Thursday, March 02, 2006
Sigita Saliklis
Design Concept Based Project Description
Synthesizing the two recipes which literally guided my projects formation through two languages (one of the crystallographer, and one of the fitness instructor), I have chosen a title or major concept for the progression of this project: networking. Just as my field follows a certain hierarchy of networks, wood thicknesses and layers, networking has a hierarchy of definitions which I used to define my project. The first and conceptually largest definition of network is, “Something resembling an openwork fabric or structure in form or concept.” My model is composed of openwork structure and “fabric”, and this is applicable as well in terms of my concept being an openwork fabric in the way it embodies information from several worlds of fitness (structural, physical, tectonic, spatial…).
Regarding my network as “openwork fabric in form”, a network can be defined as “A system of lines or channels that cross or interconnect.” The interconnecting and organizing of lines and planes was critical to communicate the idea of networking movements, moments, and distortions. Stephen Barr writes in his essay What is Topology?, “distortion is allowed provided the end result is connected in the same way as the original.” Accordingly, my field follows a controlled network of distortion following data taken from the world of fitness. Just as heart rate peaks at the middle of exercising, the distortions in my field peak in the center and then gradually return to a resting heart rate.
Along the lines of networking as a concept, the verb form of the word network is, “To interact or engage in informal communication with others for mutual assistance or support.” My moments in the field rely on each other, and the other networks to structurally support it. Conceptually, networking implies a certain mutual dependence and formal organization. It can be replaced by the word “connecting”, or “defining.”
In terms of hierarchy, hierarchical routing best describes the conceptual application of hierarchy in my project. Hierarchical routing can be defined as “The complex problem of routing on large networks can be simplified by breaking a network into a hierarchy of smaller networks, where each level is responsible for its own routing.”
This definition alone is sufficient to describe my entire project, and is applicable tectonically and conceptually. Each level of networking is responsible for a different type of “routing”, and together they create a larger more complex network. These smaller levels of organization help define lattice structures which are organizational in defining moments and deviations.
.: sigita 2:44 PM
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