Natural Systems formal concept:

Lithification:The process in which layers of sediment compress, transform, and cement into rock; a natural process that creates a “mineral archive”.

Marblization study

interior/exterior massing & façade conceptual studies

Layering study

Purves St

44th Dr

Thompson Ave

plaza

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6

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2nd

3rd

6th

LIBRARY

INSTALLATIONS

INSTALLATIONS

EQUIPMENT LABS

EQUIPMENT LABS

STRUCTURAL STRESS ANALYSIS

FINAL STRUCTURAL GRID

FLOOR PLATES

STAGING

STAGING

STAGING

GALLERIES

GALLERIES

GALLERIES

INSTALLATIONS

AUDITORIUM

GALLERIES

ARCHIVES

ARCHIVES

ARCHIVES

ARCHIVES

ARCHIVES

ARCHIVES

How does an art archive catalog a flock of pollution-sensing robotic pigeons, a website from 1992 that let visitors control the electrode-fired muscle twitches of a dead frog suspended in mineral oil, or a dot-matrix printer that has been programmed to screech out melodies like “I Heard It Thru The Grapevine” or “Oh, Susanna!”?

Interior Rendering by Richard Fisher, M. Arch/MLA 2015, et. Al. Physical Model by Alexander Holstein, M. Arch 2014, et. Al.

Physical Model by Alexander Holstein, M. Arch 2014, et. Al.

Using formal languages of “layering”, “ordering”, and “compression”, this proposal packs modular rolling archives

towards the solid ends of the plan, and creates a gradient of disorder towards the center that results in a flexible

sequence of spaces for study and equipment repair, staging, separate installations, and rotating open galleries. PennDesign ARCH602 Ben Krone Studio // Philadelphia, PA 2012

FOR TECHNOLOGICAL ARTIFACTS

RHIZOME ARCHIVE