This project was a multi phased investigation of proportion and color theory; also to study the role they play within architecture. To interconnect these ideas in developing a design for a media wall through metaphors, analogies, or theories. This was expressed through drawings, models, and digital medium. The project was also utilized to To familiarize oneself with essential structural and architectural terms.

Emerging from the flattening of the landscapes he viewed from his Santa Monica studio, Richard Diebenkorn’s Ocean Park series has a certain proportioning system inherent to them. While arising mainly from the lyrical abstraction of the landscape, the geometric fields create a semi-systematic pseudo-order that is willfully evaluated and determined by the artist. On the other hand Le Corbusier’s Modulor system – a more rigid anthropometric system- dictates over willfulness through regulating lines based on the Golden Ratio and Fibonacci numbers. Developed to bridge the Imperial and Metric system, Corbusier used this system along with his five points to create architectural masterpieces. Deduced primarily from understanding works of these men, a theory was developed to compare/contrast the general philosophy and key ideas. The theory characterized Diebenkorn’s paintings as being more extroverted, as he was confined in his studio space constantly looking out and painting the open landscape outside. While profiling Corbusier’s works is more introverted, taming the free/open plan within a confound space- white cube amidst nature.
Furthering into the project, Diebenkorn’s #83 was selected for analysis. Through a series of hand drawings original colors were studied, but the fields were re-proportioned to that of the Modular. Then a basswood model was executed, with the depth of the panels and other elements were directly related to the color theory embodied in the original painting. Through these studies, emerged a deeper appreciation of architectural methodologies, and an understanding of how one might bridge the the abstract and concrete, to be willful with constraints, and to ethereally relate interdisciplinary works.

ARCH 4551// Design Studio I_ Fall 2009 University of Texas at Arlington<br>Published: TEX Files 3 & Crit 69 Journal. Selected for School of Architecture biannual exhibit