"Potential Performance Effects". Ali Rahim

I must be loosing it(due to lack of sleep) or have too much time waiting for my flight in Detroit, because Rahim's article actually makes sense.(Must be the three hour delay in Detroit. In other words, sorry for the late post, Prof.)

In his article "Potential Performance Effects", Ali Rahim discusses methods of rationalizing the evolutionary process of an continuously changing object. The continuous feedback of the object in relationship with time (given) allows us to measure and study the each stage of the evolving form. The author also suggests that the change occurs in both the object and the surrounding environment. The object has a gradient and porous nature which allows the dialogue of space flowing or interrupting between the object and its environment to develop. Therefore changes in he environment affect change in the object. (vice versa)
For example, my frustrating trip home from Detroit:



Event:
1. Calm, good weather, 2 hours early for flight
2. Change in flight time, 1 hour delay
3. Change in gate number, sitting at the wrong gate, 2 hour delay
4. Added stress due to lack of efficiency 100 plus people boarding all at once.
5. Further delay due to de-freeze process
6. Noise-y flight attendants shoving past my aisle seat.
7. Irritated at flight attendants shoving garbage bag in my face.
8. Pilot going super fast announces final descent after 30 minutes
9. Super fast, super turbulent descent
10. Landing, 1.5 hour flight takes only 45 minutes
11. Supershuttle cancels my reservation, no cars
12. Have to take taxi, +25% for driving in bad weather
13. Police officer tells taxis that's illegal, still get home with $75 taxi fee




So how does this inform me about my process. Every curve and change in the model has a measured cause and an equally measured resultant effect. These changes influence spaces in both the model and environment. Therefore, it would be impossible to study the model without understanding the environment.
From these further studies on the environment, we start to understand a sort of unconscious molding between the environment and the model through the forces brought on by each event. If we removes the object from the picture, a negative space would remain: a mold of spaces that the model once contained (both interior and exterior). The study of this mold describes more about the object than the object itself. Space, porosity, force, connectivity, containment would all be visible in this mold. The next step really should be the study of the surrounding and enclosed environments.