Landscapes

Ink painting of the Malvern Hills.

A Building I Would Like To Visit

Pencil sketch
Fallingwater by Frank Lloyd Wright.

There are so many inspirational buildings around the world but if I had to choose my first choice would definitely be ‘Fallingwater’ By Frank Lloyd Wright.

Wright believed in designing structures that were in harmony with humanity and its environment.

This philosophy was best exemplified by this design. I’m fascinated to see how Frank Lloyd Wright marries architecture and the environment so beautifully; experiencing this in person would give me an insight into what he was trying to achieve and therefore influence the way I think about design.

Sketch at a City Scale

View of the Metal Shutter House from the High Line in New York.

An Interior

This bay window caught my eye when visiting my Grandparent’s house; the curvature of the window was the focus of my line drawing. I incorporated the simple structures of the objects within the surrounding space. 

CASS Sculpture park

 The Alex Hartley Pavilion caught my eye while visiting the CASS sculpture park. I recorded my visit through a selection of quick sketches. This pavilion reminded me of The Barcelona Pavilion designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. I felt that these two buildings represent his famous dictum 'less is more'.

Observational drawings from my journal that I took with me to the CASS Sculpture Park in Chichester. I have included photographs from my visit.

I used different materials including string and tracing paper to represent the forms of the sculpture observed in the park.

Berlin Montage

This is a David Hockney inspired photomontage of a spiral staircase.
I drew sections of the photographs, enlarging and concentration on certain features.
The colour from the maroon door and the grey metal stairs contrast each other. The addition of the green foliage softens the colour to produce a balanced overall image

Work Experience

This model is of an extension to a listed mill, which I made during my time at Glazzard Architects on my week work experience. The task I was given was to redesign the utility and bathroom, then produce floor plans to show my ideas. The scale model I produced was shown to the clients as the firm thought my design was good enough to discuss. I produced the multicoloured cutout paper to expand and explore further my experience at Glazzards. I focused on the contours of the land surrounding the building.

Pin and Thread

This is a merged photograph of my model and how it captures the architectural shapes of this building. I wanted to try find a way to express what I saw when taking this photograph inside the Contemporary Art Museum in Barcelona.

After my visit I made a pin and string model based on the simplified shapes of the interior architecture of the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art. I used white foam board to represent the crisp white walls and then a vibrant purple thread to add a colour element to my model.

Here are some close up photographs of my model. I created a wide range of patterns out of the lines of thread and the shadows that were formed.

Jellyfish

Woodland Installation

These photographs show my string installation that I created with thick red string in the woods near my house. This concept came from the small model I produced after visiting the Bauhaus Museum in Berlin.
The variety of shapes that were created by photographing different angles, shows how even a small and sparse space can be transformed into a captivating image. The string was there to represent the joining of free space between the trees, to form a flowing collection of shapes and patterns.

I revisited the installation during the night with spot lights to experiment with light and its effects on the installation, here are some of my favourite images.