ABSTRACT
Chromatic coding indicates the complex and inextricable bond found in a game for survival. Field analysis drawing examines radial inflation and resultant zones of contraction caused by local interactions between pink and blue. Processing maps functioning as analogical models: making visible the performative logic underlying the predator/ prey relationship of a blowfish. The mechanisms and the threats to which they respond are codified into pink and blue elements. The blue is in a constant struggle with the pink, expanding and contracting in an attempt not to be overtaken. Like the evasive strategies of the fish, the blue expands in a radial fashion. This protective shift in scale triggers a search for an equally responsive architectural morphology. Distinct from most species, which seek cover when attacked, the porcupine fish desires visibility: it must, in fact, appear larger to scare off predators. The final architectural intervention attempts to identify the same urgency in a surface, with scale change as the primary force.
