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Ezekiel Fairbanks 2018 Allegories of Mythical Characters: Inhabiting the Hebrew Alphabet

by

Ezekiel Fairbanks

School of Architecture

College of Design, Construction & Planning

A thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Architecture

Faculty Advisors: Mark McGlothlin Jason Alread

University of Florida

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3 48 53 55 37 42 32 9 4 2 Allegories of Mythical Characters The HebrewAlphabet Introduction air. , ,andAlephrepresentthese elementsrespectively. three letters symbolize the primordial elements of all existing things, water, fire, and ly explaineachletterbutthemagnifying glasswillrestuponthethreemothers.These Of thesethreegroups,thefocus willremainonthethreemothers.Thebookbrief three categories.Themothers, thesevendoubles,andtwelvesimpleletters. Through theHebrewalphabet,all thingsarecreated.Theletterssubdividedinto to revealmythicalallegorieshiddenwithin. finite universe, God’ creation. Kabbalists unpack the Hebrew alphabet by letter tempts toexplaintheairbetweendivine,eternalandmysterious God,andthe Kabbalah isanancientJewishtraditionofmythicalinterpretation oftheBible;Itat the lensofKabbalahtopreservethosesacredlogics. has sacredoriginsandsotheprimarymethodtounpacktheseletters willbethrough Hebrew alphabetbyinterpretingtheasarchitecture.The Hebrewlanguage The intentionofthisprocessistocreatehabitablespacewithin thelettersof - - Collage Studies 3 Allegories of Mythical Characters Precedent Studies 4 Allegories of Mythical Characters 4. Picasso, Picasso, 4. Picasso, 3. Picasso, 2. Picasso, 1. Pablo because ofhisinterplaybetween differentrealities. which meanstoplay. This wordassociationwasveryappropriatetoPicasso’s earlyworkwithcubism Jour, inFrench,translatesto‘theday’.Jou,aFrench wordfragmentistherootofverbJouer An exampleofthisinPicasso’s workwashisuseof the fragmentedpartsofword‘journal’.Le the ambiguousfragmentsusedincubistworkwerecharacterized bytheuseofmetaphorapun. stantly wasLeJournal.Itneverappearedasawholeinanyofhisworks, butratherinfragments.Manyof Picasso wasknowntouseseveralreferencesnewspapersthat read,butonethatreoccurredcon 1914 1913–early late Picasso, 1. Pablo Figure Artist Pablo Picasso Le journal Le Bottle of Vieux Marc, Glass and Newspaper and Glass Marc, Vieux of Bottle Still life with violin and fruits and violin with life Still Student with a Newspaper a with Student 1912, artnet. Student with a Newspaper a with Student 1912, Philadelphia Museum of Art, WikiArt. Art, of Museum Philadelphia 1912, , late 1914, 1913–early of https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/500449. Museum Metropolitan Art, , , 1913, Georges Pompidou Center, WikiArt. and Newspaper and Picasso, Pablo 2. Figure , 1913 , Bottle of Vieux Marc, Glass Glass Marc, Vieux of Bottle -

This iswherecuriosityemerged about howlanguagecouldserveassymbolsincollage-making. also beusedasideogramsincollage-making. can words way a in So definition. a than rather representation a as act can collages Wordsin sides. rim of the glass which has isolated the O by obliterating the presence of the J and U with its sloped gular letterthatitrepresentsinthealphabet,andsecondasadescription oftheroundquality sin the as uses he first, The things. two as Journal in O the uses he paintings, his of one In shapes. Picasso alsousedwordsbeyondtheirsocialmeanings.Hebegan toplaywiththeiractualformsand 1912 Picasso, Pablo 3. Figure Still life with violin and fruits and violin with life Still

Figure 4. Pablo Picasso, Picasso, Pablo 4. Figure Le journal Le 1912 Cubism Paintings (1912-1914) - 5 Allegories of Mythical Characters 7. Nicholson, Appliance House (Cambridge U.a.: MIT Press, 1990), 19 1990), Press, MIT U.a.: (Cambridge House Appliance 17 1990), 7. Nicholson, Press, MIT U.a.: (Cambridge House Appliance 45. 1990), Nicholson, 6. Press, MIT U.a.: (Cambridge House Appliance Nicholson, Ben 5. artist. the of Collage making,ontheotherhand, cannotfullycontrolwhatoccursinthejuxtapositionsbecause it fingers the through pass to canvas the on mark every require drawing and “Painting This suggests that one must reflect after every collage and contemplatively criticize his own process. it.” something withinthesoulthatlongstocomeforward,soheengages incollage-makingtoadvance “A trainedcollagistrequirestheactofcollagemakingtobecontemplative. Heknowsthatthereis Architect Ben Nicholson 6 Inthissentence,Nicholsontalks aboutcollagemakingasaprocessthatrequiresexperience. Figure 5. Ben Nicholson, Telamon Cupboard Sections architectural languageontothecharacters sothattheycanbeaccessedthroughthelensofarchitecture. Collage-making playsahugerole inunpackingtheHebrewlanguage.Itallowsjuxtapositioningof an making. Itusesfoundobjectswhichholdacertainenergywithin. uses readymade components.” 7 There is a force out of our control when we use collage as a way of Collages +Drawings

