Coloum-Core

This artifact aims to explore the potential of the architectural column in a new cultural and temporal context. By integrating elements of the surrealist subgenre Dreamcore—particularly its distinctive use of color, organic floral and botanical ornamentation, and nostalgic callbacks to traditional Roman columns—the project reimagines the representation of columns through a contemporary lens.

Using AI, I extracted and restructured key elements of classical column orders, the fluting, merging them with Dreamcore-style imagery and objects. After generating and curating a large volume of these hybrid visuals, the final set of images was selected to represent this synthesis: The image on the left demonstrates the blending of traditional column shafts with Dreamcore’s organic structures and vivid colors.The six images on the right explore possible interior sections and structural logics.

These visual languages were then brought together in the creation of a physical monumental ornamentatioin, which can be interpreted as a reimagined capital of a column: The lower half of the model derives from geometric and classical line-based forms; The upper half expresses a collection of Dreamcore-inspired objects and textures.As a result, the model embodies a duality—an object that exists in contradiction: rooted in tradition yet shaped by surreal transformation.