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Fig. 7.6 Lauren Childs Y2, ‘The Iron Lace Ladies’. New Orleans is characterised by its ornate ironwork that decorates otherwise sober building façades. Located on the famed Royal Street, the building is an ironwork foundry that restores and replaces ironwork in disrepair. Alongside this, the building is a refuge for woman during and after a flood, containing enough water, food and beds to ensure a safe haven for anyone who enters. Fig. 7.7 Grant Beaumont Y2, ‘Imaging Usonia’. This investigation creates, measures and occupies unseen spaces. A series of concocted material samples underwent an overlaid scanning process through a bespoke device to develop visible and invisible data points. Each of these points became a peak or trough marker creating a visual, spatial map that is both macro and micro in scale. Fig. 7.8 Mengzi Fu Y2, ‘The Thin House’.
Inspired by Italo Calvino’s ‘Invisible Cities’, the Thin House explores the notion of living in a building where piped services are not hidden within walls or under floorboards, but exposed and reconfigured to create a complex, interlaced world of inhabitable space. Fig. 7.9 Harry Johnson Y3, ‘The Folk Craft Guild of New Orleans’. In its 50th year, The Smithsonian Institution has commissioned a Guild to present and preserve the indigenous crafts of Louisiana. Located on Royal Street, alongside a succession of craft and antique outlets, folk craft practitioners work side by side, exploring local traditions such as steam bending and Bousillage. Crafted entirely from the bald cypress tree, the official state tree of Louisiana, the Guild aims to promote both local traditions and the use of locally sourced materials.
The Bartlett School of Architecture 2017
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