6 Allegories of Mythical Characters 8. “Oxygen House, Douglas Darden,” , accessed April TheLab-lab, 24, 2018, http://www.thelab-lab.com/image-log/2015/1/31/oxygen-house-douglas-darden.html. Architectural Designer Douglas Darden Figure 8. Douglas Darden, Oxygen House Oxygen other letters:,Vav, andNun. innately does this. For example, Shin is a composite of three letters togetheratcertainmoments;theHebrewalphabet Dis/continuous Genealogymethodbycompilingagroupof view each letter as a sort of ideogram. I adopt Darden’s At certainpointsduringtheexplorationofalphabet,I images andrepresentationratherthanaudiblemeans. like hieroglyphics for example. It communicates through Genealogy. Ideograms can take form as language as well, ideograms. HecallsthisprocessoflayeringDis/continuous an architectural allegory that derives meaning from the Through theassemblyoftheseideograms,heconstructs House throughtheconstructionofindividualideograms. Douglas DardenhasamethodformakingtheOxygen Dis/continuous genealogies Ideogram

7 Allegories of Mythical Characters 9. “John Hejduk Architect Mask Of Medusa,” Mask Of Medusa Pdf Architecture, , accessed April 24, 2018, http://icctrack.com/84op489/. 2018, 24, April ,accessed Architecture, Pdf Medusa Of Mask Medusa,” Of Mask Architect Hejduk “John 9. Architect John Hejduk Figure 9. John Hejduk, Victims in astateofabandon. themselves find which memories compelling and collective “masques” arealwaysrelatedtosubjectsthattied the Hebrewalphabet.ProjectsthataretiedtoHejduk’s embody acharacter. Iappliedthislogictothelettersof projects. These masques are architectural structures that John Hejdukhasarecurringthemeofmasquesinhis housed atorturechamberthatwasusedduringWWII. ed neartheBerlinWall inaGestapoheadquarterthat construction of a memorial park. This site was locat It isanentryforacompetitionheldinBerlinthe “Victims” isthetitleofprojectbyJohnHejduk. Masks of Medusa of Masks -

8 Allegories of Mythical Characters The Alphabet The 9 Allegories of Mythical Characters Love –1John4:16 Light –Isaiah10:17 Fire –Deuteronomy4:24 All ofthesethingshemanifestsasbeginwiththealeph. God manifestshimselfasthreethingsthroughouttheBible. Hebrew alphabet. cided alephwasmostdeservingtobethe“father”of ing tosay. GodwasimpressedwithhishumilitythatHede noth had and silence in responded he letters all of first the through ’s meeknesswhenaskedwhyheshouldbe that us tells fable a because letters all of first the is Aleph when usedtogetherwithalephitmeans“strongauthority” teacher. Lamedrepresentsauthorityandayokeaswellso the leaderorfatherisyokedtoothersasaand stronger one leads the less experienced one. Within a clan, ter alsorepresentsaleader. Whentwooxenareyokedthe and powerfromtheworkperformedbyanimal.Thislet The pictographisofanoxheadwhichrepresentsstrength Alphabetical order:1stLetter Aleph א

