Elective Visuals (might upload more later..)

The innocence [4/4 : 20x30];

The Pastel Laputa [3/4 : 150x100];

The Octopus Collective

The exhibition of art. A gallery of magic.

The Beautiful:

please enjoy your trip to;

..the Octopus Collective:

The Essentials:

The annoyance of getting A0 work onto computer.
Blemishes

Ambulating left to right;
ground level: courtyard, office, main gallery, utilities, workshop
split levels: small gallery, bridge, office lv.2, upper gallery, living quarters

Ground Level Plan


Split Levels Plan

Section

A0 Presentation Sheet

Poche of the Living Space
Vignettes


Site

三 : Interlocking Interplays

The interlocking evolution.
Phases.

BOOM.

三 : Lines

Loose forms consolidate to create lines,
lines with meaning,
lines with order,
lines with purpose.

三 : Hello Lebbeus!

Influence from Lebbeus Woods.
Forms attacking forms,
PARASITIC architecture.

三 : Fluid thoughts

The initial graphics,
the denial of acceptance
site 1 proved to dissatisfy my designs.

三 : Downtown Newtown

For project 3, we were to choose from 3 sites located in Newtown.
Upon the nominated site, would stand our art gallery,
our design.

Below details the context of/and of Site 1.

The Sinister Summit, Laputa

"Fantasy fills the thoughts of the unimaginative mind.."

"Fantasy fills the thoughts of the unimaginative mind.."

The Geographer has reached an absolution.
The model reflects upon the imagination of the 'Geographer' as featured in Vermeer's painting.
Everyday tasks have become a burden and he wishes to regress back to his childhood.
The tower represents the psychological journery as the 'Geographer' loses himself in his thoughts, his imagination, a world of fantasy in which he can immerse.
All the components from the base site up, are all interlocked at 90 degree angles, this ties in with the fact that he has a mathematical and logical mind, always measuring.
He feels the need to escape, and dreams of a space where he can escape.
The forms become more abstract in his mind, a narrow subtle path up the tower illustrates the need to climb his way up the tree in the sky.
The top depicts his ecstasy, a place where he can observe the land freely without consideration for anything else, to dream.
The fantasy scape provides rooms in which he can divulge in his activities.
His mind has formed voids through the interplay of balsa walls with respect to the model, these 'walls' define the boundaries of the rooms, however they are open-ended and thus represent his freedom from his world.
Through these pieces used as such; windows, doors and openings are suggested to thus fulfill the architectonics of the structure.
A curved metal piece is used on the top room as a wall, the idea of this is allegoric, and effectively alludes to the childlike state he wishes for, the simple innocence of a childs mind.
It also symbolises the way light hits the surfaces of the landscape, in particular the ocean and its waves, and so light striations and interplays can be noticed when various angles are used to project light onto the model. The surfaces of the model, the voids, protrusions represent the land, his life as a geographer, therefore he thinks about the land all the time, the natural forms of the earth, creating unique light forms in every facet of the overall structure.
He is absolved.
The sinister summit of 'Laputa'.