https://www.drewseyl.com Drew Seyl Sun, 26 Jan 2020 00:01:38 +0000 https://www.drewseyl.com en https://www.drewseyl.com/Home Wed, 10 Oct 2018 04:02:43 +0000 Drew Seyl https://www.drewseyl.com/Home &nbsp;DREW SEYL&nbsp; https://www.drewseyl.com/Plotter-drawings Sun, 26 Jan 2020 00:01:38 +0000 Drew Seyl https://www.drewseyl.com/Plotter-drawings Pen and ink drawings produced with Rhino and a Roland DXY-880 pen plotter. <img width="3000" height="1999" width_o="3000" height_o="1999" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/335904bb569f7e1c83e2d5f951819ea590fd3f695e3018421edf771e45a1a102/IMG_1757_01.jpg" data-mid="59453654" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/335904bb569f7e1c83e2d5f951819ea590fd3f695e3018421edf771e45a1a102/IMG_1757_01.jpg" /> <img width="2665" height="4000" width_o="2665" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/973806a3d2b516818de88759859932d9b28d123bfd60e30f7b68a5db0e56d75a/IMG_1770_01.jpg" data-mid="59453655" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/973806a3d2b516818de88759859932d9b28d123bfd60e30f7b68a5db0e56d75a/IMG_1770_01.jpg" /> <img width="2811" height="1872" width_o="2811" height_o="1872" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ab24be799f952312eb252e22997e96763e482d9ff0e38dd488c16521eff4b7ef/IMG_1782_01.jpg" data-mid="59453656" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ab24be799f952312eb252e22997e96763e482d9ff0e38dd488c16521eff4b7ef/IMG_1782_01.jpg" /> <img width="2665" height="4000" width_o="2665" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/770ad6c14977b139528cb9686116af123289568386deb6cb3db57a133a091061/IMG_1787_01.jpg" data-mid="59453657" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/770ad6c14977b139528cb9686116af123289568386deb6cb3db57a133a091061/IMG_1787_01.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="1998" width_o="3000" height_o="1998" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b8c99b3c81339ba4f035760a7a6d924faf6f51b3d90623ed6a175dbbb081984a/IMG_1793.jpg" data-mid="59453658" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b8c99b3c81339ba4f035760a7a6d924faf6f51b3d90623ed6a175dbbb081984a/IMG_1793.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="1999" width_o="3000" height_o="1999" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e686cbd47c6cff2e5efb76f1a33b7f85dc6e98c22cb484fb17407ed8195513a6/IMG_1798.jpg" data-mid="59453659" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e686cbd47c6cff2e5efb76f1a33b7f85dc6e98c22cb484fb17407ed8195513a6/IMG_1798.jpg" /> <img width="2665" height="4000" width_o="2665" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/67f11eab16a267a46a96e2ce7e764fb60a386134a35aeb87a118c52b3a8d8293/IMG_1810.jpg" data-mid="59453660" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/67f11eab16a267a46a96e2ce7e764fb60a386134a35aeb87a118c52b3a8d8293/IMG_1810.jpg" /> <img width="2665" height="4000" width_o="2665" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/744a0bf2391d6a2ef042970cf410f8008a5848039614784c365af150c760ce2d/IMG_1838.jpg" data-mid="59453661" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/744a0bf2391d6a2ef042970cf410f8008a5848039614784c365af150c760ce2d/IMG_1838.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="1999" width_o="3000" height_o="1999" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/89d534d0d0a7f74ce155a8b3dd07ea45193ca95846789051fe92128f53e225ae/IMG_1856.jpg" data-mid="59453662" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/89d534d0d0a7f74ce155a8b3dd07ea45193ca95846789051fe92128f53e225ae/IMG_1856.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="1999" width_o="3000" height_o="1999" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2875fb5a82c12c2f80042cd844382e40c5e9aa7702bec94246b0a3d91caf591b/IMG_1876.jpg" data-mid="59453663" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2875fb5a82c12c2f80042cd844382e40c5e9aa7702bec94246b0a3d91caf591b/IMG_1876.jpg" /> <img width="2665" height="4000" width_o="2665" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2dcba6e35ae605667961f9ade2346662cf553801af5e32bdd4a5b17990bccbd3/IMG_1878.jpg" data-mid="59453664" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2dcba6e35ae605667961f9ade2346662cf553801af5e32bdd4a5b17990bccbd3/IMG_1878.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="1999" width_o="3000" height_o="1999" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b4d476381497a8cbcfdd612ac0dedd0b95b60211b3f7ff088b4361fb1a838cba/IMG_1889.jpg" data-mid="59453665" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b4d476381497a8cbcfdd612ac0dedd0b95b60211b3f7ff088b4361fb1a838cba/IMG_1889.jpg" /> https://www.drewseyl.com/Vital-Signs Sun, 13 Mar 2016 23:04:22 +0000 Drew Seyl https://www.drewseyl.com/Vital-Signs <img width="1779" height="1000" width_o="1779" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5d8bb15b438c21976d5c17d0d5dbfb7f85d351a07a9c6560c9de757b8af25814/render2.jpg" data-mid="25879981" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5d8bb15b438c21976d5c17d0d5dbfb7f85d351a07a9c6560c9de757b8af25814/render2.jpg" /> &nbsp;Vital Signs 50 years ago, Cedric Price’s Fun Palace project deployed the emerging field of cybernetic technology to radicalize a cultural preoccupation with culture itself. The result was an "anti-building" for the people, where all walks of life could come and engage in new forms of participatory theater, learn to play the guitar, people watch, and reconfigure the building at will. The building harvested data by allowing its users to push buttons, expressing their preferences on a variety of matters, which ultimately would allow the space to reconfigure to their needs. <img width="1344" height="900" width_o="1344" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/78c42a9a2445d7d1c3a8e2902ece90daae00ac8460de71a93692fe0a80422932/fun-palace-1.jpg" data-mid="25879990" border="0" data-scale="100" alt="Cedric Price's Fun Palace" data-caption="Cedric Price's Fun Palace" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/78c42a9a2445d7d1c3a8e2902ece90daae00ac8460de71a93692fe0a80422932/fun-palace-1.jpg" /> <img width="1344" height="900" width_o="1344" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ef37d4f22bbef6bb44547fe2d9a8028f355550561c488d50b2780544f95850bd/fun-palace-2.jpg" data-mid="25879991" border="0" alt="Cedric