INTENSIVE BOSTON - TOWARDS THE END OF SEEING AND BEEN SEEN

Dear Friends,

Here is an image of great things we have seen today. Enjoy it while you can. I will be replacing this image soon. Seeing and been seen will go online tomorrow. More work!

INTENSIVE SCHEME ONE

FRONT ELEVATION
GROUND LEVEL - FLOOR PLAN

PERSPECTIVE SKETCH - HEADING NORTH

ON DARTMOUTH STREET

MASS STUDY MODEL

MAPPING II - New images

My initial mapping started with the image of the eye as the trigger point that occurs prior to researching. The very first moment the conscious mind transfers information to the subconscious. This first image is a composition of elements that visually narrate the process of ingestion of a thought or a need for a product. In this case the filmstrip is representative of a time frame that occurs at this particular moment. Furthermore, the filmstrip is placed at the center of the eye as a metaphor to a viewfinder or a movie reel.

Images of the television, highway billboard and shopping center represent three of the most common types of visual and physical media we experience everyday, whether we are on foot, an automobile or in the commodity of our homes. Both the television and the billboard are shown faded to indicate that these elements of media have been looked at, however dismissed for lacking physical interaction. The media element that triggered the desired or need for an electronic object was the shopping center shown in the filmstrip. The images of the television and the highway billboard (soccer player) are graphical representations that in this case the electronic device is desired to be used for entertainment. The retina separating from the eye is symbolic of a sphere spinning away to reach a new stage.

The Researching image is the stage in our human minds where the subconscious takes over and processes all information received from the eye. The black background is indicative of what we experience when we try to image things or scenarios. The blue veiny sphere represents the point in our brains that processes rationale and ultimately allowing only the "one" need or treat we desire to have. This image includes words, needs, expressions, and all possible thoughts that invade our mind. Sometimes in an obsessive manner, therefore the words take different shape, length, motion, etc. In this case the individual (I) chose an MP3 player as the product to be acquired. Upon decision of the primary function, the sphere spits through is chopped end a smaller sphere to separate the consumer from the producer creating a revolution or a centrifugal force.

This image indicates "selection" where the intent is for the mapping experience to evolve from the consumer to the product. At 2:59 a.m. all previous thoughts or voices are funneled to a stage closer to consciousness. A stage of the individual where all thoughts fuse together and select the "one". The I-POD is the selected product.

The graphics show the time clock at 2:59 a.m at the right hand top of the strip to correlate with the ending placement of the "research" image. The repetitive image of the back of the I-POD is to resemble an i-pod farm, the perfect matrix where all products are being harvested and only "the one" will become alive. Notice how the shell of the product is not yet define and only certain parts are starting to boot. The display box confirms reanimation is up to 33 seconds to create enough momentum to take the centrifugal roads. The product as it takes the last road of this stage selects color as it overcomes 1:00 minute of booting.

The next image getting closer to completion is a composition of "Final selection, purchasing and receiving". At this moment regionalism is introduced into the stage as it nears final delivery of the product to the consumer.

As previously mentioned, this image is visual representation of what the product is experiencing to get to the consumer. The upper corner of the graphic illustrates the back of the I-POD to confirm that the consumer is still making final selection of all hardware and software to be inclusive of the desired object. In this case 60GB is used to described the intent. Upon completion of selection a new image arises representing "purchasing", in this case the image of the individual represents the personalization of the transaction. The individual back of the head is shown to indicate security of the transaction as well as to remain anonymous. Notice there are certain spheres that are left without an image. This is to indicate that there are lapses where the consumer looses track of the product. For example, at purchasing where the sales associate is invoicing or the web cart is verifying the transaction.

Final stages of the mapping experience are near as it reaches the state of "receiving". This is represented with images of a truck and a plane representing options of delivery. The spheres are closer together gaining more momentum as they reach the final stages. The red sphere is a metaphor to the consumer "hot" and ready chasing or tracking the selected method of delivery to see where the object is.

The Centrifugal rings are my representation of regionalism. Florida globally located in the path of many and often Hurricane storms that obtain force from the warm waters of the ocean.

Keeping the IPOD volume down!

Dear web friends,



Below is an article I found this morning while trying to catch up on my newspaper readings. I'll let it speak for itself. Click on the image to expand.

Here is an analogy, are we as Architects to do the same with our designs? Meaning, should buildings be as loud to their neighbors as the end users? I believe even if our clients demand a certain product we ought to be conscious of our designs and the context of placeless.

Mapping the Experience 1.1

Mapping the temporal-spatial experience starts with the image of the human eye. The trigger point for all things we see and the spark to our soul. The image captures the moment where the individual ingests for the very first time the object he or she sees. Whether the object is being presented through the web, commercial television or street advertisement. This is the moment where the object enters that spacial time where all things are physically placeless and defy stationary occupancy.

First development upon observation of the desired object is to search for justification of reason to purchase it: necessity or simple treat. An obsessing spinning motion to obtain the object invades us, further demanding ultimate research of what it is we desired at that moment in time. Music, graphics, means of communication or further education are all possibilities of our needs.

At a subsequent moment, research culminates in selection of that special product. However, initial selection only allows us to identify the primary function of the object, there after we are presented with models, color, accessories, and/or applications.

Selection of our product urges us to pursue our Third step - purchasing that object. Purchasing the product will make us travel thousands of miles through the virtual world or a few miles on our urban methods of transportation. Physical or virtual carts bring us a step closer towards fruition and to another level of the placeless space.

Payment and checking of our bill beams us on our path of travel, creating anticipation and persuading us to find resources for tracking the product about to be received. Tracking numbers, code bars and earth circulating satellites permit global positioning of the desired.

Arrival of the chosen object creates a final rush of adrenaline - the extraction from the pristine packaging being as perfectly orchestrated as the the object's manufacture itself.

MAPPING

I CAN'T RESIST! 'The things we think, but do not say.'

It's almost 3:00 a.m. and had a thought. As you get to know me you will hear me reference"ME" time. I refer to this as my own personal time away from all the hustle and bustle of everyday crap. "ME" occurs anywhere and anytime in space, any little time I can take to have a thought about why we are on this planet and how Architecture and the Urban and Suburban Social experiences create us or defines our being. As I start to digest task one, my first image is a map, I don't even think about the product, but my physical place on a map. Maybe this is because when we visualize something we see ourselves participating or being somewhere. After reading "Have a seat" by Caroline Woolard, "Clusterings" by Kurt Bigenho and "Else/Where:Mapping, it seems as if they were trying to create their own space, alternative or place less behavior.

My point of departure on this mapping trip is actually a predecessor to "Researching" that I've defined as a trigger point for the desire for the acquisition, or "Initiation". Typically this occurs in most people during "ME" time or Subconscious. The Subconscious as I interpret it occurs when we sleep, eat, drink, etc. A casual observation of an advertisement or seeing someone else with a product may trigger Initiation. Moving toward the process of Researching is not only to obtain technical data on the product, but already programming how you will be utilizing that object (consciousness).

Subconscious living of this object to be acquired exists within our subconscious, in its own space in time, a space in time that no one else belongs. I am not saying we are Zombies, but we almost never tell the person walking next to you what you are thinking, unless is someone close to you, because that person is perhaps considered part of your "ME". This place on the map burns an image similar to "THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY" by Salvador Dali. For me, traveling from departure to destination is representative of the journey from subconsciousness to consciousness.