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Designing spaces that are entirely unfamiliar in terms of cognitive spatial arrangements present particular difficulties for architects in cases where floor surfaces are not level, for example, walls are not vertical, and ceilings richly sculptured. One such space is presented here as an example of new dilemmas of scale that architects face—the ‘Sala Creuer’ above the crossing of the Sagrada Família Basilica. In such situations the only prototypes that can fully reveal the designers’ intentions are full-scale mock-ups, or more typically, the completed built space. Scaled prototypes have other important roles to play especially within a rapidly evolving digital design landscape, but offering the end-user a credible preview of the anticipated spatial experience entirely unfamiliar in cognitive spatial terms is probably only a remote possibility.
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A major research project funded by the Australian Research Council led by Mark Burry, Jane Burry, and John Frazer. Dr. Daniel Davis and Dr. Alex Peña de Leon were the postgraduate researchers at the project’s core.
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The digital workflow for this part of the Sagrada Família Basilica project is covered in more detail in Burry (2011). Scripting Cultures. Wiley, London.
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Burry, M. C. (2011). Scripting cultures. London: Wiley.
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The design team for the Sala Creuer consisted of Jordi Bonet, Jordi Faulí, Jordi Coll, Marta Miralpeix in Barcelona, and Mark Burry, Barnaby Bennett, Daniel Davis, and Michael Wilson in Melbourne. The design team for the Passion Façade narthex consisted of Jordi Bonet and Xisco Llabrés in Barcelona, and Mark Burry and Jane Burry in Melbourne. Much of the design research reported here was supported by the Australian Research Council. This additional support has been within the framework of a longstanding commitment by the Sagrada Família Basilica Foundation to commission university design research teams to assist investigations on site into innovative design, design representation, and digital fabrication.
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Burry, M. (2016). Prototyping the Unfamiliar: New Dilemmas of Scale Within an Evolving Digital Design Landscape. In: Gengnagel, C., Nagy, E., Stark, R. (eds) Rethink! Prototyping. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24439-6_6
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