Price's Fun Palace" data-caption="Cedric Price's Fun Palace" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ef37d4f22bbef6bb44547fe2d9a8028f355550561c488d50b2780544f95850bd/fun-palace-2.jpg" /> The Palace was never built; its ambitions never moved beyond Price’s enigmatic drawings. While the populist ideals of the 1960s have largely faded, advances in technology have led to renewed interest in in responsive environments. Information technology is rapidly evolving towards an ‘Internet of Things’—Internet-connected sensors will be embedded not just in our phones, but in the objects and buildings around us—that will make building occupant information available at a volume and variety unimaginable to Price. But the cultural and political context of here and now is different than Swinging London. The public budget for cultural buildings has dwindled to zero. In the built environment of the US, new “public” spaces are provided only by private corporations. If there is some sort of cultural preoccupation today, especially regarding data and technology, it’s probably about health. So while Cedric Price’s client was Joan Littlewood, mine is a large health conglomerate, complete with its team of data scientists working to leverage big data in the name of public health and profit margins. This company has decided to rebuke the 21st century trend of decentralization, and will be building a new headquarters that will exploit technology to create a new health-oriented public space for the city. <img width="3555" height="2000" width_o="3555" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f413b43e943109086572750c88025f442155601fa7cf360279325d0554b77ad9/washington.jpg" data-mid="25879992" border="0" alt="Washington, D.C." data-caption="Washington, D.C." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f413b43e943109086572750c88025f442155601fa7cf360279325d0554b77ad9/washington.jpg" /> <img width="1024" height="576" width_o="1024" height_o="576" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cb3aa34274ff6285a43ab2af4e277b45fd35c41e5884978208d5064b213271e2/25143v2.jpg" data-mid="25879995" border="0" data-scale="100" alt="Photograph in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division" data-caption="Photograph in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cb3aa34274ff6285a43ab2af4e277b45fd35c41e5884978208d5064b213271e2/25143v2.jpg" /> The site is Washington, D.C.—the locus for debate and legislation surrounding the nation’s privacy and data policies. The J. Edgar Hoover Building, which the FBI is vacating within the next decade, is a building that embodies the overreaching surveillance that has become synonymous with government in the internet age. Though skeptical at first, the health conglomerate is excited about the possibility of transforming one of the city’s most oppressive structures (with fairly sinister associations regarding data) into its new, transparent, and open facility for wellness. In addition to its main offices, the headquarters will contain five health-oriented programs, each operated by a subsidiary: a small hospital, childcare center, spa, fitness center, and health retail. Sensors keep tabs on all goods and persons moving through the building, making things like cashiers, security checkpoints, and hard partitions between program types unnecessary. The future needs no doors. The architectural implications of this ripple through the plan. Effortless monitoring of flows of goods and people means that separate elements can easily share things like support spaces, storage, lobbies, housekeeping (even in the unlikely event that they are owned by separate entities). Space saved by this consolidation will be opened up for public use. <img width="2000" height="756" width_o="2000" height_o="756" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0a14b6e6623750c70625f922f1caa67f108e8af1c857735aaf600f39ef8abfd6/program1.png" data-mid="25879993" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0a14b6e6623750c70625f922f1caa67f108e8af1c857735aaf600f39ef8abfd6/program1.png" /> <img width="2000" height="756" width_o="2000" height_o="756" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a14ffd7e8b73a4f7c35e8acba3d44d59c45f7deab42067b30f46b99725903784/program2.png" data-mid="25879994" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a14ffd7e8b73a4f7c35e8acba3d44d59c45f7deab42067b30f46b99725903784/program2.png" /> There are two major strategies for dematerializing the hulking brutalist Hoover Building. One is transparency. The concrete facade is stripped and replaced with a curtain wall and as many interior walls as possible are made transparent. <img width="1778" height="1000" width_o="1778" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/48c2882f4c082dbaf0922f7df18b5a01572e7dc85dd621d2e2a976010c88eeb7/material-strategies.jpg" data-mid="25879979" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/48c2882f4c082dbaf0922f7df18b5a01572e7dc85dd621d2e2a976010c88eeb7/material-strategies.jpg" /> Though society’s ideas about privacy and health might well change in the future, some program elements will probably need to remain private. Interior partitions are coated in view control film, and spaces are arranged so that the most private spaces are separated from the most public by at least two partitions. <img width="1675" height="942" width_o="1675" height_o="942" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/61c5410e96b206a20eff16e4a6909bdfb052499e54ca9d9f42dabcb847ddf667/wall-diagram.jpg" data-mid="25879983" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/61c5410e96b206a20eff16e4a6909bdfb052499e54ca9d9f42dabcb847ddf667/wall-diagram.jpg" /> One type of film allows for perpendicular views, and the other type for oblique views. So while many internal partitions are transparent, the films prevent vision through more than one layer of space at a time. The second strategy makes use of the space that results from consolidating the program. The structural grid in these areas dissolves into a finer grain and articulates new sectional relationships, forming connections among the building’s shifting programs. Aware of the public’s ambivalent attitude towards corporate control of