Columbia GSAPP Spring 2012

Juergen Mayer H + Marc Kushner Assistant: Benjamin Porto

Vahan M. Misakyan

energy + motion

Columbia GSAPP Spring 2012

Juergen Mayer H + Marc Kushner Assistant: Benjamin Porto

Vahan M. Misakyan

In the study motion+energy the concept of motion has been analyzed from these two perspectives two layers of abstraction
> Motion to transfer the energy Imagine a tank barge crossing the Atlantic Ocean > this action could be described as a motion that transposes the energy by transporting its accumulated form from the location A to B, where it would eventually be transformed to another format of its type and than the other etc.. > Motion as a form of energy Imagine a car accident, where it crashes into a huge tree at a high speed. The moment where the actual collision happens the motion immediately realises in the form of energy without any other further transformations without stop-start-loops

Columbia GSAPP Spring 2012

Juergen Mayer H + Marc Kushner Assistant: Benjamin Porto

Vahan M. Misakyan

forms of energy
kinetic potential thermal and heat chemical electrical, electromagnetic sound, nuclear..

types of motion
rotational translational oscilatory vibratory deformation

The further interest was driven by the >Motion as a form of energy a more clear form of action as the actual connections between the forms of energy and a type of motion named oscilatory motion could be pointed at once. The letter as a basic typology of motion is interesting as its in immediate connection with the concept of energy and requires less assumptions or figurative expressions to be further explored.

Columbia GSAPP Spring 2012

Juergen Mayer H + Marc Kushner Assistant: Benjamin Porto

Vahan M. Misakyan

> The action oscillatory motion that releases energy in itself is interesting as it occurs continuously in every physical object at nano level. (It is ubiquitous yet we are not completely aware of it) from basic physics > if some matter is hotter it means on its atomic level everything is more mobile, which by the laws of physics is known to man as a from of energy embodied in the concept of oscillatory motion

Columbia GSAPP Spring 2012

Juergen Mayer H + Marc Kushner Assistant: Benjamin Porto

Vahan M. Misakyan

> The combination of actions that would result in more complex action that takes place by interaction collision of two self-contained systems will result in an event (another more interesting type of an action)
The best example of explicite explanation of such an action that is online is by R.Feynman in one of his interviews http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3pYRn5j7oI

The very moment that triggers the most interest is the bordering condition of these two actions interacting - the condition where energy is being released .. the interface of transformation.
The other useful connection being extracted is the idea that mobility is in function to the energy the fallowing does not have to be true for the bigger scales systems such as the city, however it does not have to be false either.. so the argument could be made at least for the sake of tasting its validity.

Columbia GSAPP Spring 2012

Juergen Mayer H + Marc Kushner Assistant: Benjamin Porto

Vahan M. Misakyan

GIF - Imagining what will happen to a system a regular grid where a certain amount of energy is released .. given that system is mobile in a sense of unlimited versatility..