Center for digital art and media technology| 2006
fasadeview
interior Perspective of the exhibition space

 

 

interior exhibition space under the roof

 

 

facade close up

 

 

section model_1:300

 

 

organisation principle of spacial knot

 

 

overall circulation scheme through exhibition spaces

 

 

variations of the basic knot

 

 

situation on site

 

 

transition from closed to open spaces

 

 

exhibition landscape

 

 

lateral section_1:200

 

 

cross sections

 

 

downtown Los Angeles
 
 
 
 
 

Thinking of the manifold as a geometric distribution, that opens up the possibility to create an intricate interweaving of production and display units and blending the boundaries in between, lead to the development of a prototypical unit of a spacial knot.
The final building consist of multiple variations of this basic knot creating big continuous exhibition spaces on the one side, shifting to an interwoven programmatic disposition of workshop and event spaces and further on to a smaller scale office space condition on the other side.
The facade takes up the continuity of the building volume onto a finer grain of scale.
Like a filtering Layer, the facade property changes gradiently, from very porous conditions for the working/office spaces to fully closed up situations for museum spaces.