their information, the client is also interested in making data visible to the city and its inhabitants, both on an individual level and through the building's place in its broader urban context. Integrated displays at street level enable people to interact with the facade. The street-level facade engages differently with passers-by, gym members and clinic patients. <img width="3556" height="1000" width_o="3556" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/def7597a7dbbbd12fdbffaaf3161a088afd59bb1199d3b603e14665f76827f31/render1.jpg" data-mid="25879980" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/def7597a7dbbbd12fdbffaaf3161a088afd59bb1199d3b603e14665f76827f31/render1.jpg" /> The facade above the first two floors is surrounded by a translucent scrim. During evening hours, LEDs hanging outside the scrim bring sections of the building out to the street, with live (but anonymized) representations of the activity inside. <img width="2520" height="2943" width_o="2520" height_o="2943" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/65dffb2a378298f8df0c64a386049a3f19f78c688b1162f973783b3a5983282d/2x-plots-DONE-1.jpg" data-mid="25879984" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/65dffb2a378298f8df0c64a386049a3f19f78c688b1162f973783b3a5983282d/2x-plots-DONE-1.jpg" /> <img width="2520" height="2943" width_o="2520" height_o="2943" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ad131bf22b5762d9859079d39295a8cf5a4cf64caa8332956e72f4854afc4b08/2x-plots-DONE-2.jpg" data-mid="25879985" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ad131bf22b5762d9859079d39295a8cf5a4cf64caa8332956e72f4854afc4b08/2x-plots-DONE-2.jpg" /> <img width="2520" height="2943" width_o="2520" height_o="2943" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee0564399040048d303196220ecdbfe99203608c475ce0a27c90345accca2dc8/2x-plots-DONE-3.jpg" data-mid="25879986" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ee0564399040048d303196220ecdbfe99203608c475ce0a27c90345accca2dc8/2x-plots-DONE-3.jpg" /> <img width="2520" height="2943" width_o="2520" height_o="2943" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e8fea98a6078a59c697ea444b07a257ff00e138487e500a357c57a1fc790171f/2x-plots-DONE-4.jpg" data-mid="25879987" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e8fea98a6078a59c697ea444b07a257ff00e138487e500a357c57a1fc790171f/2x-plots-DONE-4.jpg" /> <img width="2520" height="2943" width_o="2520" height_o="2943" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/01fb56b357f1151407e41f33e761aa651ecd4c5af85a559f31759671f8036b23/2x-plots-DONE-5.jpg" data-mid="25879988" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/01fb56b357f1151407e41f33e761aa651ecd4c5af85a559f31759671f8036b23/2x-plots-DONE-5.jpg" /> <img width="4016" height="2645" width_o="4016" height_o="2645" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6357177dec6ad4781a37ab652c543ecedfd7a35b97968031a0bbcb85f61c4419/IMG_3317.jpg" data-mid="25879996" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6357177dec6ad4781a37ab652c543ecedfd7a35b97968031a0bbcb85f61c4419/IMG_3317.jpg" /> <img width="3810" height="2594" width_o="3810" height_o="2594" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cbd194868514cf0d0687a56ab0ed580f52db4b6f7f8b1e55385213ef9d774466/IMG_3324.jpg" data-mid="25879997" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cbd194868514cf0d0687a56ab0ed580f52db4b6f7f8b1e55385213ef9d774466/IMG_3324.jpg" /> <img width="3888" height="2592" width_o="3888" height_o="2592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0e07dfd97d360564673ae0879e6fd240311f94bd008b8be6e28d361f3864d192/IMG_3335.jpg" data-mid="25879998" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0e07dfd97d360564673ae0879e6fd240311f94bd008b8be6e28d361f3864d192/IMG_3335.jpg" /> <img width="3714" height="2364" width_o="3714" height_o="2364" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ceb522a58cc7902e62108fa35f60306318f156ee775c8399a766eb575225818a/IMG_3338-copy.jpg" data-mid="25879999" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ceb522a58cc7902e62108fa35f60306318f156ee775c8399a766eb575225818a/IMG_3338-copy.jpg" /> <img width="3888" height="2514" width_o="3888" height_o="2514" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/42da7ccd5631ad2abbdc425ffa59bb983a64228b2823f627edd29c5fc9ebd364/IMG_3301.jpg" data-mid="25880000" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/42da7ccd5631ad2abbdc425ffa59bb983a64228b2823f627edd29c5fc9ebd364/IMG_3301.jpg" /> <img width="3717" height="2331" width_o="3717" height_o="2331" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/83e30e1721f0373493acc6066548ecfc69a0ab501787c14b57d563fea5be2c31/IMG_3310-copy.jpg" data-mid="25880001" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/83e30e1721f0373493acc6066548ecfc69a0ab501787c14b57d563fea5be2c31/IMG_3310-copy.jpg" /> <img width="3888" height="2592" width_o="3888" height_o="2592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/78b327cadfdc911378156448941fbf36ae58fdf2dd302bae2e36fbf1f22766dd/IMG_3311.jpg" data-mid="25880002" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/78b327cadfdc911378156448941fbf36ae58fdf2dd302bae2e36fbf1f22766dd/IMG_3311.jpg" /> https://www.drewseyl.com/Tijdschema Wed, 23 Mar 2016 01:58:44 +0000 Drew Seyl https://www.drewseyl.com/Tijdschema Tijdschema The above video, released in 2034, was the result of a scenario planning exercise concerning the future of work in the Netherlands. Part one of End of Work. Produced with Lauren Bordes, Kristine Ericson, and Bicen Yue https://www.drewseyl.com/End-of-Work Wed, 23 Mar 2016 01:43:41 +0000 Drew Seyl https://www.drewseyl.com/End-of-Work End of Work <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a0fbd1b40b625145809fbcb4208d4e5e29f692a314c1e07c811503b365b88c86/interior1.jpg" data-mid="25880028" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a0fbd1b40b625145809fbcb4208d4e5e29f692a314c1e07c811503b365b88c86/interior1.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4a21cefd1ab555935df7af3f46d7a4a5a149211b65a42ac32e81d68fcb2c0791/interior3-v2.jpg" data-mid="25880029" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4a21cefd1ab555935df7af3f46d7a4a5a149211b65a42ac32e81d68fcb2c0791/interior3-v2.