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PIA EDNIE-BROWN FALLINGINTOTHESURFACE Towards a Materiality of Affect Hype6ufiocing becomes q motterof provoking 0n onplifico- tion of borely perceptible movements such thot the octuol surfoce beors on even nore prcnounced expression of these conditions of emeryence. It is inportont thot the virtuolity is felt.Sonekindof stinulusis required ta open uporchitecturo! processes ocross dn exponded, sensitised field Mationless an the surface in its very depth h lives and vtbrates ' The discLpne of archllecture s constanty concernedwth the eflectLra natureof ts processes of prodLrctiont strugges wlh the co ordlnalon of tl"re var egated and compler f e d ot lorces that conre into pay n the creaton of a buidlng Ullmaley, the mperative s 10 sustar lts effective consequentia ty The secu rty of ts stalure and relevance has reled on a mantenance of be el n lhe signii cance ol form. Arch teclura ir slory presents a cataogue of renoval ons and addtons to lhe structure 0l ts rhetor c of author ty The shittsdriv ng the processes ol hLstory s archltecturaundertakings have plvotedon lhe lmporlor lorm LateLy, lhe vrtua has rsen to the sLrrface oi archtectura d scourse throughthe reverberat ve tremorol prevai ng cu tura desires. The ternr s oflen used as conven enl attractlve packag ing a med at consumptive des res for lncreasedmoblltv wh le paradoxlcally, keeplng mobllty contained and vac!!m packed In a c lmateoi cullura producton ihat invests explLc 1 movement with soveregnvalue the ns stent stasis of blri d ngs has been absurdLy c aimed to s gna the mm nent obsolescence of arch teclure. The foundalions of alrthor ty upon wh ch archllecture has cLrrated itsef have begun lo crack The cha enge of ho$/ design processescoLrd lre re arlcu ated to address activeengagemenls w th the virtual has become a source of experimenlalon. Reactonary eflorts towards re- valuaton have al 1 mes evoked the Emperorin his (virtLra ) few c olhes sensat ona . but forgell ng actLrasensalon The oppor tLrntiespresentedto contemporary arch tecture are not to be tound n a subserv ence to i Lrsions of thls k nd Rather, they ie n the mannerwllh whlch the opelalionsol arch tectLrraL practces real gn lhe r affiL at on w th the concrele actually of bui dings as an engagernent wilh the v rtua. Brian Masslrm , n hjs text Sens ng the Vlrtua , Buiding the nsensb e ': asks the question: what phiosophv can or rnigh enter nto a symbloss wth archileclures engagng wth tfre virtla ? , cal ng up rad ca of slper oi emp ric srn as lfre answer He goes on to suggestthal For archllecturethe eTlec of such a symboss is a wll ngness to brng nto even more pronoLrnced expressionts processua dlmenslons : Des gn and constrLrctlan processes are always nslnuated ln the bLr lding itsel As lhal whch steers their formaton, thev are never nor expressed even funconscously lt sthe w ingness andthe even more pronolrnced of Mass|m s suggest on lhat becorne canercn Rabbins,Ihe Fa

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Ednie-Brown, Pia (1999), ‘Falling into the Surface’, Hypersurface Architecture II, Stephen Perrella (Ed), Architectural Design Academy Editions, vol 69, no. 9-10, London, pp. 8-11.

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PIA EDNIE-BROWNFALLING INTO THE SURFACETowards a Materiality of Affect

Hype6ufiocing becomes q motter of provoking 0n onplifico-tion of borely perceptible movements such thot the octuolsurfoce beors on even nore prcnounced expression of theseconditions of emeryence. It is inportont thot the virtuolity isfelt. Sone kind of stinulus is required ta open up orchitecturo!processes ocross dn exponded, sensitised field

Mationless an the surface in its very depth h lives and vtbrates '

The discLp ne of archl lecture s constanty concerned wth the

ef lectLra nature of ts processes of prodLrct ion t strugg es wlh

the co ordlnal on of t l " re var egated and compler f e d ot lorces

that conre into pay n the creaton of a buidlng Ul lmaley, the

mperat ive s 10 susta r l ts ef fect ive consequent ia ty The secu

rty of ts stalure and relevance has reled on a mantenance of

be el n lhe s igni i cance ol form. Arch teclura i r s lory presents a

cataogue of renoval ons and addtons to lhe structure 0l ts

rhetor c of author ty The shi t ts dr iv ng the processes ol hLstory s

archl tectura undertakings have plvoted on lhe lmporl or lorm

LateLy, lhe vr tua has rsen to the sLrr face oi archtectura

d scourse through the reverberat ve t remor ol prevai ng cu tura

desires. The ternr s of len used as conven enl at t ract lve packag

ing a med at consumptive des res for lncreased mobl l tv wh le

paradoxlcal ly, keeplng mobl l ty contained and vac!!m packed

In a c lmate oi cul lura product on ihat invests explLc 1 movement

with soveregnvalue the ns stent stasis of b l r i d ngs has been

absurdLy c aimed to s gna the mm nent obsolescence of arch

teclure. The foundal ions of a l r thor ty upon wh ch archl lecture has

cLrrated i tse f have begun lo crackThe cha enge of ho$/ design processes coLrd l re re ar lcu

