Dreamspace

post scarcity architectures tomi owolabi

unit fifteen

Site Dreamhouse Shed Personal Cathedral I Personal Cathedral II

S ite

The dream “is as a rule

like a piece of breccia,

composed of various fragments of

rock held together by a binding medium, so that the designs that appear

on it do not belong to the original rocks embedded in it.”

Sigmund Freud

Site AnAlySiS CAnvey iSlAnd, eSSex

Selection of Six Case Studies

Looking at historical Mapping and

understanding the significance of each of the

sites.

They are all connected by the largest case study site,

THE WALL

Not only is this significant in the idea of keep Canvey Island free from flooding and it also forms a defence

mechanism which relates back to the historical

context of the site.

1. CAnvey teRMinAl 2. Field 10 3. tHORney BAy 4. FAntASy iSlAnd5. tHe WAll6. BOAtClUB And MARSHeS

Site AnAlySiS CASe StUdieS PARt i

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CASe StUdy One: Field 10

CASe StUdy tWO: BOAt ClUB And MARSHeS

CASe StUdy tHRee: tHe WAll

CASe StUdy FOUR: FAntASy iSlAnd

CASe StUdy Five: tHORney BAy

CASe StUdy Six: CAnvey teRMinAl

Site AnAlySiS CASe StUdieS PARt ii

CASe StUdy One

Field 10

this site is where the ‘permanent mobile homes’ are situated. it is an odd site

sandwiched between thorney Bay(a site of intense natural beauty) and a disused

oil refinery.

CASe StUdy tHRee

tHe WAll

the wall runs the entire length of Canvey island and acts as a defence barrier to the thames estuary during times of Flooding

CASe StUdy Five

tHORney BAy

Beautiful disused bay. it has a number of interesting natural features including a

garden and sandy shores.

CASe StUdy tWO

BOAt ClUB And MARSHeS

this is a site that highlights the idea of movement around thames estuary and

having a building set on “non-land”. land that is constantly changing and eroding. Can a permanent building be set in such

a situation?

CASe StUdy FOUR

FAntASy iSlAnd And tHe POOl

disused amusements and a children’s natural paddling pool are the main

features of this site. the road from the main junction leads directly here.

CASe StUdy Six

CAnvey teRMinAl And ReFineRy

the disused refinery is the main feature of this site. it has an eerie feel and the

vast amount of space used here gives and indication of the forgotten.

Site AnAlySiS CASe StUdieS PARt iii

Case Study FourFantasy island

daze

Crash of a monetary based social system. People begin to “take up land” and build as they please. First come first served land area, this leads to no correlation

between the houses.

Case Study Fivethorney Bay

Fantasy

land is slowly becoming rare. the pressure and boom in the population

(no one is dying of natural causes due to advances in technology) leads to the artificial synthesis of land in

the waterways.

Case Study SixCanvey terminal

dreamland

Canvey terminal becomes a terminal to dreamland. Allows you to move to a permanent residence in dreamland. Where your life becomes a simulation of your deepest desires and inputs from your life on earth.

Case Study threethe Wall at Chapman lighthouse

trance (noun)

a half-conscious state characterized by an absence of response to external stimuli,

typically as induced by hypnosis or entered by a medium.

Case Study twoBoatclub and Marshes

day·dream (ddrm)n.

A dreamlike musing or fantasy while awake, especially of the fulfillment of

wishes or hopes.

intr.v. day·dreamed or day·dreamt (-drmt), day·dream·ing, day·dreams

to have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake.

Case Study OneField 10

‘Residential Static Caravans”

“We were recently criticised by the inspector in the Glebelands planning

inquiry for counting caravan as homes. this survey, which is anonymous, will

help us to understand the reasons, lifestyle and satisfaction of people living

at residential caravan parks in Castle Point.

case study one case study two case study three case study four case study five case study six

CAnvey iSlAnd dReAM SiteS And dReAM teRMinOlOGy

D reamhouse

the idea that ‘openness’ is comparative to dreams (where openness is uncontrollable by the conscious,

ruled by the subconscious) to the ideas of psychoanalysis where ‘openness’ is enforced in a subtle way by the lying on the couch action which encourages the visitor to speak freely about personal things then also relating this to architecture

where the materiality delicately enforces ‘openness’ (such as in the case of the glass houses by Mies van de Rohe).

subtle representations where symbolism will actually give you a deeper meaning of the architectural spaces rather than actually just being able to read the spaces at the first glance.

the symbolism of the space actually becomes the architecture rather than just the representation of the spaces.