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f11bd47da60787ad0f30140112502953fab69ec05fdd5050de0c3ca9daf47b19/interior5.jpg" data-mid="25880030" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f11bd47da60787ad0f30140112502953fab69ec05fdd5050de0c3ca9daf47b19/interior5.jpg" /> This project imagines a future for an existing Herman Hertzberger building in the Hague, soon to be vacated by its first and only tenant, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment.In the Tijdschema scenario, economic stagnation has prompted the government to drastically reduce the standard work week. Employment levels remain high, but individuals (and employers) have to make do with reduced income. The national scheduling system was introduced not just to help people easily coordinate and allocate their time, but also ensure the most efficient use of resources—like existing transit infrastructure and vacant office space. Already today, employers are experimenting with things like “hotdesking” to reduce their expenses by leasing less space and using it more efficiently. Businesses like Zipcar, AirBNB, and Lyft are pioneering the “sharing economy,” in which individual ownership is replaced by a network of shared resources available on demand. In the scenario, the sharing economy has really taken off, and Tijdschema is able to catalog and allocate underutilized space on a fine grain. Over time, property owners’ traditional tenants needed less and less full-time space; by 2035, 90 percent of office space in the Hague operates according to this on-demand, no-reservation-required, pay-as-you-go model. <img width="2000" height="1000" width_o="2000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/faa10ce30e9d7f9ef51d5f64e8e6175868ee353300f3d0b48bffd7a5403cd6e5/structuralism-vs-simultaniety.jpg" data-mid="25880031" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/faa10ce30e9d7f9ef51d5f64e8e6175868ee353300f3d0b48bffd7a5403cd6e5/structuralism-vs-simultaniety.jpg" /> Hertzberger’s structuralism—the repeated, standard module—is suited to to the deployment of standardized partitions and desks in a few configurations. The building as it exists today is able to adapt to the preferences and culture of most traditional office tenant types. But in the future, demands on buildings, working modes, and user types will change too quickly for any labor-intensive reconfiguration to be practical. Buildings—especially large ones like the Ministry that won’t be able to depend on finding a large single tenant—will need to offer a variety of spaces concurrently, none too aligned to any one particular use. The juxtaposition of difference will further increase its value. <img width="400" height="400" width_o="400" height_o="400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/86ada8c24327397465fb22660d2c0e30f5a63972d86e2db9a97c9e0286cc2adb/modules_0000_drew-12_20-6.png_o.jpg" data-mid="25880005" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/400/i/86ada8c24327397465fb22660d2c0e30f5a63972d86e2db9a97c9e0286cc2adb/modules_0000_drew-12_20-6.png_o.jpg" /> <img width="400" height="400" width_o="400" height_o="400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/23b9bf33c3c3b2f2cb9890f093cbfa81192fe098438ab79a10df34810c621231/modules_0001_drew-12_20-7.png_o.jpg" data-mid="25880006" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/400/i/23b9bf33c3c3b2f2cb9890f093cbfa81192fe098438ab79a10df34810c621231/modules_0001_drew-12_20-7.png_o.jpg" /> <img width="400" height="400" width_o="400" height_o="400" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bdfc8a96b22fc87fd110a2345a8cb7961355b73b6d0b892c51d2d45a4851d607/modules_0003_drew-12_20-9.png_o.jpg" data-mid="25880008" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/400/i/bdfc8a96b22fc87fd110a2345a8cb7961355b73b6d0b892c51d2d45a4851d607/modules_0003_drew-12_20-9.png_o.jpg" /> <img width="400" height="400" width_o="400" height_o="400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/85c4b05b1ecfad2227ada2e33f307571ca34fd5f9c1aae0477daa19f964b641f/modules_0004_drew-12_20-10.png_o.jpg" data-mid="25880009" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/400/i/85c4b05b1ecfad2227ada2e33f307571ca34fd5f9c1aae0477daa19f964b641f/modules_0004_drew-12_20-10.png_o.jpg" /> <img width="400" height="400" width_o="400" height_o="400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/85c4b05b1ecfad2227ada2e33f307571ca34fd5f9c1aae0477daa19f964b641f/modules_0004_drew-12_20-10.png_o.jpg" data-mid="25880009" border="0" 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set of unique modules replaces sections of the standard floor spanning within the standard 7.7 meter square structural bay. Most are designed to function in different degrees as both circulation and occupiable space (some more one than the other). Some provide passage from floor to floor. Characteristics of the spaces within the building—access routes, light quality, ceiling height, enclosure—result from aggregation of the modules. The distribution of the modules results in a building where each space is unique. And while the new modules are contained within the existing structural grid, use patterns and rental subdivisions need not. <img width="900" height="695" width_o="900" height_o="695" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f283a65aad860ad33740b80832e71ad040ba64c8f84c32a87ae16e4d4694dc37/drawings_0000_drew-12_20-20_o.jpg" data-mid="25880018" border="0" data-scale="100" alt="Furniture and a family of lightweight, foldable partitions operate at a scale smaller than the module and help to calibrate the building on-demand. The partitions slot into the reveal between existing and new floor, and into grooves cut into the existing slab. They can be clad with sound-absorbing panels, LED-embedded acrylic, or any number of other materials." data-caption="Furniture and a family of lightweight, foldable partitions operate at a scale smaller than the module and help to calibrate the building on-demand. The partitions slot into the reveal between existing and new floor, and into grooves cut into the existing slab. They can be clad with sound-absorbing panels, LED-embedded acrylic, or any number of other materials." