My analysis of Parc de la Villette focuses on the contrast between defined and undefined circulation. The defined circulation is essentially arbitrary, whilst the paths to the follies are undefined, but are also direct and have purpose. The follies themselves however, are ambiguous in function. In this park, the designed space acts a frame, in which spontaneous events can occur – thus reinventing the architecture every time it is reinterpreted. It is a hybrid of form and experience.
From these analyses, I developed my final definition of hybrid:
Hybrid spaces exist where a designed frame accommodates the evolution of a spontaneous growth. The resulting space is a hybrid of an architectural concept and the events that occur within it.
At this point I returned to my drip paintings to represent this new definition visually.