Transformation
2016, Thesis ProjectThe project Transformation is driven by my curiosity of the content-form relation in finding how form relates to content and whether there is a derivative relation in between. Strongly influenced by contemporary critical thinking and philosophy, I juxtaposed language with architecture, comparing the semantics-syntax relation to content-form relation. In the process of finding what is the “being” of architecture, I encountered the concept of “Différance” developed by Derrida and adopted this concept in an experimental process of making architecture, which became the project Transformation.
Language and Architecture
breathing form from Xinru Liu on Vimeo.
water_wave from Xinru Liu on Vimeo.
Form Exploration
Glacier as the Site
Glacier arrives as a perfect incarnation of “Différance”; the formation process of a glacier is a process of differing – the change of molecule density differentiates ice from water – as well as a process of deferring – the constant displacement of ice forms the geometry of glacier.
