Initial Strategy

The strategy is first to produce purely mathematically generated continuous forms, such as minimal surfaces, triply periodic surfaces, etc. The intent is to produce them mathematically using "Mathematica" to ensure their "authenticity". Then to manipulate the forms (mathematically) to conform to a range of spatial requirements--roughly addressing program and circulation. The thought with the math based surface is that it provides a "smooth" starting condition for the project, ingrained with inherent continuity--"anexact yet rigorous". As opposed to beginning from low-poly geometry and evolving through algorithmic smoothing or subdivision.

The idea is that these topologies will serve as primitives and a starting condition for the project. These primitive geometries, may be selected for their experiential qualities rather than implying any deep contextual meaning. Hopefully this way I can limit wasted time on formal mongering. A new understanding of project can then be found through an operation to the primitive set--discritizing the smooth shape into developable surfaces and unfolding the geometry to a planar condition in order to re-understand the space and program, and allowing artifacts of the operation to introduce unexpected adjacencies and a new reading of the "city".