This self-driven independent architectural study is an exploration and reanalysis of the theory of deconstruction.
Deconstruction as a theory was marginalized and in many ways neglected in the 1980s by the architectural community based on its perceived impracticality and bizarre nature.
Research in deconstruction showed true potential and value within the theory’s fundamentals, namely the notions of flux, reactivity, and the ongoing interactions between the subject and the object.
Research in deconstruction showed true potential and value within the theory’s fundamentals, namely the notions of flux, reactivity, and the ongoing interactions between the subject and the object.
A revisit to deconstruction can be justified by utilizing the lens of Dionysian art forms and the dichotomy between the Apollonian and Dionysian. The performance based art of the Dionysian provides a wonderful metaphor for a new method of appropriate design.
The independent study found inspiration from research in deconstructivist theory, as illustrated by Jaques Derrida, architectural applications of Bernard Tschumi, outside references to Jorge Luis Borges, abstract expressionist works of Marc Rothko and James Turrell, and the formal exercises of Peter Eisenman. The culmination of the study is represented in a three-dimensional architectural performance of scultpture and subjective interaction, as the builder, viewer, method of construction, and material all become one entity.
Information card that was displayed next to the final presentation boards
CREDITS
Garrett Ryan Miller
Independent study
Washington State University_Spring 2011
Garrett Ryan Miller
Independent study
Washington State University_Spring 2011