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ֵ Meaning: Power, Authority, Strength Pictograph: Oxhead Numerical value:1 Sound: ah, eh ah, Sound: 10 Allegories of Mythical Characters translates to“InthebeginningwasSonofAleph…” The beginningofthisphrasebeginswiththeletterBeytand Jacob”. of house “The example, for patriarch, family’s that of house the identify to is a family designate to way A common section. women’s the to men’s the from entrance an and section men’s the of front the at was entrance The women’s. and men’s sections, two into divided were tents Hebrew The Alphabetical order:2ndLetter Beyt ב ראשיתהיהבן אלף ב Meaning: Family,Meaning: In House, Pictograph: Tent Floorplan Numerical value:2 Sound: B, Bh (v) Bh B, Sound: 11 Allegories of Mythical Characters to thewater” “walk” and“water”.Whenreadtogetheritmeans“walk graph scriptforgamismemandgimelwhichrepresents of animalsgatheringatawateringholetodrink.Thepicto The wordgammeanstogathertogethersuchasagroup an “L”. gamma suggestthattheoriginofnamedidnotinclude the rootofgimel.TheArabicletterGeemandGreek The originalnameforthisletterisprobablygam,which Alphabetical order:3rdLetter ג - Meaning: Gather, Walk Numerical value:3 Pictograph: Foot Sound: G 12 Allegories of Mythical Characters pole anddangleddown. “dangle” as the doors to tents usually hung from a roof moves backandforththroughadoor. Itcanalsomean canalsomean“abackandforthmovement”asone letter. this with associated pictograph the is fish the that unlikely it’s “dag” is fish for word Hebrew the Since door. means also “dal” is which word the of root The “door”. means literally which dalet is letter the for name modern The door. or a a fish of a picture is it Either graph. There are two possibilities for the origins of the picto Alphabetical order:4thLetter Dalet ד - Meaning: Move, Hang, Entrance Entrance Hang, Move, Meaning: Numerical value:4 Pictograph: Door Sound: 13 Allegories of Mythical Characters Abram kenness ofhumanity. sentation of the presence of God in the midst of the bro represents thebrokennessofhumanitythenHeyisarepre which forms Hey. Since Aleph is a symbol of God and Dalet A fablereadsthatYod leftAlephtobecomepartofDalet does whenlookingatagreatsight. ing “behold”.Heycanalsomean“breath”or“sigh”asone The originalmeanforthisletterwasaHebrewword Alphabetical order:5thLetter Hey אברם came Abraham. You can see the addition of the letter Hey when Abram be

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ם Abraham הָ רָ בְ ַ א ְר - - - - Pictograph: Manwitharmsraised Meaning: Reveal, Look, Breath Numerical value:5 Sound: H, eh H, Sound: 14 Allegories of Mythical Characters this letter is to add or secure as its pictograph indicates. indicates. pictograph its as secure or add to is letter this of meaning “hook”. “peg” or The means that aword Vav is off. ping slip from rope the prevent to Yshaped were and wood of made were pegs These peg. atent of is pictograph The Alphabetical order:6thLetter Vav ו - Meaning: Add, Secure, Hook Sound: W, ow, uw Sound: Numerical value:6 Pictograph: Peg 15 Allegories of Mythical Characters Sabbath. of theBible.Suchasseventhdayweek,The The numbersevenhassignificantmeaninginthecontext the letterwhichbecamezeta. and “cut”.Therootofzayiniszan.Greeksadopted as amattockorplow. Thislettermeans“harvest,”“food,” The pictographissometypeofagriculturaldevicessuch Alphabetical order:7thLetter Zayin

ז Pictograph: Mattock / Hoe /Plow /Hoe Pictograph: Mattock Meaning: Food, Cut, Nourish Numerical value:7 Sound: 16 Allegories of Mythical Characters ter. hhets, whichmeans“wall”,isprobablytheoriginoflet The ModernHebrewnamehhetmeansstring,buttheword together lightly. Hhet isacompositionofvavandzayin.Theyarebridged which means“life”. Hhet representslife.istheprominentletterinchai Alphabetical order:8thLetter Hhet ח - Meaning: Outside, Divide Half Divide Outside, Meaning: Numerical value:8 Pictograph: Wall Sound: Hh 17 Allegories of Mythical Characters means mudorclay, thematerialtoconstructbaskets. This letterwasprobablyoriginallypronouncedthet,which this letterbecametheGreek“theta”. sound. WhentheGreeksadoptedHebrewlanguage The 22ndletteroftheHebrewalphabetistavwitha“t” The letteralsomeansstoreandclay. fish. catching for nets as used also were baskets Wicker Hebrew. Theystoredgrains,tools,food,andotheritems. er orclay. Containerswereanimportantitemfornomadic The original pictograph is a container made of either wick Alphabetical order:9thLetter Tet ט - Meaning: Surround, Contain, Mud Pictograph: Basket Numerical value:9 Sound: Th 18 Allegories of Mythical Characters The Greeksadoptedthisletterasiota. cient Hebrew, thisletterdoubledasavowelwithanIsound. The modern pronunciation of this letter is a “y” but in an “hand”. Thiswastheoriginalnameforletter. Yod isthederivativeoftwo-letterwordyadwhichmeans ing oftheletteristothrow. The pictographofthelettersisanarmandhand.mean Alphabetical order:10thLetter Yod י - - Meaning: Work, Throw, Make, Praise Make, Throw, Work, Meaning: Pictograph: Armandclosedhand Numerical value:10 Sound: Y, iy Sound: 19 Allegories of Mythical Characters the ancientnameforthisletter. The modernnameiskaphwhichmeans“palm”andalso individual whohassuccumbedtoanother’s will. of thepalm.Italsomeanstotameorsubduesuchasan of theletterarebendandcurveinreferencetoshape The pictographisanopenpalmofahand.meanings Alphabetical order:11thLetter כ Meaning: Bend, Open, Allow, Tame Allow, Open, Bend, Meaning: Sound: K (stop), Kh (spirant) Kh K(stop), Sound: Pictograph: OpenPalm Numerical value:20 20 Allegories of Mythical Characters Alphabetical order:12thLetter Lahmed The Greeksadoptedthisletteraslamda. one’s shouldersorsimilarlyayokethatisboundtoananimal. Another meaningis“yoke”whichanimageofthestaffon the leader. cause theshepherdholdsstaffandissymbolof toward adirection. This letteralsomeans“authority,” be The meaningofthisletteris“toward”asmovingsomething used asaweapontoprotectthesheep. direct sheep by eitherpushing or pullingthem. It wasalso The pictographisashepherd’s staff.Thestaffwasusedto

