4/4: Program

Program Statement:

In realizing a proper spatial intervention that will bring clarity to the senses that define our mental image of place, the elicited experiential sense produced by the propose design will root from the experiences made to exist by the presence of vehicular infrastructure. The condition of experiencing space as a linear sequential reveal of landscape and architecture will act as the existing mode of experience to give cause to the formal and spatial quality of the propose design. Within the mechanical experience of driving, what the architecture will attempt to do is interject a piece of humanity against the hollow experience induced by driving. The moment of perceptual juxtaposition will act as the window of which place is defined; reintroducing place as something to be distinguished, to be explored on a tangible level in order to bring spatial distinction. Thus the design looks to create a phenomenal interruption between specific points of movement, in order to realign the senses of the experiencing self back to the physical plane.

Program Considerations:

What accumulates into this specific point of perceptual disruption will be the result of several elements that will direct the design. These elements include but are not limited to; ones preconceived conception of the driven infrastructure, the physical composition of the driven space that causes the senses to be less susceptible to the environment, and finally, the experiential juxtaposition that will pull the experiencing self back into a state of conscious sensibility.

The stigma that has been cast upon these infrastructures is that they disconnect landscapes, constricting sight and movement while being a thing for movement. As there is already a subconsciously inscribe understanding attach to these infrastructures, a sensible implementation should run along the grains of what is prior understandings in order to formulate the proper functions deemed necessary. Specifically as these infrastructure coincides with the notion of movement and connectivity, than it is such that movement and connectivity must be fluent throughout the design; of which will allow the propose space to be accessible and approachable from various viewpoints. Positioning the the design within the foundation of preexisting beliefs, will furthermore allow for such a design to read into the landscape without becoming an intrusive object that is instead alienated into disregarded existence.

The perceptual disruption must also rely on the immediately visible context of the driven space to the extent that what exist will aid formally into that which is proposed. The repetitive appearance of specific elements within the driven space that dulls the senses into passivity must be accounted for in order to conceptualize a counter weight of which pulls the experiencing self back into the physical realm. Awareness of these existing elements will help to blend the design into the existing moment of transition and fluidity that occurs at the surface of the road, without leaving those experiencing the space disoriented or distracted as they transition through.

Jux: