Just A Little
Academic | MIT, instructor William O’Brien Jr. 2022
This project reimagines an everyday object, “level”, and provides an alternative for architecture storytelling. Imagine space-making through the art of subtraction - removing, carving, excavating, and sculpting - instead of a process of addition, this project explores a noncanonical relationship between architecture and the earth, and provokes a form of cohabitation. It is composed of two stories - one for a “level” and the other one for a “slit”.
Story I. « Level »
I WAS BORN
A THOUSAND YEARS AGO
I LIVED
AFTER THE DEATH OF A PLUM
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I WAS BORN
A THOUSAND YEARS AGO
I LIVED
AFTER THE DEATH OF A PLUM
GIVE ME TWO ARMS
AND A LITTLE FOOT
AND A LITTLE FOOT
WATER, ALCHOLOLL, SPIRIT
BUBBLE BECOMES ME NOW
BUBBLE BECOMES ME NOW
SO, NICE TO MEET YOU
STANDING ON MY FEET
I WANT TO GET CLOSER
FEEL
MEASURE THE CURVES YOU HAVE
GRAVITY
I USED TO CHASE YOU
WHENEVER, WHEREVER, HOWEVER
BUT IT’S TIME FOR ME TO FLY
AWAY FROM YOUR TIES
AWAY FROM YOUR TIES
FLOATING
ROTATING
BALANCING
ROTATING
BALANCING
TRAVELLING
NOT KNOWING WHAT IS IN FRONT OF ME
YET ALWAYS REMEMBER WHERE I HAVE BEEN
Story II. « Just A Little »
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE GROUND SLITS
A LITTLE RUPTURE
CHASM OF THE LAND
SLOWLY DESCENDING
INTO THE UNKNOWN
THE GEOLOGICAL MEMORY OF THE LAND
SEEDS FALL AND GROW
CONCRETE STAINS
ANIMALS VISIT AND LEAVE
SEASONS ALTER
TOUCH TIME
AGE
WRINKLES OF NATURE
THE SILHOUETTE OF SKY
WILL GUIDE YOUR WAY
WE COULD ONLY KNOW WHAT’S HIDDEN
ONCE WE BOW DOWN AND TAKE A STEP
