REPRESENTATION

Representation is a representation of a writer's retreat in the Mojave Desert. This project focuses on using representation as a generative method for architecture.

Entering the desert is disorientating. Memories are fragmented and location is unimportant. I am interested in amplifying the qualities of the desert to create a state of mind that is unique to the desert in the writer’s retreat. ECSTASY, DELIRIUM, MORTALITY, and UNCANNY are the words that were evoked in my mind while I was on site. The process of representation involves translation between words and visualization. Each word represents a character. Written characteristics are translated into visualizations. Visualizations are composed then translated into architecture. 
Writers will be transported into a different world when they cross the threshold into the writer’s retreat. Whether it is the world of the future or the past or if this is reality, it is unclear. The retreat aims to design their life like how set design designs a character’s life. This set intends to alter the writer’s consciousness. By altering the writer’s mental state, their writing will also be freed. (fall 2021)