Circulation Studies

The following shows the pedestrian pattern around the current building:

This is what would happen if the building were not there:

Study one of interior flow:
This assumes you could somehow move up and down on a (double helix)spiral ramp.

And with vertical ascent and spiral descent:

And with escalators in a U patern:

Or with parallell escalators:

And finally, based on this a vague vision of a new building envelope based on these patterns.

Work while in Bean Town

Here is the site for our new Apple Store on Copely Square (The building on the corner would be replaced) This post is to provide a space for a commentary from my "Affinity Group" partner, Eddie Alvardo, on progress during the intensive.

Some Refining

Here is the latest version. I have adjusted some intensities and sizes to change with time. I decided that white was the most intense so the most recent text is white and it grays out as you go back in time. I added the local research as well.

The Sketch Developed - 1st Draft

This is a start on what I was getting at in my previous post. I have attempted to add the element of time by increasing the thickness and the darkness of the connection lines over time. The associated text also increases in size and darkness. The "object of my desires" is the most intense image as it is the culmination of the experience as it comes home with me.

Is it temporal yet?

This sketch of a map of the world-nation-state-home-iPhone is a first attempt to get something down on paper for this assignment.

I would have - probably colored - lines of connection to show the various steps. I would add the element of time by varying the intensity of the images with the most recent being the most intense. I will add text to chart out the progression though time and will also vary the intensity of the text depending on the elapsed time. Will it be temporal?

Now I am losing sleep...

It seems that all this week, I have been waking up early and not been able to get back to sleep for that all-important 20-30 minutes of polishing off the restful experience. The reason for this is that as soon as I wake my mind starts working toward solving all of these problems / issues for the BAC program......

Anyway, a thought from this morning. As this is an on-line program, conducted primarily in the blog-o-sphere, how does that affect anyones ablility to "audit" the class. Traditionally, most universities will allow students to attend classes and complete assignments (or not) just for interest sake and without the pressure or the possibility of recieving a grade. So, because this program is posted for all of the world to see, should we also allow any interested students (assuming they can actually find the blogs) to participate in the online discussions and assignments?

Apple Experience Map/Diagram/???

In an urgent plea to Ted Galante, I wrote:

Perhaps it is my innate pragmatism; perhaps I am being resistant to new ideas, but…

Frankly, our first assignment has left me baffled. Our task to map an experience in time (and space) is certainly intriguing enough, though I do not have any idea yet what the final product will look like.

Etc, etc, etc...

Well, I still don't have any idea what the the final product will look like, but I have decided to just let that go...

I am a firm believer in the creative mind being informed by our sub-conscious and unconscious minds. Some of my most creative solutions have come to me upon waking up in the morning or following a short nap. I have also tapped into my creative mind through peripatetic thinking - thought where your conscious mind is distracted by some physical activity like walking, swimming, or taking a shower. This frees up your subconscious mind to work the problem. For this to happen though, you must feed your subconscious mind with all the information that it needs to arrive at a creative solution. This mean your conscious mind must fully understand the needs and conditions for the problem to be solved. This is the research phase.

So I have started doing some research....



It seemed timely that I should research the process of acquiring an iPhone.

I visited Apple's web-site for the company line.

I read two articles in the August 21, 2007 PC Magazine:

iPhone: The Anatomy of the Hype
... a media spectacle that saw lines two blocks long...

and, Apple iPhone - Fun, Fabulous, and Flawed

They found the Audio, Video, and Internet were outstanding, but as a phone, they found the sound quality to be poor and the reception to be weak.

Consumer reports, September 2007, came to similar conclusions: "As a phone: The device is so-so in sound quality and lacks some common phone features... As an MP3 Player: The iPhone excels...

CR's Take: The iPhone is at least competent in all key tasks... Buy it now and you'll get a versatile, innovative device with a high price and a few warts. Future versions may well address some of those shortcomings and cost less too"

I found out from ATT that the closest store where I can purchase the iPhone is in Brunswick, about 45 minutes away. If I decide to make this trip, I will have to take the scenic route via US1 so I can stop at the Taste of Maine in Woolwich http://www.tasteofmaine.com/

and eat a lobster so I can get some building materials for my lobster shell mosaic of my experience......