Slide 18, Photo Elevation, The Wyly Theater: OMAįigure 19, Program Reshuffle Diagram, The Wyly Theater, OMAįigure 20, Section Program Diagram, The Wyly Theater, OMA These systems are often chosen for efficiency of a type but the work of Structural Engineer Cecil Balmond and the term coined by him and Rem Koolhaas “Smart but Stupid” explains the intentional irrational use of various structural systems to make evident to visitors this poetic celebration.įigure 16, Casa da Muscia, Porto, OMA Rem Koolhaasįigure 17, Kunstal, Rotterdam, OMA Rem Koolhaas Structural systems are often chosen from these diagrams. Structure may also be diagrammed and analyzed. The example below of Escorial shown in images shows the variation of the unit of room from large formal facade to enclosed transitional space to enclosed courtyard.įigure 13, Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial, 16th Centuryįigure 14, Casa da Muscia, Porto, OMA Rem Koolhaasįigure 15, Casa da Muscia, Porto, OMA Rem Koolhaas Consider: 1) a language of abstraction 2) differentiation of this abstract transformation 3) callibration until patterns emerge…and then 4) change the system and test new possibilities.įigure 7, Media Timeline Diagram (2nd degree Cataloging), Seattle Public Library: OMA, Rem Koolhaasįigure 8, Programming Reshuffling Diagram (Cataloging then Testing Patterns), Seattle Public Library: OMA, Rem Koolhaasįigure 9, Inside-Outside Section Synthesis Program Diagram (“3rd/4th degree Testing Patterns), Seattle Public Library: OMA, Rem Koolhaasįigure 10, Media Synthesis Diagram, Seattle Public Library: OMA, Rem Koolhaasįigure 11, Inside-Outside 3D Synthesis Program Diagram, Seattle Public Library: OMA, Rem Koolhaasįigure 12, Seattle Public Library: OMA, Rem Koolhaasįigure Plan Program Diagra, Mansilla + Tunonĭifferentiation in diagrams may consider the most fundamental of architectural relationships, namely the modulation of space.

Programs maybe be transformed into graphics through measured area in Autocad or by hand, as associated with color, and typography varying text size color and form. Programs are often provided by a client and provide a depth of information of client teams and expected uses of space and their respective areas. The structure or organization provides a framework for four variations of use to occur at different times, locking into the human participation (units varied) across the week.įigure 3, Time-base scenario diagrams, Finalist Market Value Competition, Speranza Architectureįigure 4, Competition boards, Finalist Market Value Competition, Speranza Architectureįigure 5, Scenarios Diagrams and Ramblas of Life, Speranza Architectureįigure 6, Circulation Diagram, Jasmine Alcaide, NJIT This example begins by mapping existing using to determine new locations with the site of a design competition to locate scenarios of uses at specific times.

Together these two element make up life.įigure 2, “Life” Diagram, Seattle Public LIbrary, OMA Rem Koolhaas The unit and how it varies in the examples above as people is not necessarily created by the designer but predicted as probable scenarios (Schwartz, The Art of the Long View). The backgrounds may be seen as the organization (see figure 1), the diagramming language as the unit and the graphic differentiation (size, line weight or line type) may be seen as the variation. The idea of systems as unit, organization over change (variation) is relevant for these types of drawings. Give Me a Gun and I Will Make All Buildings Move (required) by Bruno Latour and Albena Yanevaĭiagrams_Envisioning_Architecture_Fraser (optional, maybe view images and skim read)įigure 1, Frameworks for Participation, Philip Speranza

The following list of of relationships types will be demonstrated through different visual languages of first abstraction but then used to synthesize new relationships as test of possible outcomes for design architecture.īetween Diagrams and Matter (required) by Alejandro Zaera-Polo Diagramming may also be used an a generative tool to sythesize, create, new relationships.

Points and lines as derived from El Lissitsky is one visual language of transformation. Diagramming as an instrument of design is used for analysis of an existing relationship.

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