Final Images

Map of school. The large, transparent circular landings are circular quadrangles.

The main art of my theory is that architecture is both a work of art and it follows regulations. Here architecture had to become a school, but it is also a work of art, with intricate flowing patterns making up the walls.

As the idea for my designs came from the Sendai Mediatheque, the architecture also follows the other part of my theory, that architecture is influenced by its culture. The Mediatheque was influenced by Japanese culture of progress through its changing and twisting columns, and the progression of colour over each floor. I have tried to replicate this idea of progression.

You will note the difference in shapes between student areas and staff areas. The staff rooms are more rigid and square looking, whereas the student areas are circular, and have a flowing feel about hem, especially with the intricate "wires".

Note the shape of the lecture theatre. It has been designed with the ancient Greek amphitheatre in mind.

View from the academic staff offices looking out at the rest of the school.

This is the gallery looking up to the library. I decided to make the gallery a usable walkway between the quadrangle and lecture theatre, so that as students make their way to a lecture, they can take in past work. I used a flowing texture on the gallery walkway as it flows between the quadrangle and the lecture theatre.

This is the meeting place for the Deans monthly lunch. The canopy covering the seating links into my theory as it is not only a work of art in itself, and good to look at, but it serves the purpose of protection from the weather.

In the centre of the seats is my student elevator. It is constantly rotating, allowing everyone to take in all of it, as it is also both art and a serviceable elevator. The texture I used on it was one of my rotational textures.

The folly takes centre stage in the background.

The top floor of the library. I used a linear texture on the library and studio, as their lifts simply flow up and down and so create linear movement.

Finally the folly sits in the valley on the opposite side from the meeting place, from which it is easily viewed. It is both a work of art, as can be seen, with smooth flowing sides, and hidden ridges which represent its valley, but also acts as a chair to look out over this beautiful landscape.