Abstract:
The proposition for this research was to investigate and explore the position and formation
that architectural bodies may occupy in relation to a specified theme.
The theme related to a sphere of both personal frustration and fascination. It focused specifically on the characteristics of the sky and the ground, and the unobtainable perspective point of the horizon;
"the horizon, the skyline , exists as a launch pad. It
separates the 'void' from the 'full'"
The theme and title for this project was:
[ from into above ]
[ from ]
the surface from the foreground to the horizon,
the known plane of 'terra firma'
[ into ]
the sphere in which the research is tested,
existing in a location above [ ground ] and below
[ sky ]
[ above ]
the unknown plane form the sky to the horizon,
'terra incognita'
In this context, the title becomes a narrative
theme behind the forms.
The exploration and investigation was facilitated
by utilising the design of three-dimensional form
as the research methodology. This resulted in the
13 visions between the sky and the ground.
The forms have been developed using a
methodology of rapid creation and analysis after
the form is completed. This resulted in the ability
to construct a number of forms - ideas from each
informing the subsequent construction and
leading to a process of inception - creation - analysis.
It is envisaged that the forms can be viewed
solely or collectively, but that each will relate to
the theme as an individual part of a narrative.
The forms are divided into four series', and are
published here with notes about what was being
considered as they where created.
"to try out a concept is to risk another freer, more mobile,
more experimental sort of relation, where the concept is
not shown as a single formal trait or signature, but
assembles and re assembles many different design
features, past and present , in an original manner, linked to
a larger complex that looks to architectures yet to come."
