Dip Unit 17 Yr 4: David Dickson, Paula Friar, Suzanne Gaballa, Christian Holm, Katie Irvine, Emily Lewith, Jakob Lund, Tom Rigley, Yr 5: Candida Correa de Sa, Sarah Gray, Matthew Hill, Sarah Izod, Joanna Karatzas, Brett Lambie, Ben Nicholls, Teresa Warburton, Steve Westcott.
Migrations In the novel Moby Dick, Herman Melville invented the Pequod as a dream ship to carry Ahab and his crew around the world in search of a phantasmagoric white whale. The Pequod is an enclosed world that is complete in itself. It is a factory, a home, a ship, a machine and a site for myths. The trees that built it grow again, it leaves no lasting mark on the surface of the sea, and it disappears without a trace. This year we asked our students to design their own version of the Pequod. We traveled north-south down the coast of California. We observed and reacted to the flux all around us and explored how different kinds of migration influence stories, objects, cultures and ecosystems. Migration was also interrogated as a function of the mind (perception and memory), and as something that occurs within the design process itself, a drift between conscious intention and chance encounter. Each student finally produced an architectural proposal for a site and brief of their own choosing. A number of influences from theatre, literature, art, archaeology, and the natural sciences were woven into their projects. Our warmest thanks to Alis Fadzil for her generous and invaluable teaching in Year 4. Many thanks to the following critics and consultants for their insight and constructive input: Katherine Bash, Johan Berglund, Neil Daffin, James Daykin, Sarah Earney, Eoghan Given, Agniezska Glowacka, Olivia Gordon, Jan Kattein, Guan Lee, Peg Rawes, Adam Richards, Mark Smout, Andy Toohey, Victoria Watson, Oliver Wilton.
Niall McLaughlin, Bev Dockray and Yeoryia Manolopoulou
Top: Sarah Izod. Bottom: Teresa Warburton.