Sequence and Space (notes)

Sequence relates to space.

Qualities of sequence are evident through compression and release.

-Time proportionally relates to sequence.
-Time quantifies space.
-Time expresses sequence.

Space is an event in time.

Compression of time and space develops release.

Sequence: Internal relation (method), two external relations (position of space, events)

-Transformational Sequence
-Typological Procedure
-Programmatic Sequence

"Spatial sequences can...manifest differences of
geometrical form, they can also differ by
dimension alone, while maintaining similar geometrical
form. They can even steadily
increase in complexity, be constructed, step-by-step—or deconstructed—
according to any rule or device."

Programmatic sequence develops a story of events.

"Spatial sequences are generally structural; that is, they can
be viewed or experienced independently of the meaning they
may occasionally evoke. Programmatic sequences are generally
inferential; conclusions or inferences can be drawn
from the events or the "decor" that provide the sequence's
connotative aspects. Such opposition is, of course, quite artificial;
these distinctions do not exist separately."

"Transformational sequences tend to rely on the use of devices,
or rules of transformation, such as compression, rotation,
insertion, and transference. They can also display
particular sets of variations, multiplications, fusions, repetitions,
inversions, substitutions, metamorphoses, anamorphoses,
dissolutions. These devices can be applied to the
transformation of spaces as well as programs."

(Quotations from: Tschumi Sequences)

Research

Taxonomic Catalog

Villa Gamberaia at Settignano

M1 / Masses

M1.a Boundary wall

M1.b Hedge

M1.c Bosco

M1.d Stanzone

S1/ Horizontal Surface

S1.a Casino

S1.b Orange Garden

S1.c Water Garden

S1.d Garden Garden

S2/ Vertical Surfaces

S2.a Cypresses

S2.b Court

S2.c Upper Garden

S2.d Hedges

E1/ Vertical Elements

E1.a Stairway

E1.b Balustrades

E1.c Boundary walls

E2/ Path Elements

E2.a Grass Alley

E2.b Drive

E2.c Gravel Walkways

M2/ Mass-Less Conditions

M2.a Water

M2.b Air