Spatial Investigation Studio | Spring 2020 | Group Academic Project: E. Anastasiadou, G. Theiakou | Instructor: A. Tellios
In the beginning, there was nothing and the universe was in a non-terrestrial, formless, primordial state. The world was like an egg and there was no life, no feelings, no human. A god with the head of a dragon and the body of a snake, named Pan Gou, was coiled inside this egg. When he stretched, the egg broke, so the earth and the skies were separated. His body became the ground and his eyes became the sun and the moon. His muscles became fields, his blood became rivers and his skin became plants. Then, the world transformed into what we see today.
NARRATIVE: The Myth of Pangu, Graphic Cards
The course’s object is the research on the procedure of architectural design and the investigation of its origins & limits. The specific year’s topic, titled “Far East”, connected concepts such as Asian locality through calligraphy and the cultural expression of detail through intricate etchings with advanced design and innovative technologies. Thus, the project below attempts to derive new meanings from this regional yet highly universal focus, starting from a Chinese variant of the myth of creation, known also as “The Legend of Pangu”. Hence, the project’s first part seeks a more in depth understanding of the encoded cultural load through an aesthetic study, whereas the second part proposes two spatial structures that emerge from the previous analysis. Purposed for a large-scale exhibition space, the egg “Genesis” and the egg “Stereosis” compose together a multidimensional spatial experience indicating broad existential issues, as well as a stage of the development of personal design vocabularies.
INTRO: assets editing, structure experiments, 3D scanning, modeling
GENESIS (Egg of Creation): Carved Ebony, Brass, Concrete, Asian Statuary Marble
STEREOSIS (Egg of Today’s World): Concrete, Plaster, Brass, Cobalt Oxide Glazed Tiles, Lathed Beads