Final Map

_Narrative.&.Engagement.with.the.Client's.Ideas_
In experiment 2 I have used the quotes from Hawking and Darwin as a starting point to develop ‘laboratories’ in front of and behind a vertical surface respectively.


In front of the vertical surface: Stephen Hawking
"The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a certain underlying order, which may or may not be divinely inspired."



Hawking’s laboratory in front of the vertical surface is composed of intersecting rectangles, where the space is defined by a large subtraction from the main rectangle. The aim was to envisage the rectangles as distinctive elements and independent spaces that have been morphed together to form the ultimate form that exhibits the unique qualities of each element. This idea was directly inspired by the notion that events are not arbitrary coincidences, but happenings which follow an underlying order - although the logic may not be immediately evident. The laboratory engages with the idea of attributing an innate logic to events, and in this case, spaces. The rectangles are intersected to form a ‘jigsaw’, and when deciphered, reveals that they are in fact in ratio with each other. I have envisioned the purpose of such morphing of spaces, is to attain something new and perhaps experimental. Maintaining a cohesive range of colours and textures on the main body of the laboratory, I inserted a transparent rectangle that almost disappears into the air to break up the regularity and add a sense of ‘arbitrariness’ – though the whole space is very much a methodically arranged space.


Mediating space: the ramp and tunnel: Quotes after undergoing ‘Electroliquid Aggregation’
If the underlying order of events is arbitrary, and thus not subject to logic, then fools’ experiments are the only way to decipher the multitude of possibilities and random coincidences.

The ramps leading around the outside space are based upon the word ‘arbitrary’ which give the immediate connotation of being based on personal randomness and whim, rather than reason and logic. However useless the multiple ramps may be, it is effectively a mediating element between the confusing and ambiguous laboratory inside, and the scarily logic space outside – thus the notion from the electro-liquid aggregated idea that random playfulness may lead to unexpected discoveries. The ramps and blocks lead to a long tunnel that forms a U-shape around and ultimately leading to Darwin’s laboratory. The tunnel is massive and seemingly continuous, though the otherwise laborious trek is accented with sloping ceilings, obstacles and overhanging blocks.


Behind the vertical space: Charles Darwin
"I love fools' experiments. I am always making them."

Upon entering Darwin’s laboratory, one is overwhelmed by the vastness of the space and the multitude of lights scattered around. Essentially the space is made up of smaller and irregular rectangles added to and subtracted from the main rectangle. There are ceiling vaults, holes and slits in the walls, and protruding and recessed blocks on the ground, whose shape and size are enhanced by orange lights of different brightness. The overall impression is one of randomness, but one very much linked to playfulness and active interaction with the spaces. Darwin can literally hide in the cut out spaces and under blocks to find an alternative viewpoint of his surroundings. The space encourages foolish and experimental ways of using and seeing it – thus it becomes a metaphor for coincidental discoveries.