Nexus of past
Present and future
Possibilities
A complex of experiences require an active engagement with what is: the interconnectedness between all physical things that determine their particular nature.
“The first analysis of an actual entity, into its most concrete elements, discloses it to be a concrescence of prehensions, which have originated in its process of becoming.” – Alfred North Whitehead
City matrix
Static substances
Dynamic processes
Here we approach organized complexity as an event in the process of becoming.
“The final realites of the world are not hard, irreducible, stubborn facts, but are events, happenings, occurrences. The entire character of actuality is to be described by these.” – Alfred North Whitehead
Sign reflection
Interior shop
Exterior world
The static shop sign and the dynamic reflection create a dialectical sway.
“The street is a stage for the everyday.” – Walter Benjamin
Inclination longitude
Imaginary quantities
Coordinate axis
Working on art museum display electromagnetic radiation interactions
“We don’t all have to take the same coordinates to get to the same destination.” – Janelle Monae
Stewart’s
Pawn shop
TV’s laptops
Standing on the outskirts of the scene, geometrical organization emerges from a place of deep thought and great meaning.
“Can you buy an entire chess set in a pawn shop?” – Steven Wright
Multifaceted mashup
Spatio-temporal
Dataset
Social and urban emergent relationships develop across the urban spectacle.
“Exploratory visual analysis that proceeds in an iterative fashion can be a highly effective means of preliminary investigation.” – Jo Wood
Captivating interplay
Facade exploration
Lived experience
The sharp angles and clean lines evoke a sense of order and precision.
“Consciousness is not a mere empty stage on which things appear… it is itself a living process.” – Edmund Husserl
With the world
Intertwined nature
Perception embodiment
Engaging with existence through a phenomenological lens offers a deeper understanding of the ways in which we constitute experience.
“As an architect, you design for the present, with an awareness of the past for a future which is essentially unknown.” – Norman Foster
Age of leveling
Abstract uniformity
Stark skyscraper
The city may evoke feelings of angst and alienation, but it also serves as a reminder of the power of the subjective.
“Abstract thought…is like a spider that spins its own web and is then entangled in its own product.” – Soren Kierkegaard
Fragmented ethereal
Tower transform
Fluidity experience
The clock tower stands as a symbol of measured, linear time, while the distorted reflection suggests a more fluid, subjective experience of temporality.
“The world is not what I think, but what I live through.” – Maurice Merleau-Ponty