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November 16, 2006
Final Project Pitch: The Passageway (Second Post)
Riddhima and Charley
Keywords:
Labyrinth, negative space, shadows, interactive, touch, reaction, response, walkthrough
The Idea:
Imagine a corridor composed of large rods placed at different angles creating a sort of web that presents itself as impossible to pass through. Yet the goal of this project is to render the negative space of the rods as a passageway, and once the user is invited into the web he or she will find the rods moveable, enabling the corridor to be traversed, and the space transformed.
How we introduce the installation is important: The user must feel apprehension at first, but through encouragement to traverse the space, the user will then discover the truth to the elements at hand. Essentially this is about creating a labyrinth experience to confront the user in a pedestrian space.
This project presents several unique characteristics: not only would the structure transform a passageway, it would ask the user to stop and consider their option for navigation – the brave literally pushing forward, while the others would opt to avoid confrontation. Both of these responses are appropriate. This project demands that those who enter the general space make such a decision. Those who pass through the structure would be rewarded by discovering the journey of the labyrinth.
Recycled materials could be used entirely to create this structure, from cardboard tubes to metal poles and wire. It would simply take craftsmanship and a solid plan to realize this project. A 3D blueprint will be composed as the first step in building the Passageway.
Inspiration for this project comes from the Borges text, Buckminster Fuller, and a project by nArchitects (http://www.narchitects.com/frameset-party%20wall.htm).
Posted by Charles Miller at November 16, 2006 11:51 AM