Site as Text: The Unconscionable Maps of UNAM

As I sketch designs during this process of mapping part of the UNAM campus I come to the realization that the way I read a map reflects much of what is being showcased in my study. My project is investigating how the humanities building on the campus acts as a space of transformation between the library and the science sector and on the perpendicular axis from the city to the inner quad. These transformations are just as much mental, almost more so, than physical.  The city is an area of complexities, densities, and confusion, while the inner quad is a a space of quiet, an openness and understanding. The library is a place of introspective thought, personal study and reflectivity while the sciences is an extrovert learning experience with interaction. These axis are two ways streets. The culture and experiences from  the city transform into learning through other culture and experience with your peers; going from the quad to the city these knowledge taken from the inner campus and is applied in the city. Same for the library/ science axis. Personal knowledge is accumulated from reading and studying material and is taken into the science labs and applied, then the knowledge acquired through the scientific process is injected to the libraries circulation of material. My investigation into how the humanities building plays a crucial role in defining these transformations, limiting them and fine tuning them has lead me to believe that these experiences are inter woven and happen at designated point that relate to each other.  2aTo showcase this I will be constructing one map that depicts the intensity of how these axis are interwoven. 2bThe second will display sectional where key points of transformation occur. I will draw the sectional qualityies on each of these axis. Process photos will follow along with updates on the 2c section of the process.