Architectural History and Theory: Orientations
DAHO001
Assessment Task 2B: Model and Scale
By William Clinton
Welcome to the inspirations of Diller and Scofidio and how their ways of which they create their models specifically in relation to their 'Slow House' 1990 have influenced my design the 'Sun House'.
Diller and Scofido throughout their models explore the concept of 'A play of cones of vision and decontextualized images'. The ways in which Diller and Scofidio do this is through a range of perspex panels cut into the model which you can pull out and they display a section which gives us the audience a sense of what that space is used for. This is evident in Diller and Scofidio, Slow House model. Refer to Figure 1. The Sections used in models of the 'Slow House' are evident in Figure 2. This sections show the relationships people people and how they are using the space. Diller and Scofidio also use line illustration angles to show the segments of the house. The lines are displayed as pat of the model to give the audience an understanding of the curvature of the house. Please refer to Figure 1.
Figure 1: 'Slow House', 1990, Model by Diller and Scofidio.
Figure 2: Section of Slow House shown on Perspex, By Diller and Scofidio.
Through the research of Diller and Scofidio's Slow House, 1990 and the models created I have implemented them into my own design to show a play of cones of vision and decontextualized images. Through this I experimented with conceptual ideas of the displaying of angles on the model and the cinema screen central to the main viewing platform of the house. This is evident in my conceptual model in Figure 3 and 4.
Figure 3: Conceptual Model of the House and the Cinema Screen, Model by Clinton, W. 2018.
Figure 4: Conceptual Model of the Angles to Display Curvature, Model by Clinton, W. 2018.
Through the making of the conceptual models I further the idea of the displaying of angles on the model for my final model i used MDF board and used a protractor and ruler to draw the lines with a felt tip pen. I then cut out the walls which divide the space from a larger board of balsa wood. I then hot glued them onto the MDF board along the angle lines drawn on the board this would create the curvature evident in the Slow House by Diller and Scofidio. The roof was and walls were made out of balsa wood as well which were hot glued to the walls. I also annotated the angles on the board to demonstrates where the sun will be rising and the sun will be setting. The main viewing platform over the ocean is true north as represented in my model.
Diller and Scofidio also used objects in their models such as boats and cars which i have used in my model which illustrates what the surroundings can be used for or where the driveway is and where you park when you come home.
To display a play of cones of vision and decontextualized images, I have used a photo from a magazine of the landscape shot over the ocean which i glued to my cinema screen. The cinema screen is there for when the family may come home late at night and have missed seeing what has happened over the ocean while they were at work so the cinema screen can play a replay of what happened throughout the day or the cinema screen screen can play movies for an ultimate entertaining experience similar to Diller and Scofidio's Slow House, 1990.
To further explain the use of cones of vision I have used Perspex panels which pull out from the model and display a section of people and the annotated room and how the room is used. Please Refer to Figures 5 to 9.
Figure 5: Final of the Sun House, Perspex Sections, Model by Clinton, W. 2018.
Figure 6. Sun House, Displaying cones of Vision Through Sections, Model by Clinton, W. 2018.
Figure 7: Sun House, Cinema Screen In Resting Position, Clinton, W. 2018.
Figure 8: Sun House, View of Cinema Screen in use, Model by Clinton, W. 2018.
Figure 9: Sun House, Sun Dial, Model by Clinton, W. 2018.
Reference List
DILLER SCOFIDIO + RENFRO,n.d, Slow House, New York, America, Viewed 26 August 2018, <https://dsrny.com/project/slow-house>
MoMA 1999, Slow House Diller + Scofidio, New York, America, Viewed 26 August 2018, <https://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/1999/un-privatehouse/Project_19.html>
