A play of cones of vision and decontextualized images

Qiyue_Zhong
Aug 28, 2017 · 3 min read

The technique I followed is “A play of cones of vision and decontextualized images”. The magnum opus of this technique is called “slow house’ (Figure 1), designed by a design studio named Diller, Scofdio and Renfro, the surname of three partners. The reason why it was called slow house, called weekend house as well, is there is only one door and one window in the whole structure, as a result, the layout looks like a guide to guide clients pay more attention to the view of screen. And the window opposite to a scream which is showing a view whatever clients want. It can play Sunday back in a cloudy day, play day back in night and play summer back in winter. It seems that time can run very slow, and always in weekend, as a result, this building is named slow house. As their own website says “The composite view formed by the screen in front of the picture window is always out of register, collapsing the opposition between the authentic and mediated.”

Figure 1: The slow house, designed by Diller, Scofdio and Renfro, 1991.

And elements I found in this technique includes curve (Figure 2), different value (or different height, as shown in Figure 3), different center and same range of circle (Figure 4), moving (Figure 5) and the view (with a screen and a monitor, shown in Figure 6).

Figure 2: the simple model of the element curve, model and photo by Leo, 2017
Figure 3: the simple model of the element “different value”, model and photo by Leo, 2017
Figure 4: the simple model of the element “same range, different center”, model and photo by Leo, 2017
Figure 5: the simple model of the element movement, model and photo by Leo, 2017
Figure 6: the simple model of the element view, model and photo by Leo, 2017

When it comes to my final work (Figure 7–10), following several items deserve attention. Firstly, the drawing in transparent paper is sections of this building. I drew them instead of making in order to make sure the visual route can pass through the transparent paper and see the view of everywhere. And the angles and ranges can also be seen in this model which is following the slow house basically. The inside area is divided into two levels and they are private space for people to live in. Last but not least, which is also a vital part of design, the shape of my model guides sight to focus on the end (the huge window) and the view of it.

Figure 7: final work, model and photo by Leo, 2017.
Figure 8: final work, model and photo by Leo, 2017.
Figure 9: final work, model and photo by Leo, 2017.
Figure 7: final work, model and photo by Leo, 2017.

Reference List:

http://www.dsrny.com/projects/slow-house

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