Forign Office Architects
Peter Slatin, Open Architecture, Architecture, February 2003
Although this article explains very little about the process involved in the design of the Yokahama International Port Terminal, there are references to the employment of sophisticated software, the mobius strip and FOA’s intent to blur the relationship between interior and exterior space.
TOPics
“Technological invention and geopolitical relations”
“Architecture as cultural signifier”
Port history and site program was crucial to the projects development.
“Employed sophisticated computer software.”
What was the software and how was it employed?
“Moving from outside to inside…, ramps, and…, unfolded surfaces”
Could this be the underlying design intent?
What produced the specific configuration of the ungulating planes in this project?
Did the project simply manufacture a pedestrian structure based on the properties of waves and the sites program?
“Mobius strip of a building”
“origami architecture”
A design needs to be inspired by something, and a designer needs to develop a form generative process which creates usable space. I think using a real flow program, (or whatever they used) and Cad as tool for generating complex form created a real interesting result. Is there more to it than that? Where there decisions and thoughts that help define the project during the process? Did someone google the mobius strip? Maybe.
“From organic topography, a basis for structure”
“As the deck of the plaza weaves under and around itself, interior and exterior merge-and the resulting folds and creases become structure”
How does this relate to Deluzez? What is it about the act of thinking about architecture, helps you design architecture?
Deluze or Sue G. says something about interior/ exterior space.
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