6 Axonometrics

"There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you its going to be a butterfly" - In this axo I started to explore the more aboriginal aspects relating to the site. Through reasearch of aboriginal culture, i found that traditional aboriginal painting techniques often involved the use of signs and symbols to tell stories. Continuing this research i looked into the history of the sportsparks site; the land on which the site is built upon belongs to the Darug nation, meaning "People". To reference this within my marker I used the symbols for two people.

"Architecture is the intersection between the poetic and the rational" - I tried to capture this notion by creating a central column that intersected through both rectangles; that is delicately exposed within cut away segments created by subtraction.

"Contradictory objectives; open to environment, yet closed to create privacy" - I believe this axonometric perfectly embodies this notion by Olson Kundig in the way that the square tunnel promotes such a free flowing and open space which is sharply juxtaposed with the horizontal element. This horizontal element creates a striking intersection within the square yet is the key to exploring Kundig's concept of contradictory objectives in the privacy it creates. It provokes the viewer to explore in and around the space rather than simply seeing through it and creates a closed privacy when approached from opposing sides.

"Love is metaphysical gravity" - To me, this concept by Fuller references the fundamental nature of love within life. To reflect this notion in my axonometrics i subtracted a precise segment from the center creating a notion of empty space which should be filled. This is echoed in the open front space of the shape with nothing left but thin walls creating the illusion of being filled. 

"Reorganising the environment for prosperity" - I tried to embody this Buckminster concept by exploring the use of primarily vertical elements that with one simple horizontal intersection become a habitable and essentially environmentally prosperous form to the viewer.

"Simplicity is the true measure of complexity" - Upon first drawing this axonometric, i was unimpressed with its simplistic nature, however after hatching the surface i was struck by the ability of the previously simple form to function as a versatile space, with tunnels and overpasses within and underneath its structure.