectional mapping of a liminal space at UNAM, Mexico City.

Shortening Time

Originally around 8 minutes long both "Forgetting Architecture" and "Remembering Technology" were reduced and edited to around 4 minutes in length while still maintaining the integrity of the overall films. It was a challenge to reduced the length of the films while still including key scenes and maintaining a similar progression of events so that the overall message of the films stays the same.

Forgetting Architecture

Remembering Technology

Mapping Films

The first two 8 minutes films. "Forgetting Architecture" and "Remembering Technology" were mapped using screenshots and organized in a way to illustrate the progression of the films.

First board illustrating the progression of events and location of where events take place throughout Bristol, RI from the self filmed movie "Forgetting Architecture"

Second board illustrating a timeline of various events throughout history comparing the effects of technology.

Detail of scene by the docks from "Forgetting Architecture".

Detail of collaged scene and space by the graveyard from "Forgetting Architecture".

Creating the First Two Films

Final results of two films discussing technology in relation to how an environment can be misperceived and the other comparing the effects of technology. Both films seek to take a look at how technology has influenced society and the effects that it may be causing.

"Forgetting Architecture" uses footage taken around Bristol, Rhode Island to illustrate society's urge to stay connected and consequently miss opportunities to explore, architecture, space, and landscape.

"Remembering Technology" incorporates found footage, photos and audio to compare and contrast the positive and negative effects of technology.