The use of the Acrylic Cell material (Made from PETG Sheets and then thermoformed to a proper shape), has many benefits and then many issues.
Unlike any other material available under use of the DA Architects group, this one offers versatility in many fields of examination. Considering that this project deals with visuality and negotiation, this material will allow for site conditions to negotiate their dual qualities. It also allows for an interactive visual game to be formed between passerbys. Cells can be molded smaller or larger in response to predetermined site conditions; smaller cells in response to sunlight, wind, rain, and larger in response to spacial necessity. It also initiates a game of peek-a-boo with others. Cars driving by will get glimpses of figures walking through/around/by these structures and visa-verse.
Acrylic cells are not there to necessarily create formal spatial moves, but to facilitate the entry into these spaces. When together, they make a continuous surface that intercepts pedestrians at points of friction within the site (usually points where the pedestrian must decide which path to take next, place of entry, and places of exit). This surface then will lead them to the entrance of Slocum Hall and into its confines.
The issues that arrive however is how it interacts with the already existing site. The requisite of a secondary, site-relevant material poses an intriguing question of action-reaction. Perhaps in the presence of this cellular material, other materials warp and lose their own focus. Perhaps those materials begin to skin the skin?
Additionally, nixing any previous thoughts of stairwells, perhaps this material sweeps up the building and begins to reskin the surface, allowing for an interplay of interior and exterior conditions. Surfaces begin to mesh and intermesh, creating an intriguing condition of who is what and which is where.
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