Sketching Enclosure in Bollington, an element of Gordon Cullen's traditional townscape
Posted 18 Oct 2015 23:08
Filling the gaps in our Darsena Design Guide with a little help from a local.
Posted 17 Oct 2015 19:56
Creating an elevation of Bollington's arterial road
Posted 17 Oct 2015 10:24
Exploring a potential way of combining the group model with our individual projects
Posted 17 Oct 2015 10:19
Shadow definition on the facade of Caruso St John's Nottingham Contemporary
Posted 16 Oct 2015 20:44
A steep stairway that punches through the wall of the viaduct in Bollington.
Posted 16 Oct 2015 00:18
Striking concrete ramp in the Archbishopric Museum of Hamar, by Sverre Fehn, looking up at the living.
Posted 15 Oct 2015 19:50
Iron column to timber beam detail in living room.
Posted 15 Oct 2015 16:06
Reflections and shadows on flat window as light changes outside in charcoal.
Posted 15 Oct 2015 16:05
Vertical slot, ribbon dormer, and stone projections on Hailwood House.
Posted 15 Oct 2015 15:58
View of Clarence Mill and the church from White Nancy.
Posted 15 Oct 2015 15:51
Repetition of the gable end in the Historic Triangle
Posted 15 Oct 2015 12:20
Shadows of Bollington
(Drawing workshop with David Connor)
(Drawing workshop with David Connor)
Posted 14 Oct 2015 23:04
Bollington historic tour (Boddington in bollington)
Posted 14 Oct 2015 11:28
Interesting Renovation project by Clavienrossier Architects, Charrat, Switzerland. Paying homage to the vernacular whilst creating a more contemporary interior living environment.
Posted 13 Oct 2015 21:07
Bollington High Street - Threshold, Semi-Private/Private space.
Posted 13 Oct 2015 20:57
Talking shadow with Stephen Kite, Welsh school of architecture. Among others, Hawksmoor, Ruskin and Rossi in reference.
Posted 13 Oct 2015 18:07
Simultaneously learning about the UK planning system and diagramming Milanese Banister House typology.
Posted 13 Oct 2015 16:17
Thankful for being let in on this golden secret - a beautifully nurtured church in ruins is a sacred haven from the bustle of life in central London
Posted 12 Oct 2015 20:41
Some gorgeously rugged two-storey beach huts greet boats on the shore at Teignmouth.
Posted 12 Oct 2015 20:30
Totnes,at the head of the River Dart Estuary in South Devon, is said to have more listed buildings per head than any other town. Having visited the town on numerous occasions the regular use of slate cladding throughout the town is newly noted - no doubt in place as a defense against weathering.
Legend has it that the mythical founder of Britain, Brutus of Troy, first came shore at the "coast of Totnes" -Here I stand and here I rest. And this town shall be called Totnes-
Legend has it that the mythical founder of Britain, Brutus of Troy, first came shore at the "coast of Totnes" -Here I stand and here I rest. And this town shall be called Totnes-
Posted 12 Oct 2015 20:29
V&A Museum of Childhood old and new patterns in the fabric.
Posted 12 Oct 2015 16:00
Looking into layout for our Darsena Design Guide. Book borrowed from Suzanne.
Posted 10 Oct 2015 17:16
White Nancy was built in 1817 by John Gaskell junior of North End Farm to commemorate the victory at the Battle of Waterloo.
Posted 10 Oct 2015 15:05
Very strange acoustics for a room specifically for quiet study. I wonder the experience without the sprayed acoustic dampening finish. [in the central reading room of Central Library]
'Exalt her and she will promote thee'
'Exalt her and she will promote thee'
Posted 10 Oct 2015 14:43
Sublime Theory - Edmund Burke.
Burke thought that the sublime moves us more profoundly than beauty. The sublime generates a fear within us. This influence is visceral and engages us in exhilaration and delight. Burke's theories heavily influenced the Romantic period of art.
Burke thought that the sublime moves us more profoundly than beauty. The sublime generates a fear within us. This influence is visceral and engages us in exhilaration and delight. Burke's theories heavily influenced the Romantic period of art.
Posted 10 Oct 2015 00:18
Roof heights in Bollington. Distinctive roof of form due to the undulation of landscape. Identifiable trait of Bollington domestic architecture.
Posted 9 Oct 2015 23:01
Ben Hayes, Bartlett School of Architecture
Silver
2013 RIBA President’s Medal winners
Silver
2013 RIBA President’s Medal winners
Posted 9 Oct 2015 00:44
Researching the native flora and fauna of Lombardy and Milan
Posted 8 Oct 2015 16:55
INA Casa by Gio Pont, 1955. Prototype for social housing in Milan. Influence seen through Darsena/Navigli region.
Posted 8 Oct 2015 16:47
The grand immeasurable scale of the Clarence Mill chimney. The chimney acts as a landmark or visible reference point to the Historic Triangle of Bollington.
Posted 8 Oct 2015 11:48
The Macclesfield, Bollington & Marple Railway.
Basil Jeuda.
1984
Basil Jeuda.
1984
Posted 8 Oct 2015 09:47
Re-visiting Villa Savoye - putting together material gathered in summer 2015
Posted 8 Oct 2015 08:55
Re-visiting Villa Savoye - putting together material gathered in summer 2015
Posted 8 Oct 2015 08:55
Paddington Reservoir Gardens, Sydney: A former 19th Century pumping station and water reservoir reimagined by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer into a reservoir of calm within the city.
Posted 8 Oct 2015 00:49
Window-Inception (window through a window) photographed inside Livesey's Delicatessen in Bollington
Posted 8 Oct 2015 00:37
Researching (enjoying) local produce.
Happy Valley Brewery, a family business established in 2010 in the heart of Bollington.
http://www.happyvalleybrewery.co.uk/
Happy Valley Brewery, a family business established in 2010 in the heart of Bollington.
http://www.happyvalleybrewery.co.uk/
Posted 7 Oct 2015 19:33
Diagrams by Maria Grazia Corsini for Urban Morphology exploring the development of the courtyard typology in medieval Milan.
Posted 7 Oct 2015 19:32
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore publishing house was founded in 1907 Milan. New headquarters design by Oscar Niemeyer, construction 1970-1974.
Posted 7 Oct 2015 15:23