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/f283a65aad860ad33740b80832e71ad040ba64c8f84c32a87ae16e4d4694dc37/drawings_0000_drew-12_20-20_o.jpg" /> <img width="900" height="695" width_o="900" height_o="695" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/02356d93ce5c3c61381cdc0c924373679482353fce2d2ec7a37feda7918cee7e/drawings_0001_drew-12_20-23.jpg_o.jpg" data-mid="25880019" border="0" alt="Recently, corporations have become interested in the correlation between random, chance encounters and the generation of valuable, innovative ideas. To capitalize on that interest, the modules are distributed in the building at random so that the types of spaces generated and their relationships to one another arise by chance. The modules would be relatively static, but the partitions and furniture allow the space to be fine-tuned frequently. While potential building users with very specific spatial requirements will probably have to look elsewhere, those users with just a few requirements or preferences could be accommodated in many of the spaces that the random distribution creates." data-caption="Recently, corporations have become interested in the correlation between random, chance encounters and the generation of valuable, innovative ideas. To capitalize on that interest, the modules are distributed in the building at random so that the types of spaces generated and their relationships to one another arise by chance. The modules would be relatively static, but the partitions and furniture allow the space to be fine-tuned frequently. While potential building users with very specific spatial requirements will probably have to look elsewhere, those users with just a few requirements or preferences could be accommodated in many of the spaces that the random distribution creates." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/02356d93ce5c3c61381cdc0c924373679482353fce2d2ec7a37feda7918cee7e/drawings_0001_drew-12_20-23.jpg_o.jpg" /> <img width="900" height="695" width_o="900" height_o="695" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/45d159fd79f67f3fcd29da6859cdfeddc16a992cff6dbb3f0538da37638e284e/drawings_0002_drew-12_20-24.jpg_o.jpg" data-mid="25880020" border="0" alt="In the building&rsquo;s current state, only one entrance provides public access." data-caption="In the building’s current state, only one entrance provides public access." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/45d159fd79f67f3fcd29da6859cdfeddc16a992cff6dbb3f0538da37638e284e/drawings_0002_drew-12_20-24.jpg_o.jpg" /> <img width="900" height="695" width_o="900" height_o="695" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/122a6a7cb4a2cd45af951e82d3c35d7132e9aa39b0a68b6037312a6c84e5d4d7/drawings_0003_drew-12_20-25.jpg_o.jpg" data-mid="25880021" border="0" alt="Because different groups of people will be coming and going at different times, and using different parts of the building, it is desirable that there be many points of entry, so several are added around the building at ground level. This creates a variety of frontage types, further differentiating spaces on that level." data-caption="Because different groups of people will be coming and going at different times, and using different parts of the building, it is desirable that there be many points of entry, so several are added around the building at ground level. This creates a variety of frontage types, further differentiating spaces on that level." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/122a6a7cb4a2cd45af951e82d3c35d7132e9aa39b0a68b6037312a6c84e5d4d7/drawings_0003_drew-12_20-25.jpg_o.jpg" /> <img width="900" height="695" width_o="900" height_o="695" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3c3e4bfaccbb88bb8b237219d83664cf89b108e16e4171fb31c88eab89d45d55/drawings_0004_drew-12_20-26.jpg_o.jpg" data-mid="25880022" border="0" alt="A new pedestrian plaza begins above the platforms of the station and connects to floors 2 and 3, making even more of the building&rsquo;s volume quickly accessible from the train. (Accessibility from transit is one of the primary variables determining value in the Tijdschema space algorithms.)" data-caption="A new pedestrian plaza begins above the platforms of the station and connects to floors 2 and 3, making even more of the building’s volume quickly accessible from the train. (Accessibility from transit is one of the primary variables determining value in the Tijdschema space algorithms.)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/3c3e4bfaccbb88bb8b237219d83664cf89b108e16e4171fb31c88eab89d45d55/drawings_0004_drew-12_20-26.jpg_o.jpg" /> <img width="900" height="695" width_o="900" height_o="695" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2d6583043ae55971fe89f81b43f7bc7c2f3e2bd8180d8107c57079fddee3e309/drawings_0006_drew-12_20-28.jpg_o.jpg" data-mid="25880023" border="0" alt="The structural bays between floors 2 and 3 where the plaza meets the building and the ground floor facing west (above, the bays along section A-A) are not populated at random, but instead are selected to provide straightforward passage through the building from the station to the street facing Beatrixkwartier." data-caption="The structural bays between floors 2 and 3 where the plaza meets the building and the ground floor facing west (above, the bays along section A-A) are not populated at random, but instead are selected to provide straightforward passage through the building from the station to the street facing Beatrixkwartier." