Yingyi Mo (Mono)

Scaffolding: Medium, Mediator, Mediated

This thesis investigates, analyzes, and fictionalizes scaffolds, seeing scaffolds as a medium (that which is being neglected and unquestioned), a mediator (that which is actively executing shaping powers), and a to-be-mediated being (that which requires to be reimagined). Scaffolds in this thesis is registered as a polydimensional group of frameworks, tools, and agreements, ranging from scaffolds in the built environment, architectural drawing convention, CAD program interfaces and interaction modalities, and codes and scripts behind the digital programs. Together, these scaffolds simultaneously enable and prescribe architectural design processes. The project aims to make the scaffolds seen, de-familiarized, and rediscovered. The current outcome of the thesis consists of a collection of speculative, either representational or performative pieces, each being about a certain type of scaffold or certain aspects of a scaffold.

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A fictional, sloped scaffold elevation drawing with a hint of architectural outcome.

Scaffolds as Frameworks

Wallpaper

19.5"*20" per module

2022

Fictional scaffolds and visual speculations on what do they enable and prescribe.

Image

A fictional, suspending scaffold elevation drawing with visual speculations on bodily movements in/with it.

Scaffolds as Frameworks

Wallpaper

39"*30"

2022

Fictional scaffolds and visual speculations on what do they enable and prescribe.

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A fictional scaffold plan drawing and visual speculations on the construction activities.

Scaffolds as Frameworks

Paper

25"*25"

2022

Fictional scaffolds and visual speculations on what do they enable and prescribe.

Image

A fictional scaffold plan drawing and visual speculations on the construction activities.

Scaffolds as Frameworks

Paper

25"*25"

2022

Fictional scaffolds and visual speculations on what do they enable and prescribe.

Tempos

Video

40"*20"

2022

Some scaffolds march smoothly. Some’s courses are punctuated with pauses. Some are discarded somewhere in the middle. Where are these scaffold located? What is being built with them? What happens after each timeline ends.