Speculations : traces of the axonometric machine

The following thesis implements a process of imaginative

spatial development; First, through the use of illusionary representation

techniques to manipulate conventional axonometric drafting

practices in order to create impossible spatial arrangements. And

second, through constructing architectural models to translate the

resultant spatial illusions into allusions of architectural possibilities.

The inquiry challenges current axonometric drawing practices

in architectural representation by developing an alternative

methodology of axonometric drawing that acts as a generator of

space, form, ideas and design through the provocation and manipulation

of one's imagination.

The thesis will demonstrate how spatial development techniques

can be used to generate and inspire an imaginative full-scale

prototype of what might otherwise be a generic object, through

the application of typical criteria used to define and develop the

object. The prototype is a representation of the architecture that

exists within the traces of its own design; demonstrating the applicability

and potential of the investigating process of imaginative

spatial development.