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/2d6583043ae55971fe89f81b43f7bc7c2f3e2bd8180d8107c57079fddee3e309/drawings_0006_drew-12_20-28.jpg_o.jpg" /> <img width="900" height="695" width_o="900" height_o="695" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5f01112ecc6ea2b7e9b2b0e8ccd924232b9ae4ad3a98a4e89aa00918652d553c/drawings_0008_drew-12_20-30.jpg_o.jpg" data-mid="25880024" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/5f01112ecc6ea2b7e9b2b0e8ccd924232b9ae4ad3a98a4e89aa00918652d553c/drawings_0008_drew-12_20-30.jpg_o.jpg" /> <img width="900" height="695" width_o="900" height_o="695" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/313adf2ea8d7fc49a4ac93bb8e755755840940240c7d6480ad1a425c6ae244f6/drawings_0009_drew-12_20-31.jpg_o.jpg" data-mid="25880025" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/313adf2ea8d7fc49a4ac93bb8e755755840940240c7d6480ad1a425c6ae244f6/drawings_0009_drew-12_20-31.jpg_o.jpg" /> <img width="900" height="695" width_o="900" height_o="695" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4c44bda3636c27485aded91d2dfb3343c3e13659bb6e4af481a658de453c1832/drawings_0010_drew-12_20-32.jpg_o.jpg" data-mid="25880026" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/4c44bda3636c27485aded91d2dfb3343c3e13659bb6e4af481a658de453c1832/drawings_0010_drew-12_20-32.jpg_o.jpg" /> <img width="900" height="695" width_o="900" height_o="695" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b713bc51d908013190a605964452d515862429f1edeee1b6cdf83c994e472ad2/drawings_0011_drew-12_20-33.jpg_o.jpg" data-mid="25880027" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/b713bc51d908013190a605964452d515862429f1edeee1b6cdf83c994e472ad2/drawings_0011_drew-12_20-33.jpg_o.jpg" /> https://www.drewseyl.com/Urban-Fictions Wed, 23 Mar 2016 22:52:18 +0000 Drew Seyl https://www.drewseyl.com/Urban-Fictions Urban Fictions GSD core studio IV, Spring 2013 — Danielle Etzler PART II with Kristine Ericson The focal point of an urban code we inherited from another group is "the Cloud," a three-dimensional grid of points overlaid on an abstract site. The code describes ways in which different types of program must interact with the Cloud and share space with one another, intensifying one of the characteristics of city life: negotiation and cooperation in close quarters. <img width="900" height="900" width_o="900" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6f59138efe0807241dd52c88da3104fcc9a6dc1a4f5aeaeb0aea43ea00110e35/etzler_kericson_printed-15_o.jpg" data-mid="25880032" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/6f59138efe0807241dd52c88da3104fcc9a6dc1a4f5aeaeb0aea43ea00110e35/etzler_kericson_printed-15_o.jpg" /> <img width="900" height="900" width_o="900" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7db2428aefa2b2d55aae455c9762fcf6da4e039b3810b8027a48eceb48018d28/urban-fictions-6_o.jpg" data-mid="25880048" border="0" alt="photo by Anita Kan" data-caption="photo by Anita Kan" 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<img width="900" height="118" width_o="900" height_o="118" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c20c94ffc04c6783957de8c29445b7a27e8f6f2158bf82ae90f32ec73512fd0a/uf_logo_17.png" data-mid="25880051" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/c20c94ffc04c6783957de8c29445b7a27e8f6f2158bf82ae90f32ec73512fd0a/uf_logo_17.png" /> Kristine and I developed plans for three merged buildings; each exploits the language of the code in a different way to minimize the impact of the code's overbearing emphasis on sharing and ensure each program element maintains its autonomy. <img width="900" height="900" width_o="900" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0632c908ae1feaf47abc3036114578e6ee5cb39531557ad9500dc736f4fb9f78/plans_sections_0000_etzler_kericson_printed-17.jpg_o.jpg" data-mid="25880035" border="0" data-scale="100" 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<img width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/67b93d6d3b1383928ed61cc92687cd6f7db336c7eec1cf40efb1a811c369691c/urban-fictions-5_o.jpg" data-mid="25880047" border="0" alt="model photos by Anita Kan" data-caption="model photos by Anita Kan" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/67b93d6d3b1383928ed61cc92687cd6f7db336c7eec1cf40efb1a811c369691c/urban-fictions-5_o.jpg" /> https://www.drewseyl.com/T Fri, 27 Apr 2018 23:20:18 +0000 Drew Seyl https://www.drewseyl.com/T <img width="2200" height="2200" width_o="2200" height_o="2200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7e8b69a66ec15fcd60999e33c7d1e60f6b6c4cecda067573a6e5b339733f6604/mbta_g.png" data-mid="25880052" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7e8b69a66ec15fcd60999e33c7d1e60f6b6c4cecda067573a6e5b339733f6604/mbta_g.png" /> Just for fun. Inspired by many others' work and especially the T map in the 1965 Manual of Guidelines and Standards. https://www.drewseyl.com/Thermodynamic-China Tue, 29 May 2018 05:03:38 +0000 Drew Seyl https://www.drewseyl.com/Thermodynamic-China Thermodynamic China Thermodynamic Materialism Applied to Dense Urban Conglomerates: Two Chinese Case Studies — options studio, Spring 2014 — Iñaki Ábalos and Matthias Schuler <img width="1800" height="1200" width_o="1800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b53cd58c7bd631504617421d9de77b382b8dc70351d7fb01c15e0a6b66fb8108/IMG_2929_o.jpg" data-mid="25880055" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b53cd58c7bd631504617421d9de77b382b8dc70351d7fb01c15e0a6b66fb8108/IMG_2929_o.jpg" /> <img width="1800" height="1200" width_o="1800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/888a922066d160fe0b69cc8b3118a1e9817faf07dba613453d92f00a6de031c2/IMG_2924_o.jpg" data-mid="25880053" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/888a922066d160fe0b69cc8b3118a1e9817faf07dba613453d92f00a6de031c2/IMG_2924_o.jpg" /> <img width="1800" height="1200" width_o="1800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/04fd7301618b502b0a85f9d34bb1835fd012298532d3d3c9b8dd2b7cb5e63ccb/IMG_2927_o.jpg" data-mid="25880054" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/04fd7301618b502b0a85f9d34bb1835fd012298532d3d3c9b8dd2b7cb5e63ccb/IMG_2927_o.jpg" /> <img width="1800" height="1200" width_o="1800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eca0d6ab1d3e8833fe33a19fb005558fc348a737def6519b356daddca1b772be/IMG_2932_o.jpg" data-mid="25880056" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eca0d6ab1d3e8833fe33a19fb005558fc348a737def6519b356daddca1b772be/IMG_2932_o.jpg" /> <img width="1800" height="1200" width_o="1800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/171b722562edb97e743d4be9602e660374ec95fcfed8764223b7ab6f3587d46e/IMG_2934_o.jpg" data-mid="25880057" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/171b722562edb97e743d4be9602e660374ec95fcfed8764223b7ab6f3587d46e/IMG_2934_o.jpg" /> <img width="1800" height="1200" width_o="1800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/99c1b242fa4fd4e274525f1977d80e5ccaad8e335b4b6a11a639a26b1bd5355c/IMG_2938_o.jpg" data-mid="25880058" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/99c1b242fa4fd4e274525f1977d80e5ccaad8e335b4b6a11a639a26b1bd5355c/IMG_2938_o.jpg" /> <img