Tuesday, 3 May 2011
WK 5 THEME GROUP SELECTION
As it happenes I got allocated to the Colaborative Hong Kong Theme Group. Here we have group work both with someone from QUT and with people from Hong Kong. Together we have to design a "Library for the future" at the Howard Smith Wharves Site. My fellow team mate from QUT is Raymond Steau. At this early stage of the project, it seems quiet a daunting task to colaborate.
FOLIE DRAWINGS
Above: Site Plan of Howard Smith Wharves
Above: Front Elevation of Folie
Above: Folie Floor Plan
Above: Folie roof plan
Above: Roof plan including pathway access to Folie
Above: Section of Folie
Above: Perspective of Folie from existing cliff walkway.
FOLIE PARAGRAPH
I decided to do the description paragraph as if the Folie itself was talking. To me this way best described its unique individual features...
“I am the heart of the city, a beacon above the old port. I can be seen from a distance making me a connecting point that brings people together. I am bold but seemingly invisible, I am always in disguise. I seamlessly replicate a sense of time and movement from my static position by reflecting my surrounds from my many angles during the day and reflecting the city lights at night. From my cliff-top position I am always watching, boats approach under my gaze. Although my shiny aluminium skin looks thin, my bones are of steel. Therefore I welcome you, young and old, local or not. Come gaze from my framed windows that capture the essence of the Storey Bridge, Howard Smith Wharves and the city skyscrapers which I reflect. Visit me during the week and see the changing sights. Stop by on your Saturday walk or perhaps catch a bus and bring your family for a Sunday lunch to sit beneath me under the trees and watch the city cat’s go by. Along with my vast qualities, I see time come and go, If you look hard enough you may see the old boats of the past docked down below. However, on my skin you will also see yourself blurred into the surrounding reflections; here you will always feel connected to this ever growing, ever changing city.”
“I am the heart of the city, a beacon above the old port. I can be seen from a distance making me a connecting point that brings people together. I am bold but seemingly invisible, I am always in disguise. I seamlessly replicate a sense of time and movement from my static position by reflecting my surrounds from my many angles during the day and reflecting the city lights at night. From my cliff-top position I am always watching, boats approach under my gaze. Although my shiny aluminium skin looks thin, my bones are of steel. Therefore I welcome you, young and old, local or not. Come gaze from my framed windows that capture the essence of the Storey Bridge, Howard Smith Wharves and the city skyscrapers which I reflect. Visit me during the week and see the changing sights. Stop by on your Saturday walk or perhaps catch a bus and bring your family for a Sunday lunch to sit beneath me under the trees and watch the city cat’s go by. Along with my vast qualities, I see time come and go, If you look hard enough you may see the old boats of the past docked down below. However, on my skin you will also see yourself blurred into the surrounding reflections; here you will always feel connected to this ever growing, ever changing city.”
SITE RE-VISIT AT NIGHT
The images below are taken from the walkway above the Howard Smith Wharves. I decided to visit the site at night to appreciate the atmosphere under these conditions.
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