SEARCHING IN PRACTICE

AN IDEAS EXCHANGE

A CHANCE OF VIEWING THE

WORLD DIFFERENTLY

GENERATING UNCOVERING NEW POTENTIAL

MIXING DISTORTING

PROVOKING CONVERSATION + QUESTIONING

CREATIVITY FARMING

I ‘M

COMFORTABLE

WITH

THAT

LESS

IS

MORE

MORE FAMOUS

LESS

RELEVANT

JANUARY 8, 1979

I AMA

WHORE

REALIMAGINED

FINDING WHERE THINGS MERGE

LEWIS CARROLL: THE JABBERWOCK

THE WORLD CONNECTED (ACCORDING TO iTunes)

CITY CODES:AMS Amsterdam, ATH

Athens, ATL Atlanta, AUK

Auckland, BA Buenos Aires,

BAN Bangkok, BAR

Barcelona, BEJ Beijing, BOG

Bogota, BUD Budapest, BRU

Brussels, CAR Caracas, CHI

Chicago, DBL Dublin, FRA

Frankfurt, HK Hong Kong,

IST Istanbul, JAK Jakarta,

JOH Johannesburg, KAR

Karachi, KL Kuala Lumpur,

LA Los Angeles, LIS Lisbon,

LON London, MAD Madrid,

MEL Melbourne, MEX Mexico

City, MIL Milan, MNL Manila,

MOS Moscow, MUB Mumbai,

ND New Delhi, NY New

York, PAR Paris, PRA

Prague, ROM Rome, SGP

Singapore, SAN Santiago,

SEO Seoul, SF San

Francisco, SHA Shanghai,

SP São Paulo, STO

Stockholm, SYD Sydney,

TOK Tokyo, TOR Toronto,

TPE Taipei, VIE Vienna,

WAR Warsaw, WDC

Washington DC, ZUR Zurich

THE WORLD REMAPPED (ACCORDING TO GaWC)

“In the medieval world, the famous Mappa Mundi had Jerusalem at its centre; our

contemporary Mappa Mundi has the USA so positioned. But for how much longer”?

THE WORLD ACCORDING GaWC: ALPHA CITIES 2008 MAP_GAWC

CARTOGRAM OF CITY LISTINGS 2008_GAWC

DUBLIN

CLASSIFICATION OF CITIES 2008

_GAWC

2000 2004 2008

ALPHA++ 0.988 0.992 0.998

ALPHA+ 0.686 0.699 0.734

ALPHA 0.577 0.548 0.617

AVERAGE CONNECTIVITIES BY ALPHA LEVELS

THE WORLD ACCORDING GaWC

ABERDEEN

WHAT OF IRELAND?

NEW NETWORKS:

PREPARING CONNECTED CITIES

LIVING/FARMING & WATERING

CREATIVITY RECYCLED

THE INVERTED CENTRE (+ other rotational strategies)

THE LIMINAL EDGES

FURTHER EXAMINING:

(i)SUBURBIA VULGAROPOLIS

(ii)SOFT vs HARD MESSAGES

(iii)ENGAGEMENT OF ARCHITECTURE

(iv)COLLECTIVE RESEARCH EVOLUTION

(v)GAPS/MIGRATIONS + VOIDS

NEW CITYground water

(DEVELOPER)

THE WORLD ACCORDING TO iRISH

‘Kelly was not interested in putting

up standard box houses and had

also concluded that “modern

architecture didn’t pay’.

Fintan O’Toole; Rise and fall of a Tiger tycoon, The Irish Times - Saturday, July 17,

2010.

VINGINCE BEGAYSUS!..... land

SAMPLED- TECHNIQUES

IMAGINED REAL

LINKAGES/

COMBINATIONS/

SCALINGS/

ROTATIONS

developing

“WHAT IF ” SCENARIO’SPOROSITY WALL

In the absence of imperical

truths, we will have to be

discursive, enquiring &

questioning………..

