Think there is no nature in a parking lot in Boston?
What do you hear? What do you see? How can the temporary, and what was natural be unnatural and yet be art here in this space? Isn't the wind pleasant (now that we don't have to feel its effects)?
I used cut flowers and packed snow to "plant" flowers in asphalt, in Boston, in January. I watched and heard the flowers be affected by nature. Then I saw how people reacted with confused looks, and how they got run over by the owner of the parking space behind. Nature is ever-changing and dynamic. So are people. Maybe that's why we like nature.
2 comments:
Anne, you've done an excellent job showing overdeveloped land with your project. And while progress and development is inevitable, there has to be a balance with nature. We must be able to accomplish both by design and careful planning. As an architect your challenge is two-fold (actually more than that) -- to satisfy your client by creating a structure that is cost-effective and business savvy, while doing it in such a way to preserve as much land and nature as possible. I'm sure that is not an easy feat.
I applaud you for picking this topic as your thesis. ~ Jan Romes ~
Anne:
i like how you have presented your theis topic material and especially the hand sketches. While I think with water color your sketch are public expressions. Keep up the good work.
Tom B.
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