Dip Unit 17 Yr 4: Amanda Betz, James Daykin, Sarah Earney, Romanos Gortsios, James Harper, Alexandra Mok, David Ogunmuyiwa, Phillip Obayda. Yr 5: Naomi Abeliovich, Greg Blee, Olivia Gordon, Susie Hyden, Aoife Keigher, Markus Lobmaier, Anna Pamphilon, Anne Schroell, Michael Tite.
Ground-Horizon Ground is suggestive of the origins of things. Its firm presence is the foundation of how we place ourselves in the world. It is the resting place of structures and is strongly connected to our ideas of materials and of things. It suggests protection and touch. To occupy the ground we situate ourselves in a place and our imagination gives the site an identity. We are anchored and we can reflect inwards. The horizon is the end of earth. It is the limit of our visual perception. The relationship between our bodies and the horizon is the basis for our perception of space. When we address the horizon we look out, we project beyond ourselves. If ground is things, horizon is ideas, projections and abstraction. Metaphorically the horizon represents the limit of our knowledge, but a boundary is also that from which something begins. Beyond the horizon there is new ground. Our experience of architecture is deeply rooted in a play between the concepts of ground and horizon. It is what situates us in the world.
Niall McLaughlin and Yeoryia Manolopoulou