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a social exchange_ trailer architecture in movement_ the...

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architecture in movement_ the dynamics of exchange between people and their environment. re-articulating a corporate, urban plaza by constructing a participatory environment and inserting a spontaneous, counter program into this calculated, formulaic space.

a social exchange_ the making of this project used the act of...

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:44:33 +0100

a social exchange_ the making of

this project used the act of performance to construct a participatory environment, staging scenarios of how the exchange square is used everyday and allowing each act to be malleable and to change as the participants grew more confident as a group and in the space. by intimately engaging with the space during the performance the relationship between people and the space is reframed. the performance was a temporary re-articulation of the square but it created a lasting memory of the space in each of the participants’ minds: it made them question how it is used and it challenged the corporate identity of the place. in turn it provokes a dialogue about the contemporary state of building in cities - is public really public? how do we create engaging environments that invite everyone in?

the dynamics of exchange

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:15:08 +0100

An exchange is the act of giving one thing and receiving another in return. In today’s international world this process of exchange is constantly in motion - be it currency, commodities, ideas, knowledge, or dialogue - everything is moving around the globe with increasing speed. Within architecture, the dynamics of exchange takes place in an ongoing push and pull, give and take, a perpetual rearranging between the built environment and the people within it. A space is not a static thing, it gains its form and shape through the activity held within it in relation to time. Here, an architecture attempts to slow time down and stimulate a social exchange, creating a new spatial form using a specific activity. By asking a person to stop, step out of their shoes and participate in a space in an unfamiliar way, they become more conscious of the environment around them and this awareness is shared with others - continuing the process of exchange into the future.

[6] social ecology :: a child touches the grass In the end -...

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:09:00 +0100

[6] social ecology :: a child touches the grass

In the end - the untouchable, perfectly manicured grass, in the very center of the square around which all the characters circulate - is touched by a child. The mother and child play in the soft grass, using the space and disregarding the rules of the corporation. The child discovers a tactile, humane space and within that the unyielding, tough city exterior fades away.

[5] social ecology :: antagonists become allies Out of the...

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:07:25 +0100

[5] social ecology :: antagonists become allies

Out of the passage filled with the crowd come two strangers. They meet situated on either side of the chessboard as opponents but through the playing of the game, they turn from antagonists into allies - seeing each other as individual people and not just part of a crowd. They end up developing a relationship and laughing together on the bench with the chess pieces strewn about around their feet.

[4] social ecology :: a crowd advances in the dark passage A...

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:05:00 +0100

[4] social ecology :: a crowd advances in the dark passage

A new day arrives with the eruption of a storm: the crowd fills the dark passage. It is chaotic with sounds reverberating off the hard surfaces and the wind blustering about. The space feels like a completely other world as it is situated within the shadow of the building above, the brightness of the outside a glimmering light just visible on either end.

[3] social ecology...

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:03:00 +0100

[3] social ecology :: an exclusive world, money & status personified

A glimpse is taken into the affluent world that is funded by the financial businesses located in the buildings surrounding the square. At dusk, the square twinkles with the glimmer of lights blending with the elegance of the Victorian train station. The lady personifies the exclusivity of this world, the social status and high fashion which is a part of it - becoming an object of desire.

[2] social ecology...

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:01:27 +0100

[2] social ecology :: a walking prop of the surveillance system

The surveillance system monitors the behaviours of people who are on the private property of the broadgate corporation, allowing the public space of the Exchange Square to exist as a private entity by controlling and enforcing the legal rules put in place by the corporation. Such as: no filming or photographing, no going on the grass or in the water. The guard is simply a walking prop of this system, providing a physical presence on the ground to supplement the network of CCTV cameras and security control room situated underneath the square.

[1] social ecology :: the corporate personality The story begins...

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:59:11 +0100

[1] social ecology :: the corporate personality

The story begins in the one-dimensional world of the corporation, an entity being given many of the legal rights of a person. He is entering his domain clad in pin-stripes, and, like the rest, moving about the routine of an office worker without engaging in the space: arrival on the train, up the stairs, into the office building, out to the square for lunch, back into the office cubicle, then departing by train at the end of the day. He goes thru these motions monday to friday, on the weekends he does not come to this place.

the social ecology: a network of people in space and the...

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:05:51 +0100

the social ecology: a network of people in space and the relation of their movements and rhythms to each other through their physical environment

a social exchange constructing a participatory environment

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:03:00 +0100

a social exchange

constructing a participatory environment

twist two forces in motion: the wind blows the fabric against...

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:02:48 +0100

twist

two forces in motion: the wind blows the fabric against the participant’s body and the participant pushes back against it, making for strange forms and interactions

push: the point of contact between the fabric and the...

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 21:58:29 +0100

push: the point of contact between the fabric and the participant

q&a: if you went back to the exchange square or just...

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:48:58 +0100

q&a:

if you went back to the exchange square or just happened to pass through, would you see it differently?

q&a: how did your role change through the duration of the...

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:20:48 +0100

q&a:

how did your role change through the duration of the performance?