Matrix Bestand
Railpark Renovation // Marketplace
CORE 502: HYPEROBJECT
Location: Callowhill Neighborhood, Philadelphia, PA
Instructed by Ezio Blasetti
Individual Project, SP 2022
Featured in Pressing Matters 11
“Nature is the featureless remainder...” -Timorthy Morton
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We built, then abandoned. Rail Park in the Callowhill neighborhood in Philadelphia is one of many examples of abandoned human products, or more specifically abandoned infrastructure. Market itself is a hyperobject that operates on a multiplicity of dimensions in different ways and degrees of access, yet the fact that the abandoned aspect of a market adds another layer of dimension is crucial to this project. Therefore, I introduce the plant market, embracing the wild, and creating a hybrid condition where the wildlife also occupies the place, but at a different time and scale. We are no different from these wild plants: humans at the beginning occupy most of the space while the wild starts to grow on top of the structure grid; at the end, these wild plants fully occupied along with human presence.
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From point cloud to extension of line/wireframe, to surfaces for creating an enclosure, and to volume, it adds additional layers of tectonic. Through varied levels of tectonic development, it creates a superstructure and a new grid on top of the existing one, colliding with the city grid, colliding with its surroundings, making an impact, and eventually merging into one.
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