Architectural Organization: The Curation of Multiples
“Finding the proper place for the improper quantity of things.” – Sylvia Lavin
Graduate Thesis Project 2013-2014
Architectural Work
Autonomous Communities
Albert Kahn History [Graphic Data]
Inflata-Room Factory
Park Avenue Bike Path
Bandwidth [of Broadcast]
Woodward District Library
Dwell-able Ceiling
Malletts Creek Library Analysis
Pointed Circulation
Works In Progress...
Architectural Organization
Project Abstract __
The organization of multiple objects may seem like commonplace within interior spaces, but are the means in which these objects are curated actually being considered? Architecture may facilitate the eventual implementation of organization, but whether it is thought about in the original design is arguable. Furthermore is there a way to focus on themes of organization that work better or worse in certain architectural interiors? And are there new forms of organizing multiples that have not been fully realized?
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This thesis analyzes architectural organization of multiple objects through determined binaries. These binaries serve as the jumping off point to form matrices of potential forms of organization. A ternary of programs [Libraries, Museums, and Retail Spaces] serve as the basis for how these binaries organize themselves alone, in pairs, or as trios. Analysis of these conglomerates leads to studies of how they place themselves in architectural interiors currently, if at all. Determining if these forms of organization prove successful, or if these forms of organization have yet to be realized, becomes the topic of study through the diagramming and defining of the conglomerates. If these forms are not yet realized the focus moves to how they can be designed, or what potentials they give the architectural interior. Through diagrams, drawings, and mock-ups, these instances are then curated themselves in an array of interior architectural organizations. The awareness and benefits of these forms of organization becomes the value within the project. The knowledge and recognition of these means of curation allows for the design potentials of interior spaces to move forward while this new-found knowledge allows for the discovered conglomerates to be thought about actuated into reality.
Clutter
Tectonic System Analysis & Comparison
Sorting System Analysis & Comparison
Pathological Characters Analysis & Comparison
Accumulation v. Collection Binary Diagram
Aesthetic v. Utility Binary Diagram
Browsing v. Directional Binary Diagram
Preliminary Project Outline
All Works © Matthew Ritsema 2013