comments from the review

Dears,


Although you should all from now on take your own notes during reviews (or ask a friend to take them for you, or again record your session in order to analyze it later),
 i will for this time give you a summary of what you have to improve and in some cases, ideas on how to move forward:





Prompt
- the way you present should now be accorded to your interests
- work on the idea of growth and its multiple interpretations and aspects
- inter-connectedness (networks, roots etc.)
- further study of these trees and parasites behaviors
- more case studies--- explore the blog thefunambulist and search accordingly

A
- more information on the radius map! ZOOM IN and enlarge - be more curious and exploring!
- from now on, relate your investigations to your theme (art production and display in Bangkok)
- all ways of moving/seeing/interacting on and around the bridge could be envisaged
- make better and specific use of your case studies (more research is needed in relation to your topic)

Pimmy
- yes it would be interesting to develop a project through structural experiments but you have to explore the possibilities through their meaning and implications (individual, urban, social, political... levels)
- think also of processes of construction (and deconstruction in our case!)
look for example at the Sagrada Familia by Gaudi in Barcelona (research)
- translation and manifestation of ideas into structures and (de)construction processes

Jul
- you are being way too shy and reserved when presenting your ideas!
- get more info on the monorail - contact the official company in charge if needed! - we need to know their plan for the station etc. - pursue your research
- interaction/influences/conflicts... between the monorail and your bridge project should be explored
- a science fiction project? ... write down and draw your scenario

Mark
- what does "vernacular" mean?
- idem for "sustainable", historical, educational, commercial ... (really try to give your answer, your point of view)
- draw, write, model ... the blurred vision you seem to have - even (and especially if its manifestations appear to be contradictory)
- what about providing space for spontaneity? for uselessness?

Dream
- map out Bangkok bicycle
- what could be your appropriate site? how far could you influence the city and citizens?
- passive energies production?

Plug
- architecture can be seen as an extension of our bodies, the same way as clothing is a protection (and much more since it then merges into becoming an identity, a social code etc.)
- look at the work of Philippe Rahm architects (climate-based), especially the way they represent wind, temperature, humidity, smells ...
- here you seem to be interested in the idea of SKIN - if so, go further - look at architecture using fabrics - at fashion design and its technologies
- to complete your site analysis also, observe people clothing here, the way they react and adapt when it starts raining, being super sunny or other climatic phenomenon - document all this precisely

Pay
- swiss-army knife... other analogy maybe? find your own inspirations
- what programs/activities can you here propose? (a lot!)
- think about the possibilities of having different states of the bridge through time (hours, day/night, seasons, holidays etc.)

Tyre
- you need to improve your diagrams and have them fit the data and subject you are talking about!
- why an X-shape? from where(s) to where(s)?
- circulation and suspension - relation between those two concepts? how does a structural system influence your proposal? what are its advantages? what else could you use?
- shorcuts is an interesting idea --- what are shortcuts?
- what are the existing networks and structures you can link your proposal to?

Noc
- where is the rest of your research gone? as we discussed before, you do not have to use it but think about it again... would you be able to draw something out of it? i am sure it can somehow help you
- you still have 2 main topics: view and movement - how can they relate and work together?
- have you ever heard about the idea of a cinematic architectural promenade? look at cinema vocabulary and way of thinking about space and time
Maybe you would be interested in Eisenstein's writings about montage and architecture  - find your own interpretation of course!




Aj B mentioned it during the review, a reading is assigned to you for this semester, 
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino. Please get the book and start reading it - select a few stories (one or several) that particularly interest you.


We will be able to discuss them in tutorials - Friday or next week.
Ultimately, they will help you writing the scenario of your project.




Best of luck!