Master of Architecture Thesis Rice University 
analysis of designs

Orange Series Transformation: Bend
Stage for activation: 33
Green Series Transformation: Twist
Stage for activation: 24
Purple Series Transformation: Stretch
Stage for activation: 25
Orange Series Transformation: Bend
Stage for activation: 33
Green Series Transformation: Twist
Stage for activation: 24
Purple Series Transformation: Stretch
Stage for activation: 25
Although designing the system to generate the collection of objects was the primary challenge and objective, achieving this step was not the completion of the thesis. The output of the system, the designed objects, would have to prove the ability to possess a multiplicity of functions. The ambiguous nature of the objects was inherent and built into the system. Projecting uses onto the outputs would be the test and measure of the relative success of the system and the stance the thesis is taking. Of the 216 objects, three were selected to project uses onto, each from a different series. The three objects were all from the latter portion of the series. This was to select objects that are further from the “box” state, and most different from each other. There was a consideration of selecting objects that had a balance of straight and curved components. Other than these two criteria, the selection of the three objects was not systematic in the way they were produced. The objects were selected, the position in which they could sit on their own was oriented, and they were set aside for a moment. Deciding how these objects would become “activated” was the next step.

The initial interest of this thesis began at the human scale, and mostly continued in this way. Scale was of focus for a moment when exploring designs through material, however was temporarily sidelined. When it came to projecting uses onto the objects, scale had a crucial role to play. Through discussions, it was decided that the ultimate multiplicity of these objects would be proven through an activation at various scales. Not only can the shape be multiple things when it is the size of your hand, but also when it is the size of a couch, or even a pavilion. To continue the pattern of 36 stages in each series, each object was activated 36 times. Six different scales were selected, each object being activated in each scale six times. The scales of the objects were consistent with each other in each scale shift. The uses projected onto each object were not all the same, and they were not all different. There are cases in which the same use is projected on the same object in different scales, cases where a specific use is projected onto only one object, and instances where a use is projected onto all three objects and at various scales.

The objects selected to activate are from the series depicted. Once the objects were selected and oriented, it was decided that it was crucial to show the objects from all angles. The three objects were illustrated from all around, turning ten degrees each time to complete the set again in 36 stages.

Feyza Mutlu
Master of Architecture Thesis
Rice University School of Architecture linkedin.com/in/feyza-mutlu
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