Today’s walk
Went to work to pick up and drop off work so I have a load more scanning to do for next week.
It looked cold out but I was rather warm but I did walk for an hour or so with a giant long coat on 
Sunset over Peckham Rye Park.
Aura Court, Nunhead seen from Peckham Rye Park, South London.
Sunset over Peckham Rye Park, South London.
Related Reading:
Central Saint Giles and Centre Point…
last Friday’s walk…
I came across a rather nice colourful collection of buildings called Central Saint Giles where Google London hold their offices – The buildings were in Red, Yellow and bright green and just around the corner from them you can see Centre Point.
It was only the other day that I realised that I have never taken a picture of Centre Point yet I’ve walked past it a millions times and everyone ‘raves’ about it – I’m not that keen on it myself yet it does have a nice shape and graphic elements so I’m not sure why I don’t view it in high regards ?!
- Central Saint Giles
A Corner of Central Saint Giles
a view from Waterloo Bridge
Related Reading:
Artist Book Structures, (elective)
For my BA course 2nd year elective I chose Artist Book Structures as I love books in their entirety – binding, covers, images, text.
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Artists Book Structure
(Elective for 2nd Year)
Elements of Architecture
Rationale:
Buildings contain people… these people have thoughts and dreams within them.
Books are also containers of people’s thoughts and dreams.
People’s tongues are devices of communication, they can tell others about their Ideas, dreams and desires,
Other people read these dreams and learn to create things… like buildings!
The Book of Tongues:
The structure I decided to make is sculptural in its form – a modernist design similar to the lines of the Guggenheim Museum in Spain and the post modernist Lloyds Building in London.
The ‘Book of Tongues’ features the elements of what a tongue can do (Obviously more could be added but this particular design limits this to 6).
The protective case is a simplistic shape that protects and closes on the tongues, the viewer will have no clue of what’s in side, when the lid is lifted the viewer is surprised by what they find. On top of the recess in the case a small booklet sits (not pictured) this has the rational written on the same type of paper as the tongues and has a textured cover with holes cut through – will add images of this once I have received back the object from grading).
Which is six tongues connected to arc shaped holders – The Book of Tongues used similar techniques to Pop-up, but they are static rather than open and shut with the closing of the box.
It is possible to make these holders swivel round like a spiral staircase and the Tongues could fan out rather than lift, another version test was created using wire embedded into the tongues so that they could be lifted and twisted… with the hope to enable ‘tongue twisted’ moments!
tags for portfolio:
Handmade tags for project folder
(examples of other structures made in class)
Related Reading:
Modernist/post modernist buildings in London
Modernist/post modernist buildings in London
Brief: To take a photograph of a modernist and post modernist building and write why I chose those particular buildings.
Modernist – all photos by Lenny Carter – RunnyCustard
The Design Museum – night & day – Photography by Lenny Carter
The Design Museum is an international modernist (1930′s) styled building built in an old Banana Warehouse.
The Design museum started of as the Boilerhouse which was housed in the basement of the V&A, created by Terence Conran but then expanded to the point that it moved to the South Bank in London. It’s shaped like a small minimalistic cube like building.
I like buildings like this as they are clean and have such striking lines but they can sometimes look rather cold too. Some people think it’s ‘ugly, inhuman, sterile, and elitist‘ – I guess it really depends if all the design elements come together or not… I think they do in this case!
Post Modern.
Lloyds of London – Photography by Lenny Carter
The Gerkin & Lloyds of London – photography by Lenny Carter
The Lloyds of London & Swiss Re Tower
I’m starting to see why post modernism is seen as a backlash to modernist styled buildings.
Modernist buildings can look rather ‘boring’ next to a post modernist building – The Gerkin and Lloyds of London are rather dramatic and striking whereas The Design Musuem’s white cube structure seems rather subdubed in comparison, but then the Gerkin and Lloyds reeks of huge egos and elitism.
I’m sure we can guess which buildings have had their photo taken the most!
The Gerkin (Swiss Re Tower) wiki