“IT ONLY BECAME A DOOR WHEN I

PUSHED IT”

Ravin ponniah

MATERIAL ACTIVATION

DRAW, MAKE, RE-POSITION EXAMINE DEAD-ENDS

A series of moves were created to isolated

key elements, waterscapes, roadscape and

folies, of the site at Heywood. These

elements were then placed on an imaginary

landscape which we were able to manipulate

to help develop the hotel landscape.

Site at Heywood, Laois, Ireland.

Site at New Delhi, India. Hybrid Moves between Heywood and New Delhi

Various axes existed between the sites which contained a

similar linear layout We began to look at potential

anchorages in which we could use to provide connections

between the details and axis which would provide a final

overlay of the two sites on one another.

Connections were made between Heywood House and the

Viceroy’s House also. We began to look at the scaling

factors between the two sites and further ways in which

we could combine the different elements.

A catalogue of architectural details were

then created through a similar method with

the Viceroy’s House. These details were used

to create a layout which would eventually

drive the placement and function of our

hotel.

The Readers Hotel is a hybridization of the libraries

within the Vicegral Palace, New Delhi and the garden

compartments present at Heywood House, Laois. A

collection of private library compartments will allow

spaces of recollection and thoughtfulness for the

guests, with books within the libraries providing the

gateway to these rooms. The compartments will depict

installations within the landscape, allowing for

internal and external reading spaces, bedrooms and

other rooms.

The Reader’s Hotel - The Library Compartments.

Within the development of the Reader’s Hotel the

architectural elements which were created came through a

overlaying of spaces from the Viceroy’s house. These

spaces included bedrooms, libraries and office spaces.

The final move within the development of the Reading

Hotel was to isolate the horizontal walls facing Heywood

House. The walls carried the architectural charge of the

connection between the two sites, framing the view of

Heywood House, while also housing the function of the

spaces they defined. They would become active in there

movement, enclosing and revealing spaces

The walls which defined the spaces were then isolated, and designed to include all the functions of the

hotel. They contained fold out beds, reading compartments and hinged bookshelves. A specific wall was

modeled at 1:2.

NEW TRAJECTORIES SPECULATION

GAMEBOARD

The Hallway of Newman House is

deconstructed it’s constituent

elements, namely:

Chimney (hearth) Ch H

Tile Floor Grid T/F Gr

Window Ope Win O

Window Arch Win Arc

Chimney Breast Ch B

Archway 1 Arc 1

Archway 2 Arc 2

Front Door FD

Apollo Room Wall AR W

Apollo Room Door AR D

Window Grid 9/6 Win Gr 9/6

Secret Door SD

SLOT1: ARCHITECTURE 53SEVEN1

table

THE GAME

The premise is that throughout Carroll’s work, questions concerning the position of the body in relation to its surroundings— the possibility for one to forge a sense

of place—are recurrent; one is constantly reminded that one’s perception of space, as well as one’s understanding of where one stands, are phenomena

In order to make sense of such situating, we will establish a “GAME-BOARD” out of the elements of wood to be cut from the exhibition table (not literally), and

establish a matrix within the Hallway of Newman House that initially allows for the exploration of new trajectories and geometries within the Hallway itself, whilst

then forming a physical construct to sit within/on top of/below the allocated opening of the table itself.

EXERGUE

TO PRESENT,

MAKE EXPLICIT

UN-FOLD

surface air

ACTIVE MATERIAL

1563

1800’s

1897

2008

excavating

civic offices & library

TOOLING

RE-SITUATE

OCCUPYNEW FRENCH QUARTER, PORTARLINGTON

CITY CONNECTIVITYOCCUPIED DISTORTED

inversion & hybridisation

BORD GAIS National Distribution H.Q

URBAN GRAIN

SPECULATION

SITE

N

MILK MARKET

CITY

CODE MIL

Milan

CITY

CODE MIL Milan (Alpha+)

AREA

CODE MER

Cascina Merlata

ORTH

(MIL) Milan

cemetery

cascina merlata

expo site

rotating steps

casina merlata geometry

formation geometry