Thursday, January 19, 2012

Investigations Into Collective Form

I have been developing a thesis based on 

the concept of group form. Further research will 

hopefully yield the criteria for successful 

collective design. Such questions as: how can 

spaces in dense urban environments be more 

effectively created, and what specific elements 

are the driving factors to the perception of a 

space? The eventual goal is to define how 

these criteria’s for success influence a building 

project in an urban environment such as 

downtown Boston.

I think that this topic is relevant to current

architectural discourse because the rapid 

expansion of urban environments has created 

an individual arbitrary building concept.This 

design method creates a series of disconnected 

spaces that smash into each other and we 

complain that dense cities are now unable to be 

redistributed more effectively. Instead, the focus 

should be more on creating space that more

productively takes advantage of the surrounding 

context in an attempt to bring the city together 

as a whole. This technique creates opportunity 

of empty spaces that may have been left behind 

by the arbitrary building concept. The results 

can yield a remarkable new connection between 

the inhabitants and the architecture and 

transform the dark and dense city into a 

desirable and pleasurable environment for 

everyone. 

My thesis idea is currently the concept of 

group form. First, I plan to investigate the 

conditions that influence successful collective 

design. Secondly, I want to understand how 

those conditions are utilized most effectively to 

develop a desirable urban environment. And 

finally, I want to combine those factors together 

and attempt to define the future outcome that 

we can hope to expect from this process. 


Spatial conditions affect architecture


Building material conditions affect architecture


Social conditions affect architecture

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