Creative Work
The drawing above is my interpretive sketch of Étienne-Louis
Boullée’s memorial for Newton, which I drew for last year’s Architectural
History. The sketch exhibits Newton’s Monument in the reflection of the eye’s
iris. This was done to highlight the monument’s spherical form and illustrate
the building’s analogy with the human physique. Through this drawing I explored
the effects of day and night on the dome and its ability to represent the
sublime beauty of nature as captured in Boullée’s images.
Great Piece of Architecture
The Sendai Mediatheque library, designed by Toyo Ito in
1995, uses the combination of ingenious engineering and aesthetics to create a great
piece of architecture. The building’s transparency and ability to appear
weightless is achieved through the utilization of thin concrete slabs supported
by the seaweed like steel “pillars” which blends with the environment. I found
this along with the changing height and lighting of the different floors to form
a fluid space which is both aesthetically pleasing and stimulating.
Original Photograph
The two photographs are long exposures of Sydney Harbour's view,
capturing the skyline and architectural icons of Sydney in a soft pastel light that
appears to dance on the rippled surface of the water. I wanted these photographs
to exhibit the nature of light and its ability to transform buildings into a
dream like landscape and inspire the viewer’s imagination.
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