WEEK 10: RE-VISIONING THE VITRA DESIGN MUSEUM (CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT)

The Vitra Design Museum is post-modernist deconstructionism. Deconstructivism is associated with ideas of fragmentation, non-rectilinear forms, manipulated ideas of internal structure versus external structure, and a sense of simulated unpredictability & controlled chaos. My intent is to question the form of the Vitra Design Museum and the associated ideas of manipulated structure through progressive contrast. The complex form/structure of the Museum will transform into a simple block structure. This transformation will occur through the progressive expansion of the original building as various elements of it expand & morph to eventually become one structure. 


As the structure expands it will progressively transform into a simple cube.


The process will be documented through number of layers (six specifically) composed of both solid & negative spaces which will allow for the progressive contrast of changing structure to be analysed in augmented reality. Ironically the process I have chosen to document the simplification of the structure adds further structural excess to the building; an intended contradiction that will further emphasise the questioning of  form & structure.  By questioning the essence of the Vitra Design Museum I hope to challenge both designers & architects alike to consider the role they play in reducing excess & unnecessary design elements. I'd like the observer to be challenged and ask-

• Where do idea of efficiency & effectiveness sit in the design process?
• How valuable is aesthetic when compared with notions of efficient structure? 
• Can aesthetic value & efficiency be merged into one?
• How does the notion of sustainable construction/design incorporate into all this?