the Performance of Performance

Revised Position Statement:
I am pursuing my project as a study of process. Through the program of a theater I intend to make the argument that sustainable practices can be conceptual motivation for architecture, in this case using building performance as an active part of the theater performance. The passively lit theater will be a case study which I can design and test through computer and physical modeling to determine absolutely whether proposed systems actually work.

Revised Methodology:
The main elements of this project will be repeated and exhaustive modeling of systems. Primarily through the use of Ecotect software and physical models, principles of light and optical effects will be manipulated to produce dramatic lighting effects typically produced with electrical lighting, without diminishing performance expectations of lighting designers and production crew members in the theater. This will require greater study of the specific manipulation of light and the application of learned principles in physical form. Models will be applied to the digital or natural light source and evaluated repeatedly to inform revised iterations.

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