Living Architecture Fall 2008 Columbia

from orifice to monster security:
jon turkula/john becker fa2008

Our project has gone down two major paths. One: interactive aperture that helps define the relation between desirable objects, people and places. this mode of investigation sought to create a physical relationship between the two spaces, such as user/ storage. The second seemingly tangential trajectory we took was the interface between two very separate groups. We chose to look at the security of a a bank vault. On fifth avenue in midtown, chase bank has an all glass facade between the public on the street and the bank vault. This shift in the idea of security was pivotal in this, the new information age. No longer guarded by a stone wall, but by glass. This project is sited to be along this glass wall as a beautiful, historical look at the relation between the public and the most sacred. Small mouth open as if to guard the space, following the pedestrians along the street. The interface allows for distant observation to be unencumbered, while when the wall is approached a warning is made.

Labels: aperature, awesome, becker, distance, monster, ping sensor, relays, turkula