Meaning: Teach, Yoke, Bind, Toward Yoke, Bind, Teach, Meaning: ל Pictograph: ShepherdStaff Numerical value:30 Sound: L -

21 Allegories of Mythical Characters Alphabetical order:13thLetter Mem to searchtheunknown. and unknownplacesothisletterisusedasaquestionword word mayimwhichmeans“water”.Theseawasafeared The modernnamememprobablyderivesitselffromthe storms thatcomefromit. The mightyandmassivesizeoftheseachaos of liquid. This letterisapictureofwaveswater. Themeaningis מ Meaning: Chaos, Mighty, Blood Mighty, Chaos, Meaning: Numerical value:40 Pictograph: Water Sound: M 22 Allegories of Mythical Characters Alphabetical order:14thLetter and “heir”. Nun isa Hebrew wordthatmeans“continue,” “offspring,” resents theideaofcontinuingortoperpetuateoffspring. The ancientpictographisofaseedsproutingwhichrep Meaning: Continue, Heir, Continue, Meaning: Son Pictograph: SproutingSeed נ Numerical value:50 Sound: N - 23 Allegories of Mythical Characters Alphabetical order:15thLetter Samehh thorn. for samekhwas“sin”sincesinistheHebrewworda Greek derivative is Ksi. It is possible that the original name The modernmeaningoftheletteristo“support”. “grab hold”asthornsdotoclothing. to is meaning Another flock. their protect to bushes thorn This letteralsomeansashieldbecauseshepherdsused “sharp”. This picture of the thorn has meanings of “pierce” and for pictograph window. a and thorn, a fish, a the include Possibilities Samehh. of origin the for possibilities Several ס Meaning: Grab, Hate, Protect Hate, Grab, Meaning: Numerical value:60 Pictograph: Thorn Sound: S 24 Allegories of Mythical Characters Alphabetical order:16thLetter language converted this silent letter into a vowel sound “o”. to alsohavebeenasilentcharacterinthepast.TheGreek This letterissilentinthemodernHebrewlanguage.Itseems The nameoftheletterayinmeanseye. knowledge becausetheeyeiswindowofknowledge. The letterportraysideasofseeingandwatchingaswell ע Meaning: Watch, Know, Shade Numerical value:70 Pictograph: Eye Sound: Silent 25 Allegories of Mythical Characters Alphabetical order:17thLetter Pey like “f” There aretwowaystopronouncethisletter“P”and“Ph” edges ofthemouth. mouth. Also,themeaning“edge”sincelipsareat graph means“speak”and“blow”fromthefunctionsof picto letter’s This “mouth”. means pey word Semitic The Meaning: Open, Blow, Scatter, Edge Scatter, Blow, Open, Meaning: פ Sound: P (stop), Ph (f) (spirant) (f) Ph P(stop), Sound: Numerical value:80 Pictograph: Mouth - 26 Allegories of Mythical Characters Alphabetical order:18thLetter root ofthewordtsad. The modernnametsadealsomeans“side”andisachild destination, perhapsastronghold. of mountains.Thepictographisapathleadingupto sides the on built often are Strongholds stronghold. a of The wordtsadmeans“side,”butalsorelatestotheidea צ Meaning: Journey, Chase, Hunt Numerical value:90 Pictograph: Trail Sound: Ts 27 Allegories of Mythical Characters Alphabetical order:19thLetter Quph the sun does at the horizon point. horizon the at does sun the like gather light which at apoint mean also can letter The sun. the of revolution the represent to line zon hori the at asun of apicture probably is pictograph The found. is revolution or circles of a theme quph, of root parent the from derived words the all When hori a plane. in avertical to changed later were and oriented plane zontal originally were letters Semitic Many Meaning: Circle, Revolution, Condense, Time ק Pictograph: Sunatthehorizon Numerical value:100 Sound: Q - - 28 Allegories of Mythical Characters Alphabetical order:20thLetter Resh literally translates to “head” to translates literally