width="900" height="506" width_o="900" height_o="506" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0aab56947470a255c39c924f06f9b57838e0f01ee4ca2d1a501920f2f8105d7d/_FINAL-PRESENTATION-2-1_o.jpg" data-mid="25880060" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/0aab56947470a255c39c924f06f9b57838e0f01ee4ca2d1a501920f2f8105d7d/_FINAL-PRESENTATION-2-1_o.jpg" /> This project attempts to reconcile contemporary forms of development in China (megaplot; large, wide-open public spaces) with historic modes (courtyard house; interiorized, private outdoor space). <img width="900" height="506" width_o="900" height_o="506" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a42a80a03ff68b9ad110018e21eaa76666edfb92a57bfbe3d0e25f745466102f/_FINAL-PRESENTATION-2-3_o.jpg" data-mid="25880061" border="0" data-scale="100" data-caption="&lt;br /&gt; " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/a42a80a03ff68b9ad110018e21eaa76666edfb92a57bfbe3d0e25f745466102f/_FINAL-PRESENTATION-2-3_o.jpg" /> <img width="900" height="506" width_o="900" height_o="506" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/86efb243606d1f26cf91e4841db7c77b20045c9bb4a14debc97afb1de47c7f02/_FINAL-PRESENTATION-2-4_o.jpg" data-mid="25880063" border="0" data-caption="&lt;br /&gt; " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/86efb243606d1f26cf91e4841db7c77b20045c9bb4a14debc97afb1de47c7f02/_FINAL-PRESENTATION-2-4_o.jpg" /> <img width="900" height="506" width_o="900" height_o="506" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/771f647f6e148b6f68218b443a05c2002c49e887cd15999a67c7e05a91d9c0c1/_FINAL-PRESENTATION-2-6_o.jpg" data-mid="25880065" border="0" data-caption="&lt;br /&gt; 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The geometry above minimizes shadows in the centers of blocks." data-caption="Knowles' envelopes minimize shadows on the streets between blocks. 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(Here, darkest blue is insufficient for housing.) Parts of the mass with the deepest floor plates become retail and parking, and the peaks serve as solar chimneys. <img width="1800" height="1013" width_o="1800" height_o="1013" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8078807596b66984a0e72d7a293e1fd685e40460ee210e582c25a32165a4b2d0/_FINAL-PRESENTATION-2-17_o.jpg" data-mid="25880076" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8078807596b66984a0e72d7a293e1fd685e40460ee210e582c25a32165a4b2d0/_FINAL-PRESENTATION-2-17_o.jpg" /> <img width="1800" height="1013" width_o="1800" height_o="1013" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e1c1eb40081229922db78f29238858c7c5203d4efd85272d72b92a6b6d2903e5/_FINAL-PRESENTATION-2-18_o.jpg" data-mid="25880077" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e1c1eb40081229922db78f29238858c7c5203d4efd85272d72b92a6b6d2903e5/_FINAL-PRESENTATION-2-18_o.jpg" /> <img width="1800" height="1013" width_o="1800" height_o="1013" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cd02f99257b4abf4ff62ba1841a095283b040250e809ae54507d9488acaee5ef/_FINAL-PRESENTATION-2-19_o.jpg" data-mid="25880078" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cd02f99257b4abf4ff62ba1841a095283b040250e809ae54507d9488acaee5ef/_FINAL-PRESENTATION-2-19_o.jpg" /> <img width="1800" height="1013" width_o="1800" height_o="1013" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a3885d6dff9b5b2be3dcb38b146de03e68e177f6a26aca34530dc6fd19eddfa8/_FINAL-PRESENTATION-2-20_o.jpg" data-mid="25880079" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a3885d6dff9b5b2be3dcb38b146de03e68e177f6a26aca34530dc6fd19eddfa8/_FINAL-PRESENTATION-2-20_o.jpg" /> <img width="1800" height="1013" width_o="1800" height_o="1013" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8111fc708266efc7872a9d69725adabcd881dfce6a8f47f4687f16d005b670e6/_FINAL-PRESENTATION-2-21_o.jpg" data-mid="25880080" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8111fc708266efc7872a9d69725adabcd881dfce6a8f47f4687f16d005b670e6/_FINAL-PRESENTATION-2-21_o.jpg" /> <img width="1800" height="1013" width_o="1800" height_o="1013" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8c15e3116b6f4bb8cdaac29d41bc3e19bd43cd07aece4427b65b0e8b5f84e679/_FINAL-PRESENTATION-2-22_o.png" data-mid="25880081" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8c15e3116b6f4bb8cdaac29d41bc3e19bd43cd07aece4427b65b0e8b5f84e679/_FINAL-PRESENTATION-2-22_o.png" /> https://www.drewseyl.com/Posters Wed, 23 Mar 2016 23:07:04 +0000 Drew Seyl https://www.drewseyl.com/Posters <img width="1200" height="1800" width_o="1200" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e7759e90f908cf3f420d6834b0d29c031277074b8f37d51b6f8a9fd4329cf9b1/grounded-visionaries.png" data-mid="25880088" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e7759e90f908cf3f420d6834b0d29c031277074b8f37d51b6f8a9fd4329cf9b1/grounded-visionaries.png" /> <img width="1200" height="1800" width_o="1200" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3ca67adf8ca37c4b74c79abb32f48001fa06aef3b9e6d19352fce7d2ca834969/the-halloween-party-color.png" data-mid="25880089" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3ca67adf8ca37c4b74c79abb32f48001fa06aef3b9e6d19352fce7d2ca834969/the-halloween-party-color.png" /> <img width="1200" height="1800" width_o="1200" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/399442a4c78825995ff51e42c038094751facb909cba6cb5a9948a025e19242e/animals-as-other-animals.png" data-mid="25880090" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/399442a4c78825995ff51e42c038094751facb909cba6cb5a9948a025e19242e/animals-as-other-animals.png" /> <img width="917" height="1375" width_o="917" height_o="1375" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/66f7af944153268ef366d84040a399e10ec4fea9894ad328df38e1fef94606f8/xdesign-series.png" data-mid="25880091" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/917/i/66f7af944153268ef366d84040a399e10ec4fea9894ad328df38e1fef94606f8/xdesign-series.png" /> all posters produced with Kristine Ericson. https://www.drewseyl.com/Sea-Saw Tue, 26 Sep 2017 05:01:15 +0000 Drew Seyl https://www.drewseyl.com/Sea-Saw Sea Saw Submission to Blank Space's annual Fairy Tales architecture storytelling