If the architecture with its living components form a single formal unit, controlled by geometrical principles of design, then what governs the outdoor spaces elsewhere? And what of the structure that no longer functions as intended? This digital exploration attempts to experiment with the extension of the architecture to form structures that are developed into outdoor spaces, governable by the organic growth rather than the geometrical approaches of design. This extension is developed in the root of the “contested space”: the space between the architecture and the user, an extension of the structure which is in limbo between architecture and nature.
The digital exploration that allows for antagonistic relationships to react to one another, creating a spatial fill in the contested space. The two forces displacing each other are inversely related and, therefore, work both as attractors and repellents. The main rippling overhead is attracted to the gravitational pull of the ribboned pavilion. This pavilion allows for containment and exploration of the rippled structure by the user, while simultaneously reacting negatively away from it through formal gestures.
The result of the exploration resulted in an emergent tertiary system. This system was embodied as a fluctuating light zone. The combination of the two initial interventions created a blend of light effects that bend, penetrate, wash and diffuse in the contested space. This system, unlike the initial two, fluctuates , morphing and adapting dynamically to the adjacent surfaces.