Resh something. of alltheconvey of which theme the and being “first” “head” “man” “head,” “top” “beginning” are “chief” letter the of meanings The aman. of head the of that is pictograph The Meaning: Head, top, first, beginning ר Pictograph: Headofaman Numerical value:200 Sound: R 29 Allegories of Mythical Characters Alphabetical order:21stLetter Shin It also means “again” and “both”. Shin is the Hebrew Hebrew the is word for Shin “tooth” “both”. and “again” means also It “sharp”. and “press” as such eating when teeth the of functions of theme the carried has tion applica The teeth. front two of apicture is pictograph The ש Meaning: Sharp, Press, Eat, Two Eat, Press, Sharp, Meaning: Pictograph: Two frontteeth Numerical value:300 Sound: Sh - 30 Allegories of Mythical Characters Alphabetical order:22ndLetter Tav ture”. Tav is the Hebrew word for “mark” for word ture”. Hebrew Tav the is “signa “sign” of and meanings holds letter The a place. mark to crossed sticks two of is pictograph ancient The Meaning: Mark, Sign, Signal, Monument Monument Signal, Sign, Mark, Meaning: ת Pictograph: CrossedSticks Numerical value:400 Sound: T - 31 Allegories of Mythical Characters The Three Groups Three The 32 Allegories of Mythical Characters Twelve Simple Seven Doubles Three Mothers The ThreeGroups the focalpointofmyresearch. number ofcharactersinthethreemothersgroup.Iwentaheadand chosethemas limited the and importance the of Because first. on focus to letters what decided Many ofthesimplelettersarecomponentsotherletters.These groupingshelped right toleftdescendingtherowsofremainingletters. from read were Those Quph. and Tsade, Ayin, Samehh, Nun, Lahmed, Yod,Tet, The final group is the Twelve Simple letters. They are as listed: Hey, Vav, Zayin, Hhet, and Tav. Thosewerereadfromrighttoleft. row of this page. They are the following letters: Beyt, Gimel, Dalet, Kaph, Pey, Resh, The second group is called the Seven Doubles and they are located on the bottom text. TheThreeMothersareAleph,Mem,andShin. three groupsisthatoftheThreeMothers.Thosearedirectlyabovethis these of first The into. divided is alphabet Hebrew the that groups three are There 33 Allegories of Mythical Characters Shin Shin Mem Aleph Shin. and Mem, Aleph, as left to right from page the on read are They created. are things all elements, these From Respectively. Mem and Shin, Aleph, Water and Fire, Air, elements, primordial three the represent they readings, Kabbalah the Within meaning. most the hold they alphabet the of context the within and phabet, al the of letters other of composites are they because mothers three the upon rested focus The The ThreeMothers

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34 Allegories of Mythical Characters The letters are read from right to left in the same order that they are descending in the list. the in descending are they that order same the in left to right from read are letters The Tav Resh Pey Kaph Dalet Gimel Beyt universe. the in contraries the signify letters Double Seven The The SevenDoubleLetters ------Dominion Seed Graceful Wealth Wisdom Peace Life Moon Mercury Venus Sun Mars Jupiter Saturn Sabbath day 6th day 5th day 4th day 3rd day 2nd 1st day Mouth Nostril Left Nostril Right Ear Left Ear Right Eye Left Eye Right 35 Allegories of Mythical Characters Quph Quph Tsade Ayin Samehh Nun Lahmed Yod Tet Hhet Zayin Vav Hey The Twelve SimpleLetters

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Sleep Imagination Happiness Anger Movement Work Desire Sexual Taste Speech Lego Smell Hearing July Sight Left Taurus Kidney April Right Kidney

