The Timekeepers Residence

The Cycle of Time

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The Timekeepers Residence

Contents 01. Int rod u c t i o n 02. A est heti c a n d L i t e r a r y P re c e d e n t s 03. St ag e O n e ‘ Co n t e x t u r a l R e s e a rc h + D ra w ing Tests’ 04. St ag e Tw o ‘ A Cu r a t i o n o f M o d e l s ’ 05. St ag e T h re e ‘ T h e Ti m e k e e p e r s R e s idence’ 06. C r i t i c a l A n a l y s i s a n d R e f l e c t e d Te xt

Chapter One + I n t ro d u c t i o n

25th of Marc h P ri or to t he 25t h of march we as a new z eal and s oci ety have never ex peri enced what we were about to phys i cal l y, emot i onal l y and s pi ri tual l y endure for over a mont h.

A s t he nat i onal l evel four l ock down commenced, we were al l s trangel y i n t he s ame ‘boat ’.

No mat ter each s i ngul ar s tatus no one was more or l es s k nowl edgeabl e of what was about to happen, we were al l hopel es s l y i l l i nformed.

The fol l owi ng s el ect i ons of drawi ngs are a repres entat i on of what I endured and ex peri enced duri ng ‘ the cycle o f time’ o f t hi s l ock down.

Chapter Two

+ Ae s t h e t i c a n d L i t e r a ry P recedents

E insteins Dreams b y Allan Lig htman The aes t het i c precedents are an i ns pi rat i on of how I woul d l i k e my work to l ook and vi s ual l y appeal . The i mage compos i t i on, l i ne wei ghts , renderi ng and s cal e al l create a des i rabl e i mage.

E i ns tei ns Dreams

by A l l an L i ghtman acts as a l i terary provocatory to ex pl ore t he es s ence of t i me and as k s what t he d i fferences of how t i me can be i nterpretated.

‘In t hi s worl d, a s econd i s a s econd i s a s econd. Ti me paces forward wi t h exq uis ite reg ularity, at preci s el y t he s ame velo city i n every co r ner o f s p ace. Ti me i s an i nfi ni te rul er. Time is ab s o lute.’

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Aesthetic Precedent Qualities T hese a est het ic precedents ha ve been a source of inspira t ion t hrough t he a bstra ct pen l ines, sma l l da shes of colour a nd a lso t he simple communica t ion of t hem. j

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Chapter Three

+ S t a g e O n e B a c k g ro u n d

Researc h C ontext + Draw ing s Tests Thi s revi s i tat i on of t he proj ect one i s al l about tak i ng a s tance from about what you ex peri enced i n nat i onal l ock down and t hrough des i gn met hods d i s pl ayi ng a s eri es of s k etches whi ch convey your i dea – mi ne bei ng ‘ the cycle o f time’ .

Div e rsity o f Emo t io n s H our l y 05

Diversity of Emot ions D aily

Di vers i ty of E mot i ons Weekly

T he Lounge wit hin t he H ome a s a C entral A x i s 06

T he Cha ot ic Cycle of Ti me 07

So Much T ime wit h Not hin g to do

T h e T im e k e e pe r s Re side n ce

Th e Lay e rs o f Bo re d o m Wit hin T ime 08

Chapter Four

+ S t a g e Two : Mo d e l Cu ra t ion

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Iterative Mod el Researc h The fol l owi ng s eri es of model s are a repres entat i on of what I ex peri enced wi t hi n l ock down.

Materi al i ty i s a k ey factor wi t hi n t hi s proces s , cement compl emented by s teel hel p tel l t he s tory of ‘ the cycle o f time’ . Thi s s tory i s s een wi t hi n t he model s phys i cal l y as archetype t hems el ves or t hrough t he s tory t he materi al i ty tel l s . Si mpl y i s t he materi al i ty weari ng out or weari ng i n?

That i n i ts el f i s a cycl e of t i me.

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T he Columns of Repet it ion Wha t wa s Once Ontop?

La dder Cl imbing from Bordom T he Entry to t he H ome Wha t wa s Once Toget her Pea ks a nd Troughs of End less T ime T ime T hrough Film T he Broken Pea ks

Th e E nt r y of t h e H o m e

Wh at w as On c e O n t o p ?

T he Cycle of T ime

What was O nce Toget her

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P roces s Sk etchi ng

Chapter Five

+ S t a g e T h re e ‘T h e T i m ek eeper s Res idence’

Desig n P rop osal The fol l owi ng des i gn propos al i s a cont i nuat i on of as s i gnment one and two. The fi nal archi tectural i ns tal l at i on named ‘The Ti mekeepers Res i dence’ i s a pi ece of archi tecture protect i ng t he cycl e of t i me t hat we have become accus tomed too. K eepi ng wi t h t he cons i s tent materi al tex tures and qual i t i es of s teel and concrete wi t h now t he add i t i on of charred wood too furt her emphas i s es tex t i l e qual i t i es t hat rel ate to t i me.

The repet i t i ve whi l e at t he s ame t i me i rregul ar t i mber s tructure i s a t i mel i ne t hat t he res i dence wal k s t hrough to enter t he hous e.

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Entra nce to T he Wa l kwa y

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T he T imekeepers Resid ence

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T he Tower of t he Res i dence

Chapter Six

+ T h e T i m e K e e p e r s R e sidence

C ritic al Reflection ‘The Ti mekeepers Res i dence’ for t he C ycl e of t i me i s a proj ect where t i me i s repres ented t hrough many l ayers t hat unvei l t hems el ves .

It i s phys i cal l y repres ented t hrough t he repet i t i on of t he twel ve s tructural col umns wi t h beams and cros s braci ng.

The us e of materi al i ty s ugges ts decay, us e and t i me. It may s eem l i k e t he i ns tal l at i on i s weari ng out whereas I pos e t he s tatement of i ns tead of weari ng out i t i s s i mpl y weari ng i n.

The narrat i ve i ntertwi ned i nto t he des i gn i s al l about t he s ugges ted movement of t i me.

L i terary provocateur E i ns tei n’s Dreams

by A l an L i ghtman i s us ed to hel p not onl y form t he phys i cal nature of t he des i gn but al s o how t i me i s s ugges ted wi t hi n t he narrat i ve. A l ong t he movement of doubl e beams t hey s i mpl y s top and anot her s et underneat h appears t hat t he model has s l i pped and moved t hroughout t he hi s tory of t i me.

Thi s i dea of s ugges ted movement i s al s o appl i ed onto t he s teel s heet where l i nes have s cratched i nto t he s urface to agai n s ugges t movement t hat has once occurred.Structural i rregul ari t i es provi de cons i s tency whi l e add i ng s l i ght changes to t he compos i t i on of t he model . “ E ach time is true, b ut the truths are no t the s ame. ” E i ns tei n’s Dreams by A l an L i ghtman.

T he T imekeepers Residence