Plants on the Move
Based on an earlier demographic appraisal and suggested archetype for each of the economic botany collections, I have chosen the Plants on the Move exhibition as be the first to be designed. […]
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Economic Botany
On a second visit to Kew Gardens I discovered the People + Plants exhibition in Museum number 1. It is currently the largest display of the worldwide uses for plants and for […]
Tensegrity Variations
With the basic principles of tensegrity understood, I took to computational design and parametric modelling in order to test the possibilities of altering the generic sticks and string modules as showcased by […]
Bio Tensegrity
Finding nature’s representative of Tabula Rasic learning was one thing. However, in order to extract a structural system from Slime Mould, I had to delve into the microscopic. The questions […]
Tabula Rasa
Tabula Rasa Waiting to be found, are unthinkable treasures. Explore, look around. While Kew Gardens is renowned for its beautiful botanical gardens and natural species, some may not know about […]
Brief’s A & B
Brief’s A & B represent the early investigations into nature and structure, with early developments into single surface structures. These understandings will be carried through as a story is developed through discoveries […]
Kew Gardens
The subject of my final project is Kew Gardens. Visiting there on a cold winter’s morning maybe did not showcase Kew in all it’s splendour, however, it did instigate a […]
Unit Trip – Turin
This year’s unit trip saw us head out to Turin, Italy. While the trip focussed on capturing the magnificent works by Nervi, Mollino, Piano and Trucco’s Fiat Factory, the city itself […]
Photography Workshop – National Theatre
We were fortunate enough to be treated to a basic photography workshop by both Robbie Polley and Sue Barr in the National Theatre, London. Set at night, the primary focus was […]
Monument to the Third International
The second of my structural investigations focussed on Vladimir Tatlin’s Monument to the Third International. Inspired by Paris’s Eiffel Tower and Athanasius Kircher’s seventeenth-century representation of the Tower of Babel, Tatlin […]
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