Narrative: "A pavilion/platform for a lone woman to comtemplate the meaning of life"
Design process: Initially the idea I had was that although one can rely on religion as a source on information on the meaning of life but some also think that science can provide the answer to that question. Although with such a strong presences of religious meaning within the painting, I decided my primary goal was to design something that even nonreligious people can use. So the obvious symbolism of the Christian Church (the cross), Islam (the crescent moon) or Judaism (the star of David).
I decide the basic my design on the Golden Ratio. I chose the Golden Ratio because of its connections to the pentagram (The golden ratio plays an important role in regular pentagons and pentagrams. Each intersection of edges sections other edges in the golden ratio. Also, the ratio of the length of the shorter segment to the segment bounded by the 2 intersecting edges (a side of the pentagon in the pentagram's center) is φ, as the four-color illustration shows. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_ratio) for religion and mathematics for science.
The major impact of the Golden Ratio on my design was that it defined the dimensions of the overall footprint of my structure and where each level step ups took place. 5000mmx8100mm is the dimension of the footprint, the first step up takes place at the 5000mm mark from left to right, the following step up takes place half way of the 5000mm, the reason I chose points is due to the way how a golden rectangle is constructed.
To continue building on the simple idea of something that is common in the 3 major monotheistic religion and in science was my main goal after finishing the main portion of the structure. In the 3 religions, water plays a major part in rituals baptising for Christians, immersion for Jewish people, washing before their 5 daily prays for Muslims. In science water along side oxygen is considered the main building blocks of life.
The idea of the columns and beams at the lowest level/platform of the structure is the influence of the world, having voids to allow all types of influence affect the occupant's answer to the meaning of life. the continuous path is to symbolise the answer is always there and a glimpse of it as you walk through the structure. The blocking of outside influences at the second level/platform and the pool on water is a space to think and reflect. Although its a simple idea, the stepping up and different high of the ceiling symbolises the goal.
Design process: Initially the idea I had was that although one can rely on religion as a source on information on the meaning of life but some also think that science can provide the answer to that question. Although with such a strong presences of religious meaning within the painting, I decided my primary goal was to design something that even nonreligious people can use. So the obvious symbolism of the Christian Church (the cross), Islam (the crescent moon) or Judaism (the star of David).
I decide the basic my design on the Golden Ratio. I chose the Golden Ratio because of its connections to the pentagram (The golden ratio plays an important role in regular pentagons and pentagrams. Each intersection of edges sections other edges in the golden ratio. Also, the ratio of the length of the shorter segment to the segment bounded by the 2 intersecting edges (a side of the pentagon in the pentagram's center) is φ, as the four-color illustration shows. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_ratio) for religion and mathematics for science.
The major impact of the Golden Ratio on my design was that it defined the dimensions of the overall footprint of my structure and where each level step ups took place. 5000mmx8100mm is the dimension of the footprint, the first step up takes place at the 5000mm mark from left to right, the following step up takes place half way of the 5000mm, the reason I chose points is due to the way how a golden rectangle is constructed.
To continue building on the simple idea of something that is common in the 3 major monotheistic religion and in science was my main goal after finishing the main portion of the structure. In the 3 religions, water plays a major part in rituals baptising for Christians, immersion for Jewish people, washing before their 5 daily prays for Muslims. In science water along side oxygen is considered the main building blocks of life.
The idea of the columns and beams at the lowest level/platform of the structure is the influence of the world, having voids to allow all types of influence affect the occupant's answer to the meaning of life. the continuous path is to symbolise the answer is always there and a glimpse of it as you walk through the structure. The blocking of outside influences at the second level/platform and the pool on water is a space to think and reflect. Although its a simple idea, the stepping up and different high of the ceiling symbolises the goal.
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