The ancient Mayans used their site's natural resources in a way that emulated the topography of the area. They positioned Palenque in a region bordered by limestone and, thus, used this stone to construct such buildings as Palenque's Palace and Temple of Inscriptions. The Mayans then designed such buildings to mirror the sloping terrain. They literally paralleled their cityscapes to their environment; it is as if the city rose from the ground and was shaped by the elements in the same way the actual land was.Update:
words = fold (verb: to fold), layer (verb: to layer), datum (noun: the datum)
My project's purpose is to fold the ground and construction and to layer masses in order to create points of power within "Palenque".
The site and intervention above are a relief construct that display the relevence of status within both the Mayan society and the future business empire that will occupy what was once the Palace of Palenque. The future business will use the theory that this project is based on in order to build their hierarchial structure; it will still emulate the land to form a powerpoint at the peak and will layer the multileveled structure to inform status amongst the company.
Chrissie, how did you do superpose the drawings, I really like that, it emphasize your theory.
ReplyDeleteThank you. Yes, I superimposed the images on photoshop after editing the lower layer in order to show the relationship for where my theory was at that point in time.
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