Visual

Providing the nation with a visual signal of change.

WE all know the queen is home

When the flag is erect above Buckingham Palace 

WAR

Paths of Travel

Flow & Funciton

Creating flow and function

Fluid forms becoming a Representative of peace and unity

Straight paths of travel. No Cross Overs 

Setting the Foundations

Creating a SYmbol

It is important to generate a form that is recognizable to every nation.

The building must have a significance among society as well as be a respected form. 

War - a first glance.

WAR -

Moving on from the first assignment i have chosen to go down the route of the regularity of war?

What happens after war?

What brings people together again?

How do people react?

How do people reflect?

What gives people a symbol of change?

ASSIGNMENT Week 6

Linking Mobile

in the direction of mobility

Brainstorming:

Parliment on legs

Just a thought: By dividing important sections of parliment up into mobile entityies, will this enable eleements of 'Parliment' to remain safe during an invasion. It will also alow communities in war stricken areas to have a connection to the government.

Gotye

Mobility / virtuality and flexibilty is addressed through Gotyes film clip 'Eyes Wide Open.' Throughout the film clip large spider like robots move through an extreamly industrial and derilict country side. The video and images are very inspirational and worth a look at.

CHuck Hoberman - Take 2 - Adaption

Nowhere do the disciplines of art, architecture, and engineering fuse as seamlessly as in the work of inventor Chuck Hoberman, internationally known for his “transformable structures.” Through his products, patents, and structures, Hoberman demonstrates how objects can be foldable, retractable, or shape-shifting. Such capabilities lead to functional benefits: portability, instantaneous opening, and intelligent responsiveness to the built environment.

His most recogniseable and famous invention would be this .....

Hoberman’s work has been exhibited several times at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 2008 his commissioned installation Emergent Surface was part of the exhibit “Design and the Elastic Mind.”

 On a smaller scale, Hoberman has used his folding systems to create, for example, a collapsible tent made from a single sheet of fabric and a briefcase that collapses, accordian-like, to the size of a shoebox, as well as a number of toys.

Related to the below images:
Related to as 'Flexible Architecture' this structure is classified as being a kinetic geometry, every individual panel is interconnected and moves together to retract the screen. 

Chuck Hoberman

When is a building a mechanism? When is a mechanism a piece of art?
Is this just a minute extension of the mechanisms within day to day households.