Experiment 2: Week two – Hypotheses of two clients forming a “Electroliquid Aggregation”  

“Why still speak of the real and the virtual, the material and immaterial? Here these categories are not in opposition, or in some metaphysical disagreement, but more in an electroliquid aggregation, enforcing each other, as in a two part adhesive.”

Lars Spuybroek, [1998] Motor Geometry, Architectural Design, Vol 68 No 5/6, p5

Rewritten Hypothesis 

“Dream are a way of exploring into the unconscious mind, until we are woken by a conscious force”  

Through both Sigmund Freud’s and Issac Newton’s hypothesis an electroliquid aggregation has been formed. The piece of architecture that brings them together is not only designed for them however allows the testing of their experimental hypothesis. For example Sigmund Freud’s hypotheses of “Dreams are a way of exploring the unconscious” is reinforced in this piece of architecture. The large plane that cantilevers over the land form, disappears into a slit like space in the cliff. This represents a conscious space that a person can move freely move out of to explore their unconscious mind. Overall a dreamy approach has been taken to design. This can be seen as the client’s laboratory is only a small detail in the overpowering structure that tightly entraps the mountain terrain around it. Issac Newtons Hypotheses on the other hand “ An object will remain in motion until acted upon by an external force” is explored through the levels above Sigmund’s laboratory. I wanted a space that rapped around the structure engaging terrain and architecture. This space could explore the effects of various objects when acted upon, as the space comes to an abrupt end with a large wall that cuts through the mountain. The meeting space for both clients can be found on the large cantilevered platform. This is where both clients can further explore their ideas together with a close tie to the environment above, below and around them.