competition. With Ashley Takacs and Kristine Ericson. <img width="1294" height="2000" width_o="1294" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2175c146f45a45f9b315f65d7965fc0d3a7fc13bd9360daee452a454c771d457/fairytale01.jpg" data-mid="25880092" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2175c146f45a45f9b315f65d7965fc0d3a7fc13bd9360daee452a454c771d457/fairytale01.jpg" /> <img width="1294" height="2000" width_o="1294" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/45596027ce9eeab4b12c62494df663eca5cb486fa0b435be323af5391fde3242/fairytale02.jpg" data-mid="25880093" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/45596027ce9eeab4b12c62494df663eca5cb486fa0b435be323af5391fde3242/fairytale02.jpg" /> <img width="1294" height="2000" width_o="1294" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a2f6add005c1b11abc431330ff489ba090565fc358b08499079b50a987e1a6ef/fairytale03.jpg" data-mid="25880094" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a2f6add005c1b11abc431330ff489ba090565fc358b08499079b50a987e1a6ef/fairytale03.jpg" /> <img width="1294" height="2000" width_o="1294" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/647ec04e3516720f85d95c8e92784af1ddc4b2f171bac98cc55d9524ce6a0e6a/fairytale04.jpg" data-mid="25880095" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/647ec04e3516720f85d95c8e92784af1ddc4b2f171bac98cc55d9524ce6a0e6a/fairytale04.jpg" /> <img width="1294" height="2000" width_o="1294" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d9fe5828002a2e5edb624d2695f60daeaf440eee229b07e7bd99308532df68dd/fairytale05.jpg" data-mid="25880096" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d9fe5828002a2e5edb624d2695f60daeaf440eee229b07e7bd99308532df68dd/fairytale05.jpg" /> Where there is no common ground, take to the air It must have been a spectacular sight – a wave so large it swept the tower off its footings, the steel frame straining, floors shifting and tipped. When the waters receded, all the common ground had been washed away. The tower, free of its foundation, had sunk and settled in the seabed at a sharp angle. Half the windows permanently peered into the sea, the other half forever fixed on the sky. Stranded in this tall island, tower residents knew only what they saw beyond their windows—blue and birds and the occasional debris. Layla lived on Seaside. Her windows looked out over dark waters and nothing else, and for Seasiders it had been that way for generations. She spent most days lowering nets into the water and hoping for a good haul. Fabric, rope, and wood were reliable sellers, as were colorful cans and glass bottles. In the evenings she sifted through the day’s catch, repairing what she could and gathering the cast-offs for herself. She only encountered Skysiders at the Commons Market, where she sold them gear and bought their flowers and fruit. For Skysiders, the sea was something they heard and smelled but never saw. They had the sky, though. They had sun in the day and fresh water when it rained. Plants flourished. Theirs was a world that could still yield new life. They studied the clouds and the constellations, and innately felt the vastness of the cosmos. At night they looked up and dreamt of a future beyond the tower. Much like their precarious home, the Skysiders and Seasiders stood in uneasy equilibrium. Layla knew the sky existed. She read about it in books and heard stories about the different shapes of clouds and the pictures people saw in stars. She knew her sea was blue only because it reflected their sky. But faint starlight reflected in murky waters did little to spark her imagination. She preferred to collect the fragments caught up in ocean currents that passed by her window. If the sky was about the future, the sea was the past. For generations, the division between sea and sky, past and future, scavenger and stargazer, served the community well. No one thought to disrupt the ecosystem. One day while tinkering with a mess of wire, Layla glanced down at something strange in the frothing waves. It was a patch of flat water—brighter, smoother, and more still than any water she'd seen before. She cast her net, hoping to corral the curious liquid. Now she saw that it wasn't water, but a thin sheet of mirrored cloth nearly 20 yards wide. White and grey clouds came into focus on its surface, crisp and clear. The blue was iridescent, and infinitely deep. For the first time in her life, she was looking at the sky. She pulled frantically at the ropes. But once the cloth was safely inside, all it reflected was Layla’s room—small, drab and cluttered next to the smooth shimmer and glow of the cloth. After that brief glimpse of the sky, she knew she needed to see it all. The division between the two sides, which once had seemed so natural, suddenly felt like a cruel imposition. She now saw that the tower was not bent, but broken. Though it had kept the structure aloft for generations, the tower’s remarkable equilibrium was leaving Layla in shadow. She wanted no part of it. For days afterward, she wasn’t seen at the Commons Market. She spent her time pulling rope and cloth out of the water, building a patchwork of cotton and nylon, and then slowly stitching it together with the mirrored cloth. Weeks later it was done—a silver balloon with a basket for one. Layla picked a time. The tide was rising and with it the day’s wash of debris. Seasiders were busy at work at their windows, just as the sun was setting and drawing Skysiders to look out at the clouds. As she saw the tide reach its peak, Layla readied herself, surveying her small slanted room, her makeshift desk and collection of sea glass. She heaved herself into the basket and pushed it out the window. It swept down the Seaside, reflecting the sun and clouds above it, and the Seasiders looked up from their nets and for the first time saw the flat blue of the sky. She stoked the flame and the balloon spiralled up and around the tower. Layla saw Skysiders peering up at her, the sea and sky together pictured in the sphere of the balloon. They marveled at the deepness and the movement of the dark waves that they now saw were below them. The balloon cleared the top of the tower, and for the first time Layla glimpsed the horizon ahead of her. And she floated away.