This project investigated a continuum between form and informe. It looked at formal/geometrical scaffolding and excessive operations on that scaffold. The project begins with six very common shoe profiles nested to maximum efficiency within a 7’x40’ rectangle through the use of a computer program. The negative space between the shoes then becomes the positive space of the wall and armature to hold the shoes. As shoes are removed the transparency of the wall changes and positive nature of the “negative” space between is revealed. The shape of the shoe dictates the shape of the wall but the wall also takes on a new layer of shape as it responds to other conditions of efficiency, minimalism, and display. This new shape can effectively shed traces of the generating shoe form.

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CRITIC: MARK GAGE _ FALL 2006 _ YALE UNIVERSITY

This project investigated a continuum between form and informe. It looked at formal/geometrical scaffolding and excessive operations on that scaffold. The project begins with six very common shoe profiles nested to maximum efficiency within a 7’x40’ rectangle through the use of a computer program. The negative space between the shoes then becomes the positive space of the wall and armature to hold the shoes. As shoes are removed the transparency of the wall changes and positive nature of the “negative” space between is revealed. The shape of the shoe dictates the shape of the wall but the wall also takes on a new layer of shape as it responds to other conditions of efficiency, minimalism, and display. This new shape can effectively shed traces of the generating shoe form.

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