Referencing Dan Graham’s Kammerspeil

FIELD 10 DESIGN CONSTRAINTSsite location, constraints, and project aims

D E S I G N B R I E F

THE ORIGINAL DIMENSIONS OF THE CARAVAN ARE TO BE ADHERED TO 10FT X 90FT LIKE IN HISTORICAL PAST OF THE SITE. YOU CAN LIVE IN THE CARAVAN PARK FOR NO LONGER THAN ONE YEAR IT BECOMES A PERMANENT MOBILE HOME BUILT USING TODAY’S TECHNOLOGY. THIS ENABLES A RANGE OF DESIGN POSSIBILITIES AS SHOWN IN THE SECTION BELOW

site location map field 10

site constraints

Reality is the state of things as they actually exist, rather than as they may appear or might be imagined. in a wider definition, reality includes everything that is and has been, whether or not it is observable or comprehensible

i want to look into the issues surrounding residential design and the role of the architect, what if we replace the architect with this software, would people be pleased with the outcome, how would it vary from a design from an architect?

Choosing a site for living. i am proposing you can use a digital device such as a phone to find and develop a site. the advances in technology allow for the selection of the site using an augmented reality.

dreamhouse becomes a place of aspirations and the subconscious. it could also be described as an alternative or parallel world. the unconscious is structured like a language.

Glitches in memories pieced together to create a fragmented landscape

subconscious as a reflection of self

journey through glassbox leading to

dreamland

virtual: simulation of a three-dimensional image or environment that can be interacted with in a seemingly real or physical way by a person

subconscious: of or concerning the part of the mind of which one is not fully aware but which influences one's actions and feelings.

ReAlity

SUBCOnSCiOUS SPACeS

viRtUAl dReAM SPACeS

“The symbolism of the space actually becomes the architecture rather than just a representation of the spaces.”

bedroom kitchen living room staircasebathroom

Looking Glass Bathroom

The dream bathroom reflects me as a person. I use the bathroom as a cleanser, which is demonstrated in the tap. The mirror with an abstract reflection leads to the idea that what I see in the mirror on a daily basis is volatile like the volcanic eruption that can be seen. Reflection does

not necessarily show the surroundings even though that is what we are lead to believe. There is a lot

more to spaces than what we can necessarily “see”.

Dining Room

Teeth represent the physical act of eating. The images leading to the tongue actually highlight the sources of food in Canvey Island in a Post Scarcity Society. People will begin to create food using the raw materials, what will this do to the food production industry and the way we participate in

the activity of eating.

Gateway to Dreamhouse Living Spaces

“It is as if one saw a screen with scattered colour-patches, and said:...the are intelligible; they only make sense when one completes them into a shape.-Whereas I want to say: Here is the whole.”

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Sauna: Imagination

Thinking pods allow for pondering the future and coming up with ideas

“ The dream displeases me because one is entirely absorbed by it: the dream is monological; and the fantasy pleases me because it remains concomitant to the consciousness of reality (that of the place

where I am); thus is created a double space, dislocated, spaced out...”Roger Caillois

Visions of a Dreamhouse

dReAMHOUSe FilM

Dreamhouse becomes a place of aspirations and the subconscious. It could also be described as an alternative or parallel world. The unconscious is structures like a language.

Glitches in memories pieced together to create a fragmented landscape. Dreams are made of things we know and have seen in the past. How does this develop into a landscape. I believe its not actually the ‘dreamhouse’ that makes a dream house but the dream location. The location actually makes the dream. Dreamhouses can have a projected locale. This enables you to live and breathe that environment. Dreams are about wish fulfilment.

[Film of the opening themes of project]

S hed SHed AS Site OF PeRSOnAl CAtHedRAl

“in concrete perception memory intervenes,

and the subjectivity of sensible qualities

is due precisely to the fact that our consciousness, which begins by being

only memory, prolongs a plurality

of moments into each

other, contracting them into a single intuition.”

Henri Bergson

SHed AS An entRAnCe tO tHe PeRSOnAl CAtHedRAlthe shed as a mobile site and metaphor for identity

shed in situ shed in dream landscape with external factors that represent vegetation the shed on Canvey island Field 10

projected alternative locations for the

dreamspaces and personal cathedral is inside of the shed

the shed is a facilitator of the entrance to

d r e a m s p a c e , t h e r e f o r e t h e l o c a t i o n i s i r r e l e v a n t a n d c a n b e

manipulated and controlled by the dreamer

Escape from the Shadow of OptimismDream Set Architectural Spaces

Wall of VisionsDream Set Architectural Spaces

Sunrise with the Trampoline of AffectionDream Set Architectural Spaces

Tangled in the Netted Sponge Dream Set Architectural Spaces

The Gold Snake Rope and Petal Bedroom WindowDream Set Architectural Spaces

Dream of Stitched Landscapes Shadow CrossingDream Set Architectural Spaces

Dream of Fela Kuti on a Velvet Bed of BeatsDream Set Architectural Spaces

Dream Diary OverlayDream Set Architectural Spaces

The UnCrushing of the Other VoicesDream Set Architectural Spaces

tHe dReAM StAGe in tHe SHedDREAM DIARY AS A SOURCE FOR DESIGN

Personal

initiAl dReAMSPACeS

Cathedral I“ the dream displeases me because one is entirely absorbed by it:

the dream is monological;

and the fantasy pleases me because it remains concomitant to

the consciousness of reality (that of the place where i am);

thus is created a double space, dislocated, spaced out...”

