String Models -

Further thoughts on the landscape layers... sky, sea, land.  Separating and representing the elements with string on the scanner, quite a nice quick method:

Distilling the landscape...

The coastal panorama... wave and wind action on the strata of the land (above).

Thinking about the temporal nature of the skyline... also the mass of the sky acting on the land - need to 'slice' through this to break the linear nature of the site. 

Thinking about it, the open vista is almost cinematic. Like movie frames, slowed and forwarded depending on the weather conditions. Organizing and capturing spacial arrangement will be key in defining the new promenade. Bernard Tshumi's Manhattan Transcripts, came to mind: the combined concept of frame, sequence and movement within  a space.  

Applying push pull concept to the montage (above).  Cutting through and rearranging the elements, or manipulation of the natural processes. I think this is going to be a key thought going forward - idea of organising space in order to create all encompassing experience.

Organising space, interventions and arrangements that question perceptions within the space. 

Concept Model #1

This was the concept model of the major design site complete in the studio session, 14th January.  I subsequently labelled it up for the site survey presentation - in essence it is supposed to represent the linear nature of West Hove seafront.  The voids in the middle are the run down amenity areas (tennis courts, bowing green, basket ball courts) that run from east to west, towards Hove lagoon. The dead spaces.

 This was developed further to illustrate the industrial area to the west of the site.

The main relationship between the promenade and the westerly industrial site should be investigated. Linking the two in a meaningful manner is one of the challenges. The hatched area below...

Slush Models