eyesore

my photos of brutalist design robin hood gardens in East London, it really is as ugly as it sounds

fancy

a couple of photos i took today of the mansions off of High Street Kensington, all of which are comprised of lots of smaller apartments. this yellow brick one was my favourite

example of compact housing Kensington style

clearer

for the moment i'm looking at contrasts in architectural styles, like the Victorian redbrick houses of Hampstead and Maida Vale versus the brutalist (social housing) estates of Robin Hood Gardens, Trellick Tower and the soon to be demolished Elephant & Castle Heygate Estate

i hope to capture some of what it might feel like to live in these very different types of buildings and using elements of the two (which are generally either loved or loathed) combine them to create a more balanced type of housing for everybody

wow

zulmiradesign and D.I.Y. architecture

i think we'd get along

new project ii

new work for the self-defined project. i'm working around the idea of buildings for densely populated cities

it's been a while

final finals

finished pieces i'm entering into the d&ad competition

not wishing to repeat myself too much...

...here are a few alternatives/touch-ups to previous posts

subtle

or maybe not. israel minus west bank and gaza strip...

...and with

recycled

another perspective and new use for the text, it's meant to look like a razor mesh security fence

texture/colour

i think this figure adds just enough to the understanding of what the image represents and also compliments the abstractness of the wall

a different perspective of the wall

below are two variations of the text wall with texture applied in different colours

type

just a quick mock up of another idea, this time using text to clarify the theme

perception

needs colour or something, still very much a work in progress

peace

not sure what i think of this... the rather long-winded idea behind this was the olive trees as a metaphor for peace (the Bible) being destroyed by the wall. basically this wall is a symbol of resistance in this case against peace in the middle east