Curious angles
Not conforming
To accepted standards
Built on a diagonal and crammed into a small sliver of land adjacent to the road, this new house is something of an optical illusion.
“I would not want to be the roofer for that multi-layer house . . . that’s just a piece of architectural insanity.” – Richard Nichols
Recording surface
Collective functioning
Recognizable constraints
Small towns offer up many intimate secrets.
“To all appearances, the artist acts like a mediumistic being who, from the labyrinth beyond time and space, seeks his way out to a clearing.” – Marcel Duchamp
Chimera
Evil spirit
Deterrent
Serving the common good by controlling building entry, demons are put on notice.
“If you can’t do something smart, do something right.” – Shepherd Book
Heterogeneous elements
Assemblage function
Under consideration
The sandy path to the beach passes by houses of different vintage.
“The territorial assemblage continually passes into other assemblages.” – Félix Guattari
Out of sight
Middle ground
Fine balancing
Predicable problems ensue when too many big houses are built on small adjacent lots.
“At all times let a person be supple as the reed and not rigid as the cedar.” – Rabbi Nathan
Mechanistic expression
Essential staticism
Closure aim
Diptychs can play with perspective. Subject to occasional sudden transformations, most of the time the human world is an assemblage of enduring re-identifiable objects that change gradually.
“The world is not static and the status quo is not sacred.” – Harry S. Truman
Juxtaposition
Facade details
Flatten space
Blur, shapes, and angles interplay to create a provocative visual experience.
“In my eyes, every building has its own architectural language with a totally individual vocabulary.” – Sebastian Weiss
High density
Packed stack
Seasonal distribution
A beach vacation can be adversely affected by large crowds jockeying for position.
“The precise value of real estate is determined by many factors, and isolating the impact of one factor can be difficult.” – Harry H. Frampton
Spatial relation
Concept formation
General attributes
Isolation of architectural details promotes abstraction. These components exchange cultural information germane to place and time.
“The sound of colors is so definite that it would be hard to find anyone who would express bright yellow with base notes, or dark lake with the treble.” – Wassily Kandinsky
Regular events
Process change
Place of causality
The boathouse at Whalehead glows and reflects abstractly in the evening sunlight.
“A single object or fact on its own isn’t regarded as something important by science.” – Ufuk Özen