Pisces Aquarius Capricorn Sagittarius Scorpio Libra Virgo Cancer Gemini Aries January February December November October September August June May March Gullet Spleen Liver Stomach Intestines Organs Sex Hand Left Hand Right Foot Left Foot Right twelve months, and the twelve chief limbs of the body. the of limbs chief twelve the the and signs, months, twelve zodiac the activities, chief human’s the of representative are letters Simple Twelve The 36 Allegories of Mythical Characters Translating into Space 37 Allegories of Mythical Characters out thestructure. tervention hadmechanismsthatscatteredthelightthrough conditions dealtwithharshblowingwinds.Perhapsthein was locatedontheedgeofamountain.Maybesite What are qualities of edge and scatter? Perhaps the site definitions. architectural as meanings the read and that ed tothefunctionsofmouth.However, Idisregarded ter,” and“edge.”InthecontextofPeytheywererelat decisions. ThosemeaningsforPeywere“blow,” “scat meanings that were tiedtothe letter to help me make I wasworkingwithnoprograminmind,ratherusedthe I sawahigheropportunityforqualityofspacetoemerge. First, Iturnedtheletter90degreescounter-clockwise for late intoarchitecture. on itsgraphicspotencyandultimatelypotentialtotrans This is the letter Pey. I chose the first letter to work on based alphabet, 24x24inches. collage isfourtimesthesizeoforiginalcollages ing forspacehabitabilitytheyneededtogetbigger. This look begin to order in so detail and specificity lacked They Each ofthecollagedletterswasasixbysix-inchpiece. Expanded collagestudy Pey ------

Collage 38 Allegories of Mythical Characters and possibilitiesareendless. usaccountable hold to isnothing there because difficult had norestraints.Working withlittleornorestraintscanbe again becausethedrawinglackedprogramandtherefore collage asasectionaldrawing.Theprocessbegantohalt Abandoning thecollage-approach,fornow, Idrewthe ditions theprocessofcollage-makingbecamemorecritical. guage. However, sinceIstartedtothinkaboutspatialcon system oflinessothattherewouldbeatranslationlan means ofjuxta-positioninganarchitecturallanguageontoa during thecollage-makingofalphabetbecauseitwasa tain colorsortexturesofimages.Thisconvictiondidn’t arise restrict the process. Questions like why I was choosing cer Space started to emerge and pressing questions started to Reading opportunity Pey - - -

Section Drawing 39 Allegories of Mythical Characters ing ofeachprogram. ments ofthetowerwhichcausedalacktrueunderstand There wasn’t enoughminingfordetailsofeachtheele petuated ameaninglessandshallowoverallstructure. many things that competed with each other they per matic elementsandbecauseitwaschargedwithso er thisapproachwasthatithadtoomanyprogram ever, acriticismthatquicklyallowedmetoreconsid because they were all very potent and charged. How It waseasytodesignspacesforalloftheseprograms of the tower housed a runwaythat only features the feet. manipulation toanotherindividual’s feet.Finally, thetop rials. Themid-sectionofthetowerallowedforanonymous tower stimulatedyourfeetwithdifferenttexturesandmate emonies forfootbinding.Thecirculationleadingupthe this withseveralprograms.Thebaseofthetowerheldcer This is the Tower for individuals with a foot affinity. I packed Foot AffinityTower Gimel ------

Collage +DrawingHybrid 40 Allegories of Mythical Characters being veryobviouslytiedtodivinity. spired tomovethethreemothersduetheiridentities I decidedtomoveonfromthisdrawingbecausewasin ones Ineededtohonor. I hadtodecidewhatruleswereworthbreakingandwhich with thesectionthatIwasimagining.Thisispoint with, work to difficult was letter the of form physical The books thatarehousedintheroomfromdirectsunlight. light alarge in well thatallowsenoughlightforreadingbutprotectsthe yourself find you room reading the in ing This isdonesothatyoureyesarestimulated.Uponarriv hints oflightthatpiercetheceilingplaneaboveyou. readingroom. larger into a While youmovethroughthecorridorofstairsthereare you lead that stairs of flight You accessthetempleatgroundlevelandascend a learning moreaboutGod.Readingisaformofworship. of God.Itisatemplesortsbecausethedevotionto This isalibraryforaccessingandfurtheringyourknowledge Ayin meanseyeandeyesarethegatewaystoknowledge. Temple Aiyin - -

