HOWARD SMITH WHARVES
ENTRY 2
At week two, Tope and i had found that we were still only half a group. Unfortunately we had not yet been able to find an additional two group member, so we continued on to get the ball rolling.
After initial brainstorming, we decided that scale was going to be our trigger for ideas in designing our folie.
The enormity of the cliffs is a major part of the Howard Smith Warves area. They tend to almost balance the grandeur of the Story Bridge.
During our brainstorming session, I put forward the idea that our folie should be located above the warves, fixed to the cliffs high above. I think that in most previous examples I had seen, most had been located at the foot of the cliffs. The other concept which I put forward, was possibly reversing the view - maybe having an envronmental influence, by focusing on the cliff face rather than the main being that of the river (something a little unexpected). Although in addition to the main view of the cliff, we could have smaller framed views of the river.
Tope came up with the idea to make the folie moveable. So the idea developed that the folie would be on a type of pulley system and would move up and down the cliff face.
We left the second tutorial feeling as though we had made a good start and after talking with one of tutors, we realised we still needed to put some more thought into the actual learning that was going to occur. I guess I imagined it would be something along the lines of learning something about the environment that most wouldn't get to see up close (the smaller living things on the cliff face), however the tutor suggested we needed something more to be going on inside rather than just being able to see the cliff through a large glazed opening.
At week two, Tope and i had found that we were still only half a group. Unfortunately we had not yet been able to find an additional two group member, so we continued on to get the ball rolling.
After initial brainstorming, we decided that scale was going to be our trigger for ideas in designing our folie.
The enormity of the cliffs is a major part of the Howard Smith Warves area. They tend to almost balance the grandeur of the Story Bridge.
During our brainstorming session, I put forward the idea that our folie should be located above the warves, fixed to the cliffs high above. I think that in most previous examples I had seen, most had been located at the foot of the cliffs. The other concept which I put forward, was possibly reversing the view - maybe having an envronmental influence, by focusing on the cliff face rather than the main being that of the river (something a little unexpected). Although in addition to the main view of the cliff, we could have smaller framed views of the river.
Tope came up with the idea to make the folie moveable. So the idea developed that the folie would be on a type of pulley system and would move up and down the cliff face.
We left the second tutorial feeling as though we had made a good start and after talking with one of tutors, we realised we still needed to put some more thought into the actual learning that was going to occur. I guess I imagined it would be something along the lines of learning something about the environment that most wouldn't get to see up close (the smaller living things on the cliff face), however the tutor suggested we needed something more to be going on inside rather than just being able to see the cliff through a large glazed opening.
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