lumières

(source)

light, colour, performance and architecture combined in the annual festival of lights in Lyon

waste-less future

welcome to lagos

a dramatic vision of a mega-city and the stories of people adapting to large scale urbanisation in extreme circumstances by learning to recycle existing products and finding new uses for the tons of waste that the city produces

soulless

robin hood gardens

trellick tower

another brutalist design, don't think this turned out as good as the first set of towers though

terraces

map

an idea for a final piece. it's a map of old (pre-industrial revolution) London, central and greater London, the outer metropolitan area, the south east and the greater south east. the idea is to show the expansion (past, present and future) of a city into a mega-city/region in the form of a pop-up map which also illustrates the architectural changes

mix

some initial tests in photoshop, not sure what i think, kind of obvious but a start

barbican

genius i

ben and sebastian

i want to meet these guys!

gothic

photo i took of the entrance to Holly Village in North London. one of the earliest examples of a gated community in the country and from what i could see of the houses inside they looked amazing with towers and turrets and ornate wooden detailing

Henry Astley Darbishire who designed this hamlet also designed houses specifically for working-class Londoners as part of a trust whose aim was to improve the lives of the poor by building better housing for them

future perfect

the perfect home

maybe a little over intellectualising and analogising of architecture, nonetheless a really interesting programme that explores the effects that architectural styles have on people's happiness and problems with the appearance and design of many housing developments in the country today

for this project i'm sort of focusing on the evolution of architecture in expanding cities and how shifts in priorities affect the change in style of buildings. as well as illustrating the growth of a mega-city i want to design a fantasy building that looks at some of the problems faced by large scale urbanisation

eyesore

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