Collage +DrawingHybrid 41 Allegories of Mythical Characters The Three Mothers Revisiting 42 Allegories of Mythical Characters Earthly Realm Earthly Landspace asaLetter Aleph Heavenly Realm rium afterreading house thatidea.Iwasinspiredbytheprogramofascripto that relationshipsoIhadtosearchforaprogramcould and God. It would be difficult to create a space that defined I wrestledwiththeideaofrelationshipbetweenman Yod withYod beingusedtwice. Aleph isalsocomprisedofthetwosimpleletters,Vav and occurred. letters other between relationships that time first as alandscapeorcontextforothercharacters.Thisisthe ter ofAleph.ThisiswhereIstartedtolookatacharacter earth Icouldeasilyimaginethemsittingwithinthecharac and heaven represent letters mother other two the Since into tworealms.Theheavenlyrealmandtheearthlyrealm. In theKabbalahreadings,Alephisdescribedtobedivided The Name of the Rose Rose the of Name The by UmbertoEco. Collage - -

43 Allegories of Mythical Characters Landspace asaLetter Aleph that emergedfromreferencingthecollageofAleph. I neededamodulethatcouldworkwiththevaryingshapes cial featuresthatallowyoutomakementalmarkers. because everything looks the same. There are no spe ed qualitiesofthelabyrinth.You getlostinalabyrinth I wasn’t interestedindesigningalabyrinthratherIwant could possibly portray the inaccessibility of the Divine God. ers withillintent.Alabyrinthisaninaccessibleformthat yrinth thatprotectedthecontentsoflibraryfromintrud In I portrayaninaccessibleversionofGodthroughalibrary? cause IwantedtohouseideasofGodwithinit.Howcould be difficulties its had library the Drawing realm. heavenly The writingswouldthenbehousedinalibrarythatsitsthe side ofthediagonalthatisrepresentedbyletterVav. ly andheavenlyrealmswouldbesituatedoneither vation andlearning.Thesetwowouldrepresenttheearth be onewhereoldwritingswouldrewrittenforpreser in searchofgrowingcloser. Theotherscriptoriumwould toriums. One which you write of new revelations of God of worship.Ienvisionedthattherewouldbetwoscrip of searchingandwritingaboutrevelationsGodisone A scriptoriumisaplaceofworship.Therepetitivenature The Name of the Rose the of Name The , thelibraryisconnectedtoalab Plan Drawing ------

44 Allegories of Mythical Characters Landspace asaLetter Shin Shin. approach andbegintoavertattentionthecharacterof from thecollagesoitwasnecessarytostepbackthis There wasnoconsistencytotheformsthatwereemerging rection of circulation that connected to the rest of Aleph. three of composed was prongs itsorientationshiftedsothatitfollowedthedi Shin Since library. orga this for step nizing next the in role important an played Shin similarity ofeachmodule,itbecomesverylabyrinth-like. of the triangle areopen for circulating but becauseof the connect theystarttoformalabyrinth-likespace.Allsides collage ofAleph.Whenmanythesetriangularmodules to workwithwhateverformsemergedfromdrawingonthe A triangular module formed in the effort to be flexible enough Plan Drawings - -

