Monday, November 27, 2006

culture shock: embracing the issue

fault line = open wound
buildings = sutures [how do you treat the wound]

suture
n.
The process of joining two surfaces or edges together along a line by or as if by sewing. The material, such as thread, gut, or wire, that is used in this procedure.
The line or stitch so formed.
Medicine. The fine thread or other material used surgically to close a wound or join tissues. The stitch so formed.
Anatomy. The line of junction or an immovable joint between two bones, especially of the skull.
Biology. A seamlike joint or line of articulation, such as the line of dehiscence in a dry fruit or the spiral seam marking the junction of whorls of a gastropod shell.
tr.v., -tured, -tur•ing, -tures.

Buildings are projected in the earthquake planes on each side of the fault line. Connections are made from one side to the other as and earthquake occurs. grow. stretch. close. connect. link. Sections slide from the permanent structure and begin to bridge the gap across the fault line. But like a wound, the fault line is numb, meaning that the shock from the quakes are absorbed. However, the city [of course somewhat resistant to an earthquake, like any city at risk strives to be] shakes with the earthquake. Flexible panels on the exterior of the structure wiggle/tremor during the earthquake.

5 comments:

rael said...

how about instead of Flexible panels - flexible neighborhoods, flexible cities, that stitch themselves together or become unstitched because they move with the tremors.

rael said...
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rael said...

this sounds fantastic:

"Buildings are projected in the earthquake planes on each side of the fault line. Connections are made from one side to the other as and earthquake occurs. grow. stretch. close. connect. link. Sections slide from the permanent structure and begin to bridge the gap across the fault line."

show me!!

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