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Saturday 12 May 2012

Communication..... post crit frustration therapy

I just need to convey my ideas better, I hate the fact weeks of thought process simply wasn't communicated, so here is a quick summary of the concept, with sketches from my sketchbook that I really should have showed yesterday!
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In essence (above), a planted green carpet, laid in a 45 degree matrix stretches from east to west along Weymouth Street.  Planters set at 45 degrees form an intervention at the junction of P. Place and Weymouth St. The intervention is a brash, intense, slash of green shade loving ferns and mosses and is designed as a shocking vista from the westerly view up Weymouth St.  The awkwardness of the location is the core element in my 'bid idea' of 'distorting' the austere, regimented, linear experience that is Portland Place currently.
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A grid cut into Weymouth street to determines the position of planting. The grid is made up of glass bricks that are illuminated at night, emphasizing and expressing the planting and 'distortion'. A single line extents across the street at the junction to connect the space while suggesting that the scheme could continue to spread and evolve over time.
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The scheme develops as 'green wedge' of lush planting.  Planted elements can be added to the grid over time - the scheme therefore develops and is not a static entity (challenging the static, regimented nature of Portland Place).
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The approach from the east of Weymouth street (above). The angles of the grid, and the asymmetry planting visually distort the view, in opposition to the symmetry of Portland Place.
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The scheme is immersive and 4th dimensional (and I need to communicate this better).  The planters are made from materials found on site  - effectively a deconstruction of Portland Place's materiality.  Walking within then planters is sensory both texturally (tooled, and reflective materials), but micro-climatically.

This is the stuff I need to communicate in the portfolio...!!!!

2 comments:

  1. better focus on idea
    you are
    deconstructing the historic urban grid or revealing an alternative urban grid.
    find a better way of rendering soft landscape.

    a kind of revealing of a landscape -
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