be nja min hor ne com mun icat io n th re e
ti mescap es
introducti o n
timescapes view’s landscape architecture as an on going process that never stops, to determining whether a project can be completed in one singular process or if multiple interventions over time need to be implemented to generate a deeper method of thought. looking back at previous project’s that have been constructed through numerous time frames, regenerating how designed in generally executed, resulting in a greater evolution across multiple disciplines.
po ster
designing through time - concept
re dra w i ng
“Our proposal for a retreating village of small houses and streets is deployed in the disintegrating territory between the sea and the land. The village reacts to predicted rates of retreat, as much as five meters per year, by sliding and shifting to safer land. To achieve this the scheme employs a mechanical landscape of winches, pulleys, rails, and counterweights, mimicking techniques for hauling boats from the waves. It also adopts [from a millennia’s worth of garden and landscape design?] an architectural language of impermanence, of permeable screens, loose-fit structures, and cheap materials that complement and contribute to the nature of the restless landscape.” Reference: phamplet architecture 28 - augmented landscapes (paperback - april 19,2007)
Note: Re-drawings on the upcoming pages in chapters, are to represent previous studio work done by Benjamin Horne, using various drawing techniques and method’s that smout allen has respresented in the drawing on the next page.
smout allen - retreating villages redrawing
c ha pter s
d em ap p i ng w aters enquiry plan section perspective model
experiment enquiry plan perspective detail model
glitch enquiry plan section
perspective model
de-map ping w a ters
enqui r y
De-mapping waters is an investigation into land reclamation in the South China Sea, a project that evolves on the edge of major shipping lanes, re-using ships hulls and shipping containers to reclaim land, regenerating political boarders whilst bringing countries together, in an area that has created multiple disputes over the last ten years in relation to land ownership. Over fifty years this project had numerous interventions each year, which was dependent on the material that could be gathered from the Xinhui Shipyard (Southern China). Materials from ships all over the world were a base for this project, in an attempt to re-establish global togetherness in international waters. This project was primarily viewed at a country scale by changing the program of shipping hulls to advance neighbourliness between Asian countries, while also being viewed secondly at a personal scale to create areas of tourism to further advance the relationship between nearby countries.
pl a n
plan looks at the relationship between coutries on the edge of the south china sea, showing how interventions in water grow overtime to a point where they overlap each other and help connect countries.
de-mapping waters plan
section
section splits the intervention in half and represents the stacking of ships hulls over years, while connecting cranes to create the secondary design, by stacking shipping containers above sea level, reprogramming each container for its intended use.
de-mapping waters section
perspecti v e
perspective shows the intervention at the twenty year mark, where multiple ship hullls with containers on top have been stacked above sea level, connecting with one another and forming land.
de-mapping waters perspective
m o del
de-mapping waters model
experiment
enqui r y
This project was a social experiment based on the Chapel St next to the St Kilda Town Hall at a communal drop in centre that helped people of a lower socio demographic congregate in a safe environment. The drop in centre was a great place for congregation, yet it did create a line between the homeless society and the general public. The intervention that came from this problem was a pop up space called ‘FREE’, which was based around social interaction, how the homeless society and general public can grow together as one. The pop up space gave away free coffee & tea all day, with an afternoon sausage sizzle and live music for most of the day. This concept worked due to the fact that everybody in the world can afford something that essentially costs nothing. If you are a multinational stock broker or a homeless person you can afford something that costs nothing.
pl a n
plan shows the initial start of the pop up space inbetween buildings on site, while branching out over multiple pop ups in time. Slowing connecting the homeless society that used the space with the general public that pass by the site everyday.
experiment plan
perspercti v e
perspective represents the interventions pulling away from the site, slowly interacting with the surrounding landscape and connecting with objects that wern’t originally on the existing site. Creating a larger intervention that grows larger every year, meaning a greater space for the social experiment to take place.
experiment perspective
deta i l
detail shows the first pop up flows with the existing space, how materials from site where re-constructed and used in the pop up space. Also how these materials once moved from there original space can help push social connection between various socio-demographics.
experiment detail
mo del
experiment model
glitch
enqui r y
Glitch sets out to explore how such techniques as circuit bending, reprograming and warping can influence and change how people approach landscape architecture. This project based on the coastline of Williamstown, Victoria aimed at closing the gap between the bay and the resident’s approximately 500 metres inland. This was done by creating walkways between both, while also transferring water from residential properties back into the ocean. By heating the water to boiling temperature it allowed purification of the water, while also creating various atmospheric conditions throughout. The created spaces where quite small, starting off as small subtropical microclimates, yet overtime grew and branched further towards the residential space and ocean, closing the gap and linking the two previous unlinked spaces, while heavily celebrating evaporation of water in sub-tropical environments.
pl a n
plan shows the link from the residential space to the natural oceanic area. Growth occurs in the centre where both meet, further pushing the celebration of evaporation whilst creating micro sub-tropical climates.
glitch plan
secti o n
section shows the celebration of the evaporation cycle on site, whilst giving links from the ocean to the residents nearby.
glitch section
p erspecti v e
perspective shows and more in depth cycle of the residential water movement over time, while still showing connections between each space, the ocean and the local residents.
glitch perspective
m o del
glitch model
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