Reading Assignment

Sequence Summary


1. Internal relation: method of work
2. External relation: juxtaposition of actual spaces
3. Program: occurrences or events


1. Transformational sequence: procedure
2. Spatial sequence: constant/ endless
3. Programmatic sequence: symbolic connotations



Process:
1. Intuition
2. Precedents
3. Habit

Sequence:
1. Precise
2. Rational set of transformational rules
3. Discrete architectural elements

Transformational sequence:
1. Device: rules – compression, rotation, insertion, and transference
2. Display particular sets
3. Applied to spaces and programs
4. Open: without closure – narrative, programmatic structure, juxtaposed formal structure
5. Close: predictable end – exhaustion of process, circularity, repetition
   a. Open – no solitary antecedent
   b. Close – no consequence

Space sequence:
1. Well-defined axis over passionate uncertainties of thought (?)

Spatial sequence:
1. Diff. geometrical form
  a. By dimension w/ similar geometric form
  b. Steadily increasing in complexity
   i. Step-by-step
   ii. Deconstructed to rule or devise
  c. Time sequence
  d. Mixed formal devices

Sequence of event, use, activities – on fixed spatial sequences  programmatic sequences
Adding events to the autonomous spatial sequence – motivation.



Program:”descriptive notice, issued beforehand, of any formal series of proceedings, … lists of items… in the order of performance…collectively… as a whole.”
1. Indifferent spatial sequence
2. Reinforce
3. Work obliquely or against

Difference – sequence of events and spaces are independent of one another – not depend on utilitarian one
Reciprocity – “totally interdependent – ex. each movement designed to be.
Conflict – “clash and contract each other

Spatial sequence
1. Independent from events (take a place, again and again)
2. Structural – view/experience varies – while programmatic is inferential

Linearity of sequence: orders into a single progression either combine or parallel concerns.
1. Order of experiences – repetition, speak of time, chronology



Emotional sequence value – amoretti – pressure, limited liberation, opposition, short pressure, total liberation, contemplation.


Sequence is depending on relation of SPACE, EVENT, and/or MOVEMENT.

Ritual – near-frozen relationship b/w space and event (tension by custom, control must be absolute by frame) ex. Gap-closure-gap-closure-gap-closure
Narrative – architectural language – that speaks
Translate narrative form one to another is made by carefully observed parallels.
Plot - Sense of ending – end to overall organization – open endedness of transformations sequences.
Expanded sequences – solid gap b/w spaces w/ proper symbol inserted b/s each event – combination forms series



Sequences are cumulative – establish memory of events as following architectural sequences as a whole.
Simples – configuration-en-suite
Frame – moment of the sequence – frame by frame
1. Framing device – conforming, regular, solid
2. Foamed material – questioning, distorting, displacing

All can be applied equally and independently to spaces, events, or movements.
Alternatively, Architectural sequences can be made strategically disjunctive.