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suckerPUNCH: describe your project.
tiffany DAHLEN and virginia MELNYK: The urban night club responds to the vibrant and eclectic youth culture of Harajuku and balances the high end fashion of Omontesando. The urban club consists of a large meet and greet entry area, sushi restaurant, sake bar, music lounge and two VIP lounges; Pockets of unique intensities are held within a white framework, creating zones of spatiality, surficiality, and crenalation. Five distinct qualities corresponding to the specific programs and aesthetic desires, transform between the different spaces through the medium of the framework and are embedded within it. They differ from a sweet salivating sushi restaurant to a soft pillowy lounge space.
sP: what or who influenced this project?
tD + vM: Mathew Barney, Ali Rahim, Steven Ma, Harajuku Fashion, Japanese Food
sP: what were you reading/listening to/watching while developing this project?
tD + vM: The aesthetics of Variation, Tiesto, Alice in Wonderland, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
sP: whose work is currently on your radar?
tD + vM: Asymptote, MAD, Kokkugia, Emergent, Sotamaa,
February 1st, 2011 at 2:52 am
very yummy candy land virginia, congrats on the project!
February 1st, 2011 at 6:28 am
visions of sugar plums danced in their heads when they were decorating this gingerbread shed
February 1st, 2011 at 9:58 am
what is a zone of spatiality
February 1st, 2011 at 11:14 am
I think they are try to describe how the geometry acts as patches of habitable furniture and alcove like spaces, and transforms into smaller surface treatments.
February 1st, 2011 at 1:08 pm
trully remarkable way of decorating a cake!
February 3rd, 2011 at 11:04 pm
gorgeous. not enough pillowy space out there
February 12th, 2011 at 12:35 pm
Is this a post modern approach to the creation of sensation… does the surface just become the canvas with which the programs inside exert their influence?
I am interested not in the moments of intensely sensational atmosphere because those can be easy to render, but what would interest me are the interstitial. When moving from one to the other, how effectively does the space alter your mood (an emotional response to visual sensations).
I would also wonder as the the emotive responses that each of the different programs are meant to solicit. Although there in lies a major gap in the translation from sensation to linguistics (that words have varied meanings to each individual). Can we put words to the spaces or must the spaces just speak for themselves. Is the gap of translation a tool that can harnessed rather than a byproduct of a lack of control.
I think that sensation (however esoteric) are worth exploring but we are far away from a complete understanding of the ramifications. Now it is a reason to do something.. but not an answer for why
Keep looking everyone…
June 15th, 2011 at 3:11 am
looks awesome. I once did a similar project at university, but not quite as good!..
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