ated to address act ive engagemenls w th the v i r tual has become

a source of exper imenlalon. React onary ef lor ts towards re-

valuat on have al 1 mes evoked the Emperor in his (v i r tLra ) few

c olhes sensat ona . but forgel l ng actLra sensal on The oppor

tLrnt ies presented to contemporary arch tecture are not to be

tound n a subserv ence to i Lrs ions of th ls k nd Rather, they ie n

the manner wl lh whlch the opelal ions ol arch tectLrraL pract ces

real gn lhe r af f iL at on w th the concrele actua l ly of bui d ings as

an engagernent wi lh the v r tua.Br ian Masslrm , n hjs text Sens ng the Vlr tua , Buiding the

nsens b e ' : asks the quest ion: what phiosophv can or rnight

enter nto a symbloss wth archi leclures engagng wth t f re

vir t la ? , cal ng up rad ca of s lper oi emp r ic srn as l f re

answer He goes on to suggest thal For archl lecture the eTlect

of such a symboss is a wl l ngness to brng nto even more

pronoLrnced expression ts processua dlmenslons : Des gn and

constrLrct lan processes are always nslnuated ln the bLr ld ing

i tsel As lhal whch steers their format on, thev are never nor

expressed even funconscously l t sthe w ingness andthe

even more pronolrnced of Mass|m s suggest on lhat becorne

canercn Rabbins,Ihe Fa

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Becoming Sensit iveThe operal ons ol lh is sensit sed f ie ld can be rsef! ly l lustratedby Nrlassurn's accounl of warm water:

l f heat is ncreased at a certan rate a threshotd is reached atwh crr order spo.taneo!sly ar ises our ol chaos The qu d di f ferentales Cerlan reqons i l rn . on themseves nlc eate lorm 1u dbolfdares Wh rpools Jorm: convect ion cutrents. These vorrcesappear beca!se the I qurd s !nder anorher consl.arnt bestdes thecornmand to regain eqLi br ium through thermodlf lson Ttratsecond conslrant sgravly n the p.ocess, the I qu d became'sensi l ive. The ef lect ol gravly on a qLrd at rest s rorma y.eg ig ble, bl l in i ts aq raled stale the q! d sldden y perce vedn and was trafslormed,

Here, the process of becoming sens t ve invotves the awarenessor percept ion of an otherw se reatvely atent presence. Thevorlcesswrl the iquid lnro a moment of intensve ordersothatlhe entre body of water becomes highly co ord nated and anychance d sturbance that rnighl occur n one areawil immed atetybe fe l everywhere ' i A set of re at ions are at once ar l tcutatedand th s s what lhe dea of pure lorm seeks to ob terate: narnety,t i re cond t ions of i ts emergence

Th nk ol a moraent n wh ch instabi ty ar ses. Say, far nstance,you teeler and fa I or almost fa The experience is one n wh chthe sensaton oT gravi ly l l rches forward as an anrpi fed pres-ence. This can be complere y oveMhe mlng as l f an nv s btehafd has thrown yoL Commonsense fal s apaft as the senses fa Iiogel i rer nlo lhe realm of sensat on. You become ntegrated andd spersed across a s ngular y co-ordinated gesture The t im ts oft i re sublect becon're !ncerta n Subject v ty becornes sensit ve

Typica ly, grav ty is the habitua y ensconced forgolten of theuprght word Deeply lmp cated n the fornat ion of al olrhabls, gravi ly ls a cr i t ica dmenson n the processes and.rganisat ion of percept on Accord ng to Buckminster Ful ler,rGravi ty s lhe inside outness of energy as matter: the nregri tyof l - ln iverse rr l t ls the v ta pulse. Things fa , l rLrt the fa s oneinio potent ia ty as much as a lal l ing down to ihe ground. A fat linto ihe sur lace !s a Leap of potent ial i ty. t entai s both the r seand falof aJfect. A wi l l ingness io fa s an openness to thepower to affect and be affected. The categor es of rhe animate( i fe) and the nanimate (maiter) necessar y fal l nto one another. As Bergson wri tes:

Thevsionwehaveofthematera word s that of a weighl wh chfa s no lnage drawf f rom matter, propery so ca ted wi ever giveuslheideaoi theweighl r s.g. Bl t th s conc !so.w lcomehomelo r .n l g"dl- lo br

