Week Two Tutorial :: Brainstorm - Initial Thoughts [7th March 2012]

Folie Concept:

·         Relating the site and the river in the sense that there is a constant “object” (site, river, bridge, city beyond) which has ever-changing elements (tides, river traffic, vehicle traffic [above], pedestrian traffic, bicycles, history vs. development).

Folie Context:

·         River, Story Bridge, cliffs, city, mangroves, housing/ apartments, boats/ ships, wharf buildings/ sheds

Folie Function:

·         Place to relax, walk – casually or exercise, admire (view beyond and of site)

Folie Tectonic:

·         Materials – important to anchor Folie in the site. I.e. look to surroundings – steel, rock, wharf timber, concrete – maybe a combination

Folie Experience:

·         Tschumi’s idea about the Folie being an “Activator of space” – i.e. defining exactly what happens in the space. Prompting actions and reactions

·         Over near the riverwalk /path (almost forcing participation)

·         Push back the layers/ peel something back to move through it – uncovering the site amongst a city full of experience

·         The site/ folie is changing (relates back to the concept of the ever-changing experiences in the site beyond) but there are still the same “four walls”

·         People are changing the space – i.e. changing the way they learn to suit themselves

·         A place to share experience and alter one’s own experiences

Abstraction (Impression/ filter/ perception)

Metaphor (Narratives/ Analogy/ Comparison)

Scaling (Point of views/ perspectives/ relationships)