Category: Maroussia Tasiaux

As a starting point the unit will explore through models the initial shape of 2,5 Ha plan STRIP-BLOCK (SB) For this aim, this exercise will encompass two main explorations: the overall SB shape and the intricacy of its
fragments.

Firstly, this exploration will be developed in a purely intuitive manner. Different materials, such as paper, cardboard, cloth, foam, cables, wood and metal sticks, will be initially use to have a range of schematic shapes
that will be later used to define formal ideas.

After a critical analysis of these first models to find their intrinsic principles, two models of the SB will be constructed individually. The first a 1/500 scale model showing the overall shape and the second a 1/250 model showing in more detail its intricacy. In this second exploration, the experimentation will be focused on material aspects of the proposal. Stiffer materials such as wood, metal, stone, terracotta and plaster are recommended to discover other possibilities for SB schematic designs. Students are invited to feel comfortable with these materials, and learn rules and modelling criteria out of their manipulation.

References: Mathias Goeritz, Manuel Felguerez, Jorge Yazpik, Jorge Oteiza, Eduardo Chillida, Saloua Raouda , Lygia Clark, Gego and Helio Oiticica, among others.
Reference Books:
– Yve-Alain Bois: Geometric abstraction: Latin American art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros collection, New Haven : Yale University Press, 2001.
– Chris Lefteri: Materials for Design, London: Laurence King Publishing, 2014.
– Studio Aikieu: Material Alchemy, Amsterdam : BIS, 2014.
– Catherine, David: Wilfredo Lam, The EY Exhibition, Harry N. Abrams, 2016.
– Molly Donovan and Ann Gallagher.: Rachel Whiteread, London: Tate Publishing, 2017.