Week 6: A Room of disruptions “The Maze”

Chosen Scene from the Film #TheCryingGame

Snapshots from the film showing various disruptions/barriers in the room.

Floor plan of the scene and Highlighted barriers in the floor plan of the scene.

The collage is trying to portray the sense ambiguity that is created by physical barriers.

Important elements of barriers presented in the room.

This perspective drawing of the room reveals its maze like nature and how its trying to disguise one space from the other with the help of curtains, shelves, solid walls, doors, windows and cut out facades.

LABYRINTH CONCEPT IN ARCHITECTURE “MAZE”

Labyrinth, also called maze, system of intricate passageways and blind alleys. “Labyrinth” was the name given by the ancient Greeks and Romans to buildings, entirely or partly subterranean, containing a number of chambers and passages that rendered egress difficult.

Features such as encapsulating, concealing, revealing, hiding and unfolding change immediately and unexpectedly but sometimes they happen together simultaneously. “A labyrinth can be considered as a folding or even extension of space. Geometrically, the principle of the labyrinth is, within the confines of its overall shape, to fold the pathway to the centre so as to make the walking length as long as possible. The labyrinth performs an extreme of how architecture transforms spatial proximities by the arrangement of boundaries and connections.”¹ Labyrinths are perceived like it has a very straight and linear way to a goal, however, entangled circulations (paths, corridors etc.) concretizes this journey in a contrasting manner.