A panoramic drawing with inspiration from Colin Rowe’s phenomenal transparency theory.
”As a contrast to their failure in the United States, Modernist slab apartments have shown great urban dynamics in Beijing. Tuan Jie Hu is an epitome of old residential area located by the East 3rd Ring Road in Beijing. Good location and relatively reasonable rent make it a primary destination for people who work in the CBD area and want to find a place to live nearby. Despite of its poor planning and outdated architectural design, this area has self-generated a diverse urban ecological system. Here the positive relationship between the design quality and urban dynamics has been challenged.“
”Tuan Jie Hu Panorama is the latest piece by DAS for its Urbanized Landscape Series. As a long-term working plan, this Series is a project in which DAS aims to explore the architect’s traditional technique – drawing and to free and strengthen the city’s desire for self-expression in the form of drawing.“
↑ Crowded underground entrance in Beijing
”Consistent with the exceptionally detailed signature style of DAS’ urban panoramic drawings, Tuan Jie Hu Panorama vividly depicts the views from the daily life in this local community. At the same time, the piece also shows some new exploration in architectural drawing techniques. Some 45-degree axes from different directions allow the viewers to constantly change their viewpoints, which is like a Cubism painting. Here it involves DAS’ subjective understanding on Colin Rowe’s transparency theory. Rowe extracted his concept of “phenomenal transparency” from Cubism paintings and built it into the understanding of architecture. It is briefly about tensions resulted from conflicts among different spatial systems. While in axonometric projection, the coexistence of orthogonal system and 45-degree axial system naturally presents interesting conflicts, both two- and three-dimensional. If using this unique feature from architectural drawing to depict cities, a Cubism artwork with “phenomenal transparency” will naturally come into being. In Tuan Jie Hu Panorama, opposite to Rowe, DAS uses axonometric drawing techniques from architectural practice to reinterpret Cubism art.
DAS’ indulgence in cities has nothing to do with the goodness or badness of design, but is because of some crazy or even absurd status of contemporary metropolises. The aim of DAS’ work is to represent such a status in the form of architectural drawing.“
”Consistent with the exceptionally detailed signature style of DAS’ urban panoramic drawings, Tuan Jie Hu Panorama vividly depicts the views from the daily life in this local community. At the same time, the piece also shows some new exploration in architectural drawing techniques. Some 45-degree axes from different directions allow the viewers to constantly change their viewpoints, which is like a Cubism painting. Here it involves DAS’ subjective understanding on Colin Rowe’s transparency theory. Rowe extracted his concept of “phenomenal transparency” from Cubism paintings and built it into the understanding of architecture. It is briefly about tensions resulted from conflicts among different spatial systems. While in axonometric projection, the coexistence of orthogonal system and 45-degree axial system naturally presents interesting conflicts, both two- and three-dimensional. If using this unique feature from architectural drawing to depict cities, a Cubism artwork with “phenomenal transparency” will naturally come into being. In Tuan Jie Hu Panorama, opposite to Rowe, DAS uses axonometric drawing techniques from architectural practice to reinterpret Cubism art.
DAS’ indulgence in cities has nothing to do with the goodness or badness of design, but is because of some crazy or even absurd status of contemporary metropolises. The aim of DAS’ work is to represent such a status in the form of architectural drawing.“
↑ Parents before the gate waiting for their children.
↑ Shopping mall on the groud floor of the Residential building.
↑ Windows with metal guardrails for the security considering.
“Tuan Jie Hu Panorama is a creation resulted from DAS’ participation in an urban research workshop in 2014 hosted by Chinese architect Wang Hui from URBANUS Beijing whose tutors include Professor Zhang Lufeng from University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor Zhou Yufang and He Keren from Central Academy of Fine Arts, and architect Li Han from DAS. The workshop was a summer research program for graduate students from UCAS. With Tuan Jie Hu area as the study case, the task of the workshop was to explore urban environmental renovation strategies for old districts in the current social context.”
Refrence: http://www.gooood.hk/tuan-jie-hu-panorama-by-das.htm
Refrence: http://www.gooood.hk/tuan-jie-hu-panorama-by-das.htm