Analysis video of a game of Risk, played between Brock & Ben. Note the constant change of control, expansion and contraction across territories. The objective of this animation was to emphasise and illustrate the idea of a dance between forces.

Combined Spaghetti Diagram

The diagrams below were an exercise undertaken to better understand the similarities and differences between the docklands site and the two precedents. The combination diagram of the three originals resulted in a list of characteristics or objectives for which the masterplanning would adhere to. From this list, a series of rules were established. (See Rules post)

Spaghetti Diagrams

Risk: The boardgame based on the strategy of war

After playing the game several time, we began to notice the constant shift of control across certain boarders. While some remained under unchanging control, others were pushed and pulled, expanding and contracting as our armies gained and lost territories. This movement was incredibly responsive to our tactics, our communication with each other. We created it by playing. It was like a dance. (see animation above)

The Parc De La Villette (OMA submission)

OMA's proposal was not a park, but something that would one day generate a park. Through linearly organising contrasting and complementary programs throughout the extents of the space outside Paris, OMA sought to make human interaction the catalyst that would determine the eventual layout of the park. Interaction with such an unnatural order would cause adjacent programs to merge and blend with each other, until finally establishing a space to permanently occupy.