Week Nine : Developing an Emergent Typology

With culture, design and practise continually reinventing themselves I have purposely spent time this week researching and contemplating both withstanding and emergent; macro and micro typologies in retail and spatial design. With so much ourselves embedded in the built environment I felt it prudent to consider how society has to-date shaped spaces which speak to consumption. In moving forward it is my intention not to discount 'past' spatial models but to use them to inform what I envision as an emergent typology in collaboration and exchange. The below diagram is a better visualisation of what I am attempting to convey.

Applying such notions to a marketplace setting I can appreciate the application of various solutions as being highly effective to achieve the animation which I am striving to support. Working from the idea of hive structure I would suggest that the facilitation of exchange is developed in a bottom-up manner, initially from the scale of a closed loop; such as that of a family unit; to a cluster of individuals with similar ideologies; to an open cluster of democratic participation and at the ultimate scale as a hub; aggregating multiple models and levels of interaction. See the below diagram.

Proposing an emergent typology then which redefines consumption it is my intention to take from existing spatial models and develop an aggregated manifestation that facilitates holistic and far-reaching collaboration through shared space, adaptability and deeply embedded community ownership and participation. The below diagram illustrates further. Ultimately it is my endeavour for the space to not only facilitate exchange at the level of site and precinct but also facilitate a mutual enrichment through dialogue with the region at large.