AGGREGATION, STRUCTURE, SPACE: REDEFINING THE APARTMENT BLOCK
A lattice formation of octagons creates a multiplicity of space, varying in scale and location, scattered throughout the building. the resulting curvature of movement enables by the tessellated of octagons break down the rigidity of the form, creating natural meanders alike arteries and veins in the human system, while retaining an order.
The plan tames the 'chaotic nature of humankind', as mentioned in Aureli's Life Abstracted: Notes on the Floor Plan, a species which resists abrupt differences, now abolished by the smooth transitional paths of this octagonal lattice.
Lockton’s ‘embedded code’ of the system by controlling human behaviour is exemplified in the manipulation of the forces of nature, psychologically drawing users to key areas of interaction and convergence.
