INDETERMINACY AS PROGRAM
The third analytical exercise translates territorial transformations into architectural expressions. The site is reframed through a programmatic lens, examining how landscape alterations generate spatial conditions. These zones of Indeterminacy are not merely passive disruptions; they are active space-making forces, leaving behind traces that shape spatial narratives.
To capture this dynamic, hot wax is dripped onto photographic paper, halting its development at randomized moments of impact. This method materializes spatial alterations, rendering the unpredictability of industrial interventions as a tangible imprint. The dried wax freezes moments of territorial instability, creating a visual analogy for the discontinuous, fragmented processes that define the site.
Drawing plays a crucial role in visualizing Indeterminacy as a programmatic condition. Figure 12 presents a stratigraphic section through the Çan coal mine, exaggerating the vertical fluctuations in topography caused by industrial excavation. This heightened perspective exposes the violent alterations imposed on the land, revealing the mine as both a generative and destructive force.
By hinging the mined section to the base of the drawing, the landscape is extended as an accessory to the mine itself. This inversion of the traditional section drawing reinforces a critical argument: coal is not merely extracted from the landscape — it actively reshapes it. The mine leaves behind a constellation of variables, each contributing to the territory’s ephemerality and unpredictability.
These scars – visible in both physical space and analytical representations – become the entry points for the design component of this research. Through a continuous dialogue between material analysis, spatial investigation and representational techniques, the study positions Indeterminacy as an essential factor in the future of territorial transformations.