Repulsion

Flow Obstructions 흐름 장애물

Seoul Solid Crew Swap Shop

All seven of the Seoul Solid Crew spent last Sunday busy envisaging and exploring the essence of other peoples projects, through physical model making. The exercise was extremely useful as it allowed me to formulate strategic ideas that dealt with dislocations and reconnections. I have realised that this approach will be extremely applicable when looking at Bognor and more specifically Butlin's. So first up is Tommy Downs' model... 

This model demonstrates that any surface can be a place of escape. Turn Butlins inside out. by punching through the walls separating inside and outside we can create a muddying of the water, or more accurately, a watering of the mud - an emulsion can be formed.


Blending and muddying of the water opened up an avenue of thinking that I was blind to before. The model represents a three dimensional strategy of dealing with reconnections. Second up is Alpa Depanis' model...

The title of your thesis and the overall ambition to reconnect with the sea in bognor set up a spectrum that mediates between pure and unpure. By your definitions, the sea itself marks one end of the scale - the purest condition. This is a natural condition that lacks a hard edge presently there is abrupt disconnection where the body of water meets the town.  The town comprises a formal condition and is the site of the other extreme of the spectrum - the unpure.  in order to counter the severe division, the model proposes the insertion of pure spaces within the unpure density. these spaces begin to form a network that enable flow between the extremes and restore a sense of balance.


After much discussion it was clear that the Jimjil spaces represented the purest spaces within the unpure density of the city. This clarified my thinking and has allowed me to move forward and discover a site to test a strategy.

A Weapon Against Geometry

'Liquid counteracts gravity's earthbound hegemony and provides a level of freedom for bodies used to feeling heavy and depleted at the end of the day... Imagine the luxury of swimming to work- and a way of mediating the harsh tones of the cityscape' 

Gregory Williams

Susa Templin explores the question of how to make urban living more livable. Templin's primary weapon against geometry is water. Searching the metropolis of Manhattan, she looks for open-air swimming pools that offer a measure of hope. She refers to them as 'negative architecture'.  Through her explorations she brings alive ideas of how the urban can re-engage with and help to temper the anarchic environment with the soothing presence of water.

Susa Templin, 3 Feet 6 Inches Deep