Dumbo Warp
︎ Tags: GSAPP, cultural, models, 2018
Columbia GSAPP Spring 2018
Critic: Christoph Kumpusch
A library to counteract temporal illiteracy by removing all means of storing information but one: human brains circulating through the space of perpetual information exchange. Different modes and speeds of circulation provide temporal education through loss of time, stretching of time, compression of time and finding time.
While the inner skin is translucent and exposes plumbing and circulation between the skins to the inside, the outer skin is completely opaque emphazising elevators as the only mode of entering the library. Once entered the elevator (they all move at different speeds depending on the performance space they lead to) the user is being deprived of sound and visuals to prepare and sensitize the brain for the approaching time warp.
The loss of time perception is enforced by loss of planar floors and rectalinear space in the performance spaces.
After going through the experienced time warp visitors gather on the roof to reflect on the performances and slowly re-acclimatize to the outside world.
While the inner skin is translucent and exposes plumbing and circulation between the skins to the inside, the outer skin is completely opaque emphazising elevators as the only mode of entering the library. Once entered the elevator (they all move at different speeds depending on the performance space they lead to) the user is being deprived of sound and visuals to prepare and sensitize the brain for the approaching time warp.
The loss of time perception is enforced by loss of planar floors and rectalinear space in the performance spaces.
After going through the experienced time warp visitors gather on the roof to reflect on the performances and slowly re-acclimatize to the outside world.
