This project looks at the threshold as the physical object that suggests delineation between the inside and outside – such as the object that you might buy from Home Depot. In architecture it can also exist as a void with edges that develop the conceptual space of a threshold. Both instances mark the moment where the inside and outside overlap, divide, or combine.
The complexity of the threshold becomes apparent when the form of a certain opening requires a particular kind of mediation or adaptation. In Multiplicitous and Inorganic Bodies, Greg Lynn describes a method for uncovering hidden singularities within certain typologies to develop adaptive forms. This project begins by defining certain threshold primitives or a catalog within a typological order, as a way to better understand the effect of the threshold on interior and exterior space.
While the catalog was abstract and without any particular reference to material thickness, structure or size - scale comes into play as a pragmatic issue in designing a threshold for a scaleless form. The industry standard threshold is based on real world material thickness and human scale – for example bridging between inconsistent floor finishes and providing a smooth safe surface for walking. The parametric system developed for an abstract scaleless form requires new specifications when applied to architectural building form.
This project is set up as an office building complex where each building houses a particular program – copy machine building, bathroom building, water cooler building. In a sense this project takes all of the rooms in a typical office and discretizes them into separate buildings in order to create multiple threshold conditions where each building program has a unique relationship to the ground.
This project defines the threshold as any gap that requires resolution. The threshold conditions in this building of buildings require the subtraction of existing form or the introduction of a new form to find resolution - or a combination of the two.
The development of a parametric system for adaptive thresholds is intended to frame a definition for “threshold” within the dialogue of inside and outside.
The complexity of the threshold becomes apparent when the form of a certain opening requires a particular kind of mediation or adaptation. In Multiplicitous and Inorganic Bodies, Greg Lynn describes a method for uncovering hidden singularities within certain typologies to develop adaptive forms. This project begins by defining certain threshold primitives or a catalog within a typological order, as a way to better understand the effect of the threshold on interior and exterior space.
While the catalog was abstract and without any particular reference to material thickness, structure or size - scale comes into play as a pragmatic issue in designing a threshold for a scaleless form. The industry standard threshold is based on real world material thickness and human scale – for example bridging between inconsistent floor finishes and providing a smooth safe surface for walking. The parametric system developed for an abstract scaleless form requires new specifications when applied to architectural building form.
This project is set up as an office building complex where each building houses a particular program – copy machine building, bathroom building, water cooler building. In a sense this project takes all of the rooms in a typical office and discretizes them into separate buildings in order to create multiple threshold conditions where each building program has a unique relationship to the ground.
This project defines the threshold as any gap that requires resolution. The threshold conditions in this building of buildings require the subtraction of existing form or the introduction of a new form to find resolution - or a combination of the two.
The development of a parametric system for adaptive thresholds is intended to frame a definition for “threshold” within the dialogue of inside and outside.