^-p6 nEc6 ro.h6 o. ,66,a: t r r

and Jwecons der no ofger on y matter in genera but, wthinth smatter lv i rq bodies. f ,

The pass ng of iv ng bodies throLrgh matter can be as s mp e asheat througlr waler L vlng' s not s mp y an al tr bute of orgafsms for i t subs sts in al malter. L v ng becomes a vlr tua real ty.The l le t i rat passes s the rea ty of c lrange. Bolh waier and heatn fa ng into one another. are mutual ly af lected The event olbecom ng sens t ve s af intensl f icat of in the power of changeSornething extra is perce ved This ertra d mens on was a wayslhere bul fol yet expllcllt active, not yet beconr ng exp cit, inlhe changes occLrrr ing ln lhe systeff .

HypersurfacingF-Aart icLr at ng class ca div s ofs of arch tectura des gn s al l l rebasis of Stephen Perre la 's Flypersuf lace theory: Hypersurfacesare an nterweav ng and subsequeft unocking of cuturalyinst tuted dua t ies "3 n attempt ng to si tuate the deve opment oflh s theory n re at on to the mpefat ves nvest gated here, thehypersurlace can be twisled into a roaming verb so as toencounter t i re potenla ly of ts act lons I becornes a usefulexpresslon of the becom fg exp lc i t of extra d mens ona ry

Surface n common parlance js generaly Lrnde.slood as theexter ior boundary of t l r ngs the outer sk n of any obiect In thissense surtaces are aclua , mater ia , texlura ent t ies that are themost d rect ly iel t aspects of the wond. They are lhat which wedirect y encounter. The surface s a so taken to be someth ng thatconc€als: ' i l was not whar r appeared lo be on lhe surface I iswhen th ngs sudace lhat they become ev dent they appear outot a previousy conceaed latency. Sudacng is an aclon ofbecomng exp ci t , of becomng experientaly apparent n amovemenl from vir tLra ty to actual i iy ol becom ng expressedacross the l imi is of pefcepton. Surfaclng s the pfocess ofbecom ng percept ib e and actual

To be hyper s to be overexcted super strnLr lated, exces,sive, on edge. This state of intens ty is a mode of over be ng: anexcess of beng n that ihe processes ol becoming exceedconstra nts to existence. Things foam at ihe edges The hyperwhen conloned wl ih s!r face lurns up lhegence: i l is a becom ng rnore than s mp y exp ic t an even rnorepronounced expresslon lof l ts pfocessua d mens ons Betweenthe exp ci l act and the rnyr lad of potent al acls, cf inds ts emanative expresson. Hypersu*aclng unleashes thesurlace into bearng wtness to an even mofe pronouncedexpress on of the condit ions of emergence. l lypers!r faclng s anacr of la l ng lnto the surface

Fallibilily: Tencling Towarcls a Materiallty ol AffectIn a momenl of ntens ve ruptLrre, such as la l ing, the body twistsopen f to af extra-dlmenslonalty, at tain ng an ertens vi ty lhanrenclers both the se f and the objecl h ghly cont ngent. A reteaseTrom absolute valual ons of se f and objecthood s mp c t in theimperalve ol wi ngness as Massum s!ggests. Engagementswi lh lhe v r tua are amp f ied wit l r a porolsness across which anacl ve fo d ng out and nfolding can become operal ona . Througha w l l ngness to ta I open, the p ay of the d ce throw,5 s adm l tednto t l re dimensions of processLral i ty Chance events can enactthe r regenerat ve mpu se. The release Jrom the pr nracy of theh!man subject, fundarnental 10 the efforts of rad cat empif c srnenabes the polenlal iy ol a| evenl as an arrangement oJconnect ibi ty As N,4assumi wr tes

Whal svntual s lhe conneclrbi / / ty polent a ( the rea ly ofchange)tcannot be overemphasised that ihe v l r t la s essthe connecron

The fa nto lhe surface is not exclusive y a fa ing down i t s anopen ng olr t nto the read ness for change nto a sensi lvty topotent ia l ty This leads to the art culat of oJ a rendency that I w I.a l Ia l ib i l i ty : an admit tafce ol enant ways Fal lb i ty becor.esan imperal ve of w l ingness .

A usefu modelfor the arfangement of processes that addresslh s imperal ve can be lound in the wind-drawing mach ne ofart st Cameron Fobbins, which performs thro!gh mechanlsrnsdrven by lhe speed and direct on of the air . Workng wlhncer la/n tendenc es and pat ierns, a l the drawifgs produced by

Design processes that become senslt ive have the poteni ia romake lar rnore exp ic t processual d mens ofs Where processtsel l s open to the percepl on oJ otherw se impl ic t dir .ensions, tb€cornes capable of even more pronounced expression of tsprocessual d mens ons' .

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