Model Making Concepts

In order to start the design process, I have reflected on my gathered research (more to be posted in due time) and have started to make paper only model concepts. To start with, I took one of my site pictures and drew some of its predominant features. I added a piece of paper that was …

My Project

This blogpost has been edited to better reflect my projects outlining paramaters and to lineup better with my subsequent work, which has changed from what was originally intended. The goal of this course is to introduce predominantly New Zealand interior architecture students to the historical significance of the Treaty of Waitangi. This is to be …

Background to the Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti o Waitangi

What is Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the Treaty of Waitangi? The Treaty of Waitangi (English) is New Zealand’s founding document. It was officially signed on February 6th 1840 at Waitangi (Bay of Islands, North Island). First written first in English the treaty was then then translated to Maori and thus become known as Te …

Site Context

When visiting the site, I made a series of Drawings of possible locations for my intervention. I went back later in the day to take contextual photos to a) record the site in perfect accuracy and b) to note the differences in human movement and interaction from the morning. Please note that the sketches are …

Quotes

“An idea is salvation by imagination.”Frank Lloyd Wright A London Cityscape by Sara Sherwood “An idea is salvation by imagination.”  – Frank Lloyd Wright “God is in the details.”  – Mies van der Rohe “As an architect you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown.” – Norman …