This was an undergraduate student project by Kevin Magee for Mark Ours's ARCH 241 course, Autumn 2005. For a project about surface depth, we were asked to think about objects and art forms that exhibit some type of layering. I decided to analyze graffiti. The next task was figuring out what about your object creates the layers. I chose my operative word to be 'entanglement.' Then we had to come up with a technique displaying our operative word while not straying too far from the nuances of our object. I initially attempted to tension wire between screws and drape papier mache over the wires. The result was unsuccessful but led me to my method of using different thicknesses of string and twine, entangling multiple networks resembling different systems, together. This was how I constructed the site we were given. From there we were directed to choose the most logical place for the program to be applied, and build that site at a larger scale using the technique we developed. The final model consisted of three basic networks, paths (car and human), vegetation, and a subverted network composed of parking, restrooms, and a concessions area. These networks are entangled with one another in order to force an entanglement experience on all of those who navigate the rest area. - Kevin Magee This work is a part of the online collections of the Knowlton School of Architecture Student Archives, The Ohio State University. It is part of an effort to make accessible student work ranging from the first student that graduated from the program in 1903 to the present. The effort to preserve and digitize drawings in the Student Archives was sponsored in part by the Graham Foundation. Keywords: student work, KSA, models.
