“Architecture is the most unequivocal of all the arts. It imposes a quasi – permanent change on the fabric of the world. It uses real people and their lives as “material” to be processed by the artist. And its audience is there by obligation more often than by choice. In no other art is the imagination so frankly on trial”.
Richard Rogers Biography, by Bryan Appleyard.

Since my last post I have been busy working hard on the design and form of the building, through the process of models. I have stepped away from my sketch book, or as my lecturer would put it; out of my comfort zone. Designing through model making has been an exciting process and one that allows a different throught process to be evoked.

With each model I have tried to explore and develop on from my previous thinking. My main exploration has been with light and analysing how this is transferred through to the main public and performance space at ground floor level.

I have attached below some of my modelling images, and I have sneaked in a few hand sketches too.

Upon reviewing my modelling work, that whilst not a driving concept it has become clear that I have developed a strong desire to bring movement into and through the building. Whether these are internal or external spaces the movement of people through the space created has become key.

I have attached below some of my latest modelling experiments...


Innovation exists;

“You just have to accept that today innovation is impossible on your own. Real, significant innovation occurs when several people simultaneously have the same idea and move in the same direction, following subliminally emitted and received signals the contemporary inclination to see innovation as an inherently collaborative effort a communal growing and groping towards the new, appears to find confirmation throughout history, from the renaissance, to Picasso and Braque, to the radical architecture groups of the 1960s and 1970s. So we experiment by working with others, including other architects.
What have we got to lose?
Instead of being afraid of losing our identity, perhaps we should be glad. Let’s liberate ourselves from our brands….”

UN Studio, Architecture Urbanism, Infrastructure. Ben Van Berkel, Caroline Bos.

Review 1

Concept design begins…
The process of sketching, model making and creative thinking will contribute to a framework of ideas that will be the basis of my final design.
I have uploaded various images from my sketch book and pictures from a concept model.

This model, made from papier-mâché starts to develop the idea that the proposed design will consist by layers of information appealing to the various users and will not just be restricted to the defined site boundary but will connect and learn through the city…

No one is quite sure how to define a culture of innovation, but they know it when they see it and potential users, universities, colleges, business individuals want to take part and develop it. Information technology has been said to develop and network societies capable of creating unprecedented cultural and economic wealth.
With the wireless world and technology such as the ipod and Nintendo WII revolutionizing the way we coexist, the phenomena will only expand and what better vehicle than that of “public space” for distributing it whether via face to face discussion in a café or through digital art showcased via our movement paths.