My second abstract
study focuses on the formal deice of the moving platform. The series of
axonometric construction drawings serve to highlight the complexity of what
seems to be a fairly simple structure.
The first image depicts the numerous
control panels, wires and engineering aspects that exist in the elevator that
allows its seamless movement between levels. Next is conceptual drawing
illustrating the elevator in its three main stationary positions. And finally a
section which further reinforces how simple the appearance of the elevator is.
It is merely a rectangular platform and a circular shaft. It is reflective of
the man’s condition in that his life would for many seem to become extremely
complicated after the accident however through the formal device of the lift is
made extremely simple. Therefore it represents what his life has become and how
Koolhaas has captured this through the building.
