engineering some art
01/07/2008
Over the last month I’ve been working on a new design after talking to architects and engineers. The walls I have in mind need to be reinforced to comply with building regulations. I redesigned a few walls so they will support the curved wall. We are also investigating which foundation to choose: a trench or raft foundation. Not only the end result but also the cost and ways of working by the contractor will decide which method we will use.
At the moment the drawings are at the engineers office, and Martin Hill will calculate different options, so I know what my options are. After talking to the constructor and seeing the budget I can draw a final plan.
Many thanks to David Gausden (architect) and Bruce Williams (artist) who gave me lots of tips and points to consider. It is a real challenge to materialise my ideas within the constrains of budget and regulations. But then again talking to others made me realise that this is always the case, no matter how big or small the project is… See the ‘network’ page for links to the websites of David and Bruce.
Finally a start !
20/04/2008
At last the contract is signed after a year delay, let us start!
This is a public blog open to everyone. Please feel free to use it to keep up to date and to comment. All participants will be able to add content or posts.
There are many people involved, on different levels and from different organisations and communication is vital.
It also serves as a medium for documenting and archiving this project.
And finally it also becomes a space for discussion, reaching out to the wider world and placing this work in context.
Pages will show different versions and stages of the work. The rest of the structure will evolve as we will go along. A part of the project is student involvement and teaching. Documents and archives in art has its own field as art medium, which is one avenue I would like to explore with the students who will get involved.
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