Spatial Design Studio II: Semester Two

Structure of my Manifesto

The structure of my manifesto is based on the structure of the manifesto by The Group, published in 1946, ‘On the Necessity of Architecture’. When considering what font to use for my manifesto inspired by The Group, I am thinking of using fonts that are used the most in this era, as the font used…

Reflection Upon What I have Learnt about ‘The Commons’

The site selected is a social living room / urban living room Social flows (defined movement pathways) The formality of the layout and vertical connections / urban security Connections between people and place (inclusive) Values Inclusiveness – a valued urban shared space that everyone has access to urban living room security, visual links clean /…

Part Three: Originating/Positioning

Manifesto In class we looked at manifesto examples and took notes on the layout, purpose, order, and details like font and text size.

Preparation of my Social Intervention

Asking for Permission to Continue with the Experiment Originally I was going to choose Proposal 1 for my intervention in Takutai, however because I only have little time to prepare for the social experiment, Proposal 2 would be more efficient and appropriate to choose. I seeked for legal permission by writing an email asking for…

Proposal Ideas + Drafted Proposals

Below includes a list of ideas of what I came up with for my 5 proposals. free food performance spatial intervention protesting science experiment – dry ice, baking soda + vinegar vertical, hanging something from a window / connecting to the train station below Drafts of Proposals 1, 2 and 3.

Part Two: Intervening/Interfering

Tool Kit/Inventory list of things in my house: For this exercise we were asked to make a list of things in our house that were available to us, by documenting in some way – thinking about materials, processes, time and space.

Preparing Layout for Presentation

In preparation for the next day where we present, I did a mock layout of how my documents would be laid out. The idea of framing reinforces the order, and makes you focus on the things that are being framed in a different way (eg. recycled coffee cup). Written Statement: