The metaphore of skin to describe surface has been a dominant part of the dialog surrounding cathedral design. Beginning with the greek temples that had no need for skin to the gothic creation of a skin like surface that no longer refrenced it's construction. Skin became a unifying element, as seen in the vertical lines of the columns thrusting up from the earth towards the light. it is my goal to use the metaphore to drive a new relationship of surface to mass through a literal perspective of skinning. the connotation is primarily in relation to the removal of skin, and seldom the addition of skin; as in to skin a deer etc. The result is a clear relation of the internal workings of the body. At this point of the project i have not developed the actual skin, but constructed the internal workings necessary to be revealed by the cutting, or removal of the skin. the disconnect of the continuous surface, broken by the cut. This video show the architectural equivelant to a knee joint without skin. The evolution of a cathedral in this case is not a rebirth, but a damaged or torn structure. The scar that is not easily hidden and defining of the city's charecter.
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This statement helps greatly to clarify your position as related to skin. you may want to take a look at some of the work of Vesalius as inspiration for both the idea of a vivisected body through the manipulation of skin/flesh and for drawing/representation techniques related to the layering of a body and the performance of those layers.
It is very important for you to reevaluate the scale of your work. The church should produce a sensation of awe. This may come in many ways, but is strongly influenced through scale. The rhythm of the grand and the intimate working together. now you only have the intimate, how can the cells mutate to evolve and support the grand, the spiritual, AWE.
Also I feel a stronger (more specific) qualification of the performance of the different elements of surface/skin will help to develop the system much more clearly with regaurds to your goal.
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