Mapping the space between art and architecture
I draw architecture and 3D constructions in the same way as Carl Linnaeus classified plants and animals. I study and collect different kinds of structures, identify their characteristics and translate them into drawings. These drawings are then ordered in classes, families and species. This website contains a taxonomy which orders all theses species. They all fall under the general kingdom of Non-functional Structures and are subsequently organized in 5 classes: Muted Structures, Noble Structures, Ambiguous Structures, Speculative Structures and Subversive Structures.
Below you can find a selection of the drawings.
Class 1:
Muted Structures
Family 1.1:
Reflective Structures
Conditions:
Simplification, Reflection
Species: Structure 1.1.1
50 x 65 cm
Class 1:
Muted Structures
Family 1.3:
Non-Descript Structures
Conditions:
Simplified
Species: Structure 1.3.1
50 x 65 cm
Class 2:
Noble Structures
Family 2.1:
Noble Simplicity
Conditions:
Simplified
Species: Structure 2.1.1
50 x 65 cm
Class 3:
Ambiguous Structures
Family 3.1:
Geometric abstraction
Conditions:
Simplified, Scaffolded
Species: Structure 3.1.1
50 x 65 cm
Class 3:
Ambiguous Structures
Family 3.2:
Dissolving Structures
Conditions:
Dissolved, Transparent
Species: Structure 3.2.1
50 x 65 cm
Class 3:
Ambiguous Structures
Family 3.3:
Double Layers
Conditions:
Layered
Species: Structure 3.3.1
100 x 52 cm
Species: Structure 3.3.2
59 x 100 cm
Class 4:
Speculative Structures
Family 4.1:
Fractured Speculation
Conditions:
Fractured
Species: Structure 4.1.1
50 x 65 cm
Class 4:
Speculative Structures
Family 4.2:
Extruded compositions
Conditions:
Modular, Layered
Species: Structures 4.2.1 (sold)
50 x 65 cm
Species: Structures 4.2.2 (sold)
50 x 65 cm
Species: Structures 4.2 3
50 x 65 cm
Species: Structures 4.2 4
50 x 65 cm
Class 4:
Speculative Structures
Family 4.3:
Cubic Compositions
Conditions:
Modular, Layered
Species: Structure 4.3.1
50 x 65 cm (sold)
Species: Structure 4.3.2
50 x 65 cm
Species: Structure 4.3.3
50 x 65 cm
Species: Structure 4.3.4
50 x 65 cm (sold)
Species: Structure 4.3.5
50 x 65 cm
Class 4:
Speculative Structures
Family 4.4:
Geometric transparency
Conditions:
Transparent, Extruded, Modular
Species: Structure 4.4.1
50 x 65 cm
Class 5:
Subversive Structures
Family 5.1:
Wrapped Structures
Conditions:
Wrapped
Species: Structure 5.1.4
100 x 70 cm
Species: Structure 5.1.1
50 x 65 cm (sold)
Species: Structure 5.1.2
50 x 65 cm (sold)
Species: Structure 5.1.3
50 x 65 cm
Class 1:
Subversive Structures
Family 5.2:
Deconstruction
Conditions:
Layered
Species: Structure 5.2.1
50 x 65 cm
Species: Structure 5.2.2
50 x 65 cm
Species: Structure 5.2.3
50 x 65 cm
Species: Structure 5.2.4
50 x 65 cm
Class 5:
Subversive Structures
Family 5.3:
Explosive Structures
Conditions:
Fractured
Species: Structure 5.3.1
50 x 65 cm (sold)
