DIGITOCRACY

The following image aims to explain the concept behind the project as it spans across the city.

CHRONOGRAM

Here's the current design and layout of the chronogram.  Some images will need to be updated with images from the film, such as the deconstructing of the panopticon where more abstract shapes will be used rather than individual cells.

IMAGES

Here are some more images that I've been working on....  

I've tried to show the project at different scales, from the communication centre to the city. Some are a bit bright at the moment and some are more convincing than others...

Chronogram to follow soon!

       

LATEST IMAGES

RESTRICTED AREAS WITHIN EACH PROGRAM

As the 'architectural moshing' concept indicates movement within the facade or structure, I have identified the areas within each program where the movement will have to be restricted.  These include the entrance and reception, toilets, kitchen and also a number of cells within the prison.  

Because these areas have now been identified, it now allows me to place these within each site and to begin designing how the rest of the building will sit and also the idea of the 'architectural moshing'.

DESIGN CONCEPT: ARCHITECTURAL MOSHING

If an image or film can be manipulated is it possible that physical objects, even structures, can be adapted and manipulated by the information that creates them? 

The three buildings, stated in the previous post, will work together to survey the financial system.  Therefore, as the financial system changes, these changes can be seen in the physical structures of the prison, school and community centre.

The following images are exploring the idea of 'Architectural Moshing'.

PRISON ARCHITECTURE

After deciding to place a prison on the third site I researched some examples of old, new, successful and unsuccessful prisons. The first set of images show a number of prisons from around the world, over a number of decades.

I found the Caseros prison, particularly interesting as the inmates began to 'control' the social environment within the structure and they also adapted the architecture itself to fit their own needs. Removing cell doors and punching holes through the exterior walls are just two examples of the physical manipulation they placed upon the architecture.

“Caseros was conceived as a paradigm of ‘modern’ architecture: its form followed its function. Architecture was transformed into an enemy of surveillance rather than its primary means. Despite its extreme transformation its form remained related to function. What was inverted, however, was for whom form functioned for. The transformation of its façade from its original impermeable nature to its new porous condition revealed the inversion in architectural servitude.”

Gaspar Libedinsky

More information on the Caseros prison and its history can be found at:

http://www.domusweb.it/en/architecture/caseros/