The center of this week’s lecture considered the various relationships between motion versus static, and static versus dynamic. We viewed these points from the perspective that static is not just the standstill position in the physics sense, but brings and takes on a completely different realm within architecture. The fact of the matter is that our entire window of vision is controlled by our ability to view, and how we ascend through a structure directly parallels this. Progressing and extending this notion of circulation even further, we transitioned to discuss trajectory with an effective visual detailing the folding and refolding of a building on top of itself. It became blatantly evident that having simple diagrams to describe exactly what you are talking about is paramount for fluently communicating concepts.

Analyzing the influence of time and how we have evolved as a collective civilization proved to be another intense focal point of the lecture. The most interesting idea that was displayed was the assessment of synthesizing vast ranges of time within structure, and how modern responds to classical buildings. Our ability to orient ourselves and find where we are in space is a concept that stems from the way we design as well, thinking about movement and stability all at the same time. Via studies of structure and the transitions of architecture over time, we can begin to define relationships and establish work that is just as dynamic as it is harmonic.