The exterior - formwork

guardiola house eisenman architects

You are asked to design a structure. The contents and purpose of it is unknown. The only information you have is, that it is to house a concept for form, material, light and space.

The structure consists of initially of 50 prismatic volumes. Provide for human occupation in terms of access and perception. Focus on the language of form attained through the a definite structural order, space and material articulation.

Constraints:
Structure with 50 volumes. Each volume has the fixed dimensions of 5m x 5m x 10m (~15’x15’x30’). The 50 spaces must be clearly legible and indexed. The only orientation is vertical.
The surrounding situation is a city with perimeter blocks delineated by four orthogonal lines.

Code:
The way how the form is generated is to be documented explicitly. All transformations applied are to be explained via serial drawings such that each transformation is defined in time and can be traced back or repeated.
There needs to be an index on the formwork surface in a way to code form, transformation and time.

Transformations:
Add
Subtract
Shift
Rotate
fold
Elongate
Compact
Cut
Splice
Warp
Bifurcate
Material:
Metal
Wood
Concrete

Construction:
You model (1/100 or 1/8”) needs to be built in wood, preferably bass wood and painted.
Dates: Jan 14-28