Will Langston Modi Blog Week 3

 Will Langston

MODI BLOG WEEK 3

  

  It was hard for me to choose from so many ideas while trying to research topics of interest. The brainstorming parts of the reading were very helpful and made it easy to be able to get out what was all in my head before settling on two topics. I'm really interested in the idea of speculative design/architecture and how that might inform designs of actual contemporary built spaces. The works of Daniel K. Brown, Bryan Cantley, and Perry Kulper inspire me, and their ideas of pushing design forward with their storytelling through hybrid drawings. 



I want to be able to have a method where I analyze or create these types of drawings in my capstone. I think it could be exciting to explore ideas of how this type of speculative drawing could develop real world architecture, or how this type of drawing informs architects on the future of design development in the built environment. 

Here is a site analysis drawing I did in my second year:


    The goal was to capture and record how a persons 5 senses experienced St. Louis could develop architecture. Ever since doing this project, my perception of design and the design process has changed. I have since considered design and architecture a much more personal and complex.

 I wish to explore the overall process of design more and how I can develop a question that could lead me to experimenting with different drawing types.






Comments

  1. Kate VJanuary 30, 2024 at 9:52 PM

    I love the look of your site. The images here and on your presentation are really provocative and I'm curious how you'll design a project working backwards like this. It seems different than what most people in the class are doing and I'm excited to hear updates!

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  2. Kathelyn McHaneyJanuary 31, 2024 at 7:09 PM

    Will, I really like the idea of drawing and composition in looking at site analysis. I have also been looking into this and there are so many areas that could be explored through this. I think that your thoughts on the sense enacting on a site is super interesting, and makes me further question if this idea of senses in a site can be examined through thinking of site analysis, architecture, etc.

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  3. Will SuttonJanuary 31, 2024 at 7:52 PM

    This is such a visually exciting idea. The process of making is great in order to get ideas out to think about what architecture can be in the future. There's really nothing holding you back. It's interesting to think about if maybe these speculative exercises weren't even to consider architecture, but maybe something more ephemeral or sculptural.

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