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Site Visit:
A few things really drew
my eye when observing the site, apart from the obviously intriguing drastic
level changes of the site. Firstly, the front façade on Victoria Street; the current building obviously does not embrace
it’s surroundings or connect at all to the terraces on either side. However,
what I was interested in was the way in which I could break this façade to
explore Gehry’s ideas of a broken exterior public/private barrier. Furthermore,
I hope to create a small sculpture/natural garden on the site and so I sketched
the front façade to explore how I could possibly follow these ideas whilst
connecting to the contrasting terraces on either side. Secondly, the view from
the middle of the Butler Stairs presents an interesting secondary access point
of public connection. Despite the public not being able to reach the site from
the South Side, this view plays a very important role in merging the public and
private spheres. Finally, the rock wall face that runs approximately west-east
at the back of the site provides an interesting opening to the history of this
landscape and I hope to explore the channel that this rock face creates in
order to bring the design into the landscape.
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