From into Above: 13 Visions between the Ground and the Sky

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."