As we find out yesterday, field's are easier to recognize than define. For our purposes, a field is an undifferentiated collection of elements that fill a space (or our 6x6 square). This is the background from which we can begin to tease out other compositional techniques. In class, our most basic example of a field is a sheet of graph paper.
The lines run in both directions, no line is more important than another. The net result of a field is nothing. When you squint, figures disappear, the lines blur and in the end you are looking at a the semblance of a solid shape.
A honeycomb is another example of a field. The hexagonal pattern in a honeycomb is another type of grid that lacks directionality and maintains consistent spacing throughout. In these photos you notice that regardless of zoom, the pattern maintains its regularity.
Architects, landscape architects and Interior Designers use fields in a variety of ways to organize a space. The Holocaust Memorial in Berlin by Peter Eisenman uses the abstraction of a gridded field of stones to create a powerful and evocative space. There is no one way to enter or exit the space. Instead the space must be discovered. The edge between the city and memorial is intentionally blurred. As you descend into the site you become surrounded by the giant rock pillars. This project is both landscape and architecture. Exterior and interior. This is an example of the rigorous deployment of a simple formal system that creates multiple opportunities for viewing and experience.
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