THE UNBROKEN JOURNEY

 

Project No.2: ENTRY-PATH-GOAL

 

Challenge:

This exercise consists in creating conceptual spaces using the primary elements in architecture: line, plane, and volume. You must be creative as usual in coming up with a theme that will guide and inspire you in the creative design process.

Scale ¼”= 1’-0”

THE CONCEPT:

 

A painting by Colombian artist Omar Rayo is the basis of my inspiration.  In this canvas, Rayo explores and optically decomposes a square. The resulting geometric labyrinth triggers a personal reflection about my development… as an artist, as an immigrant, and as a widow.

  The primal square is my inner portal, and the following squares – cascading in a sequence – represent a path that, at first glance, appears to be broken.  The fractured course generates an initial feeling of uncertainty, but deeper exploration reveals continuity towards the goal. 

  In this final destination, a perfect cube embodies the three-dimensional evolution of the square, representing my own evolution as a widow, immigrant, artist, all coming together as a whole.

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