45 Allegories of Mythical Characters Landspace asaLetter Shin mediation betweenthetwo. justice andchoosetoexpresskindness.Iviewmercyasa decide to do what’s right and lawful or do we disregard we Do kindness. and justice between conflict a usually is to makespacesthathouseideasrelatedCourt.There wasn’t interestedinrecreatingacourtroombutIwouldlike I speakofacourtinthesenselaw, likeacourtroom.I these subdimensionscouldrelatetoqualitiesofcourt. dimensions aremercy, justice,andkindness.Ifoundthat As astartingpoint,IlookedatthedimensionofWill; Itssub start buildingspacesfromthesecharacters. sub-dimensions tostartdevelopaprogramsoIcould justice, understanding, and discipline. I wanted to use these tion ofknowledgeandmercyagain.Theleftpronghouses kindness again.Thecenterpronghousesmercy, applica and idea, an of flash the kindness, houses prong right The three linesofShinaswell. sions arethreesubdimensionswhichcanbehousedinthe Intellect, andEmotion. Within eachofthesethreedimen the Kabbalah,shincanbeviewedasthreedimensions.Will, left the Zayin, letters. prong, Vav, thecenterprong,andNunrightprong.In other three of comprised is Shin - - - 46 Allegories of Mythical Characters Kindess Mercy Justice The ThreePillarsofShin ק דֶ ֶ צֶד ם י מִ ֲ ח רַחֲמ חסד ed yourviewofthefinalspace. wall, anddoorhelpedformaseriesofspacesthatrestrict In therealmofkindness,rightprong,wordslikeprotect, emerge yourselfinwallsofwaterthefinalroom. gradually surroundsyouinwallsofwateruntilfully door, wall,andworshipwereusedtoformacorridorthat In therealmofmercy, thecenterprong,wordslikewater, space wherelightculminated. hunt anddoorcreatedaseriesofthresholdthatledto In the realm of justice, the left prong, words like condense a placetoworshipGod. be would prongs these of each of spaces final the In God. three characteristics of the judge and the ultimate judge is All threespacesareplacesofworshipbecausethey all the qualities of those characters to develop the space. access can I So Quph. and Dalet, Tsade, a with spelled is determine thequalitiesofspace.Forexample,justice that was used tospell the word of therealm were used to from theideasofcourt.Onlymeaningseachletter Separate kindness. and mercy, justice, from emerge could This was a quick exercise to explore what kind of spaces Plan Drawings - 47 Allegories of Mythical Characters Approaching the Court 48 Allegories of Mythical Characters Approaching TheCourt METHOD 3 METHOD 2 METHOD 1 METHOD prisonment to know what freedom is. is. freedom what know to prisonment im Youunderstand to have darkness. the through is light understand to way only the as sense same the in Because too. alibrary be could freedom of space the argue I can reading. for aspace to lead ultimately spaces like These oneanother. from unidentifiable almost of like-spaces ries a se Its labyrinth. of a sort is a library because a library be could space This alabyrinth. of qualities use instead but a labyrinth create to want I didn’t Again, same. the looks everything because alabyrinth of aprisoner become to easy it’s because simple Going was alabyrinth of idea the to back imprisonment. of idea the with fit could program I lookedfirst at the spaceand of Iimprisonment asked what right. the on space one as freedom and imprisonment and left, the on space one as mercy view I method, final the In straddles the two. that aspace is mercy while drawing the of right the on is freedom and left, the in lies imprisonment 2, method In which they in. reside in context the simply is mercy and right the on space the is freedom and left the on lies 1, imprisonment method In areThere three approaches. different dom relating to kindness. free of aspace and mercy to relating sorts of courtroom a judgment, of aspace justice, to relating imprisonment of Aspace mediation. of space one and spaces opposing two of idea this to relate that spaces three created I’ Ideograms - - -

49 Allegories of Mythical Characters Approaching TheCourt Method 1 Method 50 Allegories of Mythical Characters Approaching TheCourt Method 2 Method 51 Allegories of Mythical Characters Approaching TheCourt Method 3 Method 52 Allegories of Mythical Characters Reflections 53 Allegories of Mythical Characters the notionofcollage. addresses and sense makes that way a in effectively through way its find to able be not will tecture The rules have been defined and strict up to this point and perhaps need to be challenged. The archi mediate concern.Thismeantthatcertainstrictinterpretations hadtobeheldatarm’s length. takencertain I’ve years. many over occur will that liberties with howto interpret the lettersbecause of thearchitectural consequences of myim aprocess of snapshot first the simply is This search pullsmetomovebetweenthingsandthereforeithasaninherentincompletetrajectory. The projectitselfisunfoldingandtheverynatureofthiswwresearch discontinuous. There I aminpursuitofhowarchitecturefindsmeaning. ing thisanincompletestudy. Myintentionisnottosolveconventionalarchitecturalproblems,rather As Icontinuetodigfurtherintothedepthsofcharacters,newlayersbeginemerge.Thusmak any givenmomentalloftheseconditionscanbegintolivetogether. At imprisonment. understand must you freedom, understanding through So exists. longer no it then freedom arequalitiesofimprisonment.Ifthethingisdestroyedthroughwayyoulookingatit There areaseriesofspacesthatcouldliveinthespaceimprisonment.Perhapswithinidea state of confusion. What is the space of imprisonment? Is it the prison of the mind, or something else? tice isalandscapethatlabyrinth-likeinthesenseofsequencingspacesratherthanbeing The notionofjusticeistheforkinroadthatleadstoeitherimprisonmentorfreedom.Perhapsjus relates tojusticeandkindness.Theideaoffreedomhasonlybeenlightlyexploredaswell. I’m currentlyengagedin,Ihaveyettoexplorethepossibilitiesofrealmmercyandhowit I haveonlyscratchedthesurfaceofwhatthesecharacterstooffer. Inresponsetowhat Reflections - - - - -

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