Roger Caillois

deSiGninG A PeRSOnAl CAtHedRAl

1. tRAnSlUCenCy as a metaphor for the fluidity of a personal cathedral

2. SKeletAl deSiGn proposal gives the idea that a personal cathedral is transitional and just an envelope for the dreamspace

3. AltAR PROJeCtiOnS personal viewing point, loss of inhibitions and external social and cultural limitations

4. WAlKWAy signifies the singular approach to dreamspace

5. ReFleCtiOn of the personal cathedral leads to an idea of the mobius strip

where there are two alternate realities and architectural

spaces

6. FRAGMentAtiOn as a metaphor for understanding

the influences from reality and how they crop up in

dreamspace

7. vOlUMetRiC liGHtinG signifies the atmosphere of dreams where all the

fragments are mixed and still come together as one. the dreamstate becomes

the binding agent for the fragmented dreamspace

8. exteRnAl ReFeRenCeS are projected

into the space and form a context for the dreamspace

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FRAGMentAtiOn OF A PeRSOnAl CAtHedRAl

Site PlAn

PeRSOnAl CAtHedRAl deSiGn

dReAMHOUSe dReAMSCAPeSviRtUAl dReAMSCAPeS

GlASS BOx CAnvey iSlAnd lAndSCAPeFRAGMentS OF ReAlity in tHe dReAM lAndSCAPe

PeRSOnAl CAtHedRAlUnCOnSCiOUS dReAMS

SHed

dReAM lAndSCAPe

dReAMSCAPeS AS deSiGned By dReAM diARy

entRAnCe tO PeRSOnAl CAtHedRAl

PlAn vieW OF PeRSOnAl CAtHedRAl in COntext

dReAM lAndSCAPe

PeRSOnAl CAtHedRAl

SHed

dReAMHOUSe lAndSCAPe

ReAlity:BAtHROOM

ReAlity:BedROOM

ReAlity:HAllWAy

ReAlity:KitCHen

ReAlity:livinG ROOM

dReAMHOUSe BAtHROOM

dReAMHOUSe BedROOM

dReAMHOUSe HAllWAy/WARdROBe

dReAMHOUSe KitCHen/ livinGROOM

Initial Dreamspace DesignFragemental memory imagery as a base for an architectural proposal

Reiteration of Dreamspaces from Dreamhouse

Gateway to DreamspaceInitial Modelling and Spacial Development

Dreamspace Interior GatewayProjection of Stop Motion Dream Scene from Dream Diary

Personal

dReAMSPACe

Cathedral II“Everyone will, so to

speak, live in their own personal

“cathedrals.” There

will be rooms more conducive to dreams than any drug, and houses where one cannot help but love.

Others will be irresistibly alluring to travellers.”

Ivan Chtcheglov

Gateway to Personal Cathedral DreamSpace: from landscape to dreamscape

1. dream moment space2. dream walkway3. atrium space4. dream moment space5. circulation route through cathedral

PlAn vieW OF PeRSOnAl CAtHedRAl

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SECTIONAL VIEW

COntextUAl MAniPUlAtiOn OF PeRSOnAl CAtHedRAl in dReAMSPACe

Exoskeleton of a Personal Cathedral

Interior View of the Personal Cathedral Movement outside of the atrium space with dream walkway balcony

Interior view of Persoanl Cathedrallooking upwards at the light source and dreams reflected on the surface of the dreamspaces

Interior View of the Personal Cathedral

Inside the Atrium Space

reflection of the skeletal fragemented nature of the dream architecture

dReAM MeMORy tHeAtReSTRANSFERRING THE IMAGINARY LANDSCAPE TO ARCHITECTURAL SPACE

the orator Quintilian was quite precise in his description of how to remember: because he says, “when we return to a place after a considerable absence, we do not merely

recognize the place itself, but remember things that we did there,” it is possible to use this

property of places to construct a kind of memory machine:

Places are chosen, and marked with the utmost possible variety... everything of

note therein is diligently imprinted on the mind, in order that thought may be able to run through all parts without let or hindrance.

the art of memory therefore requires “places, either real or imaginary, and images or simulacra which must be invented”....

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the Architectural UncannyA. vidler“we can imagine such places for ourselves.”

Gateway to the Personal Cathedral

Reflection of the dreamspaces on the materiality of the Personal Cathedral

Personal Cathedral In SituShed in the background with surrounding landscape