Urban Surface

In “Programming the Urban Surface”, Wall breaks down the term “landscape” as being not only about the plants surrounding the building, but also about the entire area to connect and interact with other parts of the city or surrounding space. I found Wall’s case study of the trolly line in Paris by Alexandre Chemetoff a great example of how an infrastructure can connect multiple places at one time through design and form new interaction with the space and the people who use the space.

At the end of his article Wall suggests different strategies for linking landscape and the urban plane. In particular, I found the principle of “folding” very relative to my current design. By folding the surfaces of the building I can allow interaction between multiple spaces by joining interior and exterior spaces and each of the spaces formed by the folding of the surface can be developed by the program. This strategy allows for the building to become more adaptable.