Movement and Waiting Space: Studio_2 Spring_2007 Professor_Martha McQuade

This project involved studying the inherent properties found in transparency and opacity. The final objective of this studio project was to create a movement and waiting space. Transparency can define volumes while also revealing their structure. This quality can create a dynamic composition when contrasted with opaque materials. Opacity creates solid and void spaces within a greater whole. An opaque wall adjacent to a transparent opening creates a situation of edge, transition and order--an order of light, solid and void.

The design process involved a series of model and drawing studies that investigated the inherent properties of transparency and opacity. These iterative studies in formed the physical properties of my final movement and waiting space. The program of this project was simple. Two given requirements were, one the space had a set dimension and two the space connected to distinct volumes. With this in mind, I wanted to enhance the experience of moving through a volume of space while creating a seamless transition into the waiting space. In the end, this created a space defined by solid, void, and symmetry.