Philosophy - Freedom
While walking through the Owen Glen Building, I gained a sense that it feels like you are completely closed into the building. Most of a student’s activity is jammed into the basement of the building underground. This feeling is even consistent in the open space of the atrium as there is a limit to the usable space, as these upper floors are allocated to staff as post-graduate students, and the fast moving space does not allow for the space of the views to be appreciated. This closure goes even to the extent that there is no natural ventilation, but ventilation is only provided by the air-conditioning.
It also does not allow for the students freedom for change and expression, but is under constant security.
My Intervention deals with the freedom in both space and expression. I have developed a critique that the only way in which to escape from the building is to teleport out of it.
The spot that students are teleported to, is a remote retreat which allows for students to congregate and express themselves through the intervention of a set of forum screens which are free for student s to post up notices, questions and the like.
Going down to the lower platform students are confronted with a piece of architecture that is invokes the students to participate and freely adjust, according to the level of freedom (openness or private) space they require, allowing for another place students can freely stop to sit and have lunch.
