THE RASOMON PROJECT

Dedicated to Akira Kurosawa...Rasomon project is not ,basically, a building but a concept of designing and approaching the architectural environment that is about to be built.
The building that is being presented is a mere example so that we can understand the different perception of the architectural environment’s synthesis.
We perceive and design this architectural environment, whether it is one building or a complex of spaces, like a three-dimensional sculpture, but in reality we see it as a group of successive images that bond together in real space, thus creating a three dimensional film.
The architectural composition is based on an illusion.
The architect designs the building in scale, which means that the sketches, plans and the model of it are smaller in size, not only from the structure but also from the architect himself.
That gives him the ability to look over the whole model and perceive the real nature of the building, that of a sculpture.
In reality none can see the whole building, but only a part of it.
We name the image of the part we see Archicon.
Since we see the picture of only one side or part of the building then the whole image of it consists of many individual pictures that go with the corresponding parts of the building.
It is only important to narrate the viewing points of those individual images on the space we have, and connect them with a path where the viewer can walk.
That is how we create a complete image of the building.
This image can not be a motionless still image, but a frame of a movie, consisting of all the pictures that we have, properly directed.
So we understand that the way we perceive the building is a basic part of architecture and an important factor of its design.
Although the building is a 3D sculpture, everyone sees it as a 3D video.
So if we want to define the relationship between its architecture and its users and viewers, we have to design it the way a director directs his movie, meaning of directing the images of the parts that can be viewed by placing them properly around the place.

http://youtu.be/FU3Fficy9yw .................................................. entry to shinkenchiku architectural competition, about conceptual residential architecture.