programs: rhino, unreal engine 5, illustrator, premiere pro
Strata is a hybridization of the Data Center and Library typologies. The form the result of data mining distorted images using the Processing program. The Processing script automates a method of image manipulation called pixel sorting, where pixels are taken and dragged a certain distance in an image. This produces a ‘corrupted’ effect. Pixelsorting is used frequently in the arena of ‘Glitch Art’.
In Strata, my team and I used the sorted images to generate planar and sectional diagrams. This created unique opportunites to explore the project while adherering to the criteria of either program acting as poche of the other. Our project uses the premise of three dimesional fusing to blend the programs. Simliar to layers of sediment producing a geologic object, layers of information and programs produce an architectural object
Strata attempts to reconcile a realtively new typology and a more established one, the data center and the library. Both act as methods of storing and accessing information. the schism occurs in the medium and methods of human interface. Strata embodies the collective memory of data, returning the form of the library to the cave, where the first human recordings were scrawled onto stone walls.
