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Draft Sketch-Up Model no.2

A view of the stairs that lead from the exhibition space to the upper studio. Notice Fiona Hall's Leaf Litter greeting you as you ascend the first flight of stairs.

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In the exhibition space, you can see Rosalie Gascoigne's piece, Top of the Morning, on a wooden frame, suspended on wire from the timber trusses.

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(Marker, N.B- This is the model which I have chosen to further develop for my final submission.)

Draft SketchUp Model no.1

iNDEPENDENT STUDY TASK 1

The Upper Studios, encased by a glass roof, allows the artist to experience and enjoy natures beauty at its most serene and most severe conditions. Light wooden staircases accentuate the sense of nature set up by the roof, and encourage swift movement between floors. Aluminium sheeting over concrete walls means the studio is structurally sound, with the aluminium differentiating the building from residentia. The Lower Studio Consists of many concrete platforms, with large steps dividing the studio areas. Wooden trusses create an exhibition space at the centre of the buildings.

--Rugged . Powerful--

18 Sketch Sections

ARCH1101 2009 - EXP1 - SAND AND SOUND

Stair Sections

Exhibiton Space to Lower Studio

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Exhibition Space to Upper Studio (2/2)

Exhibition Space to Upper Studio (1/2)
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Fiona Hall Discussion

"Leaf Litter"

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In the Leaf Litter collection, Fiona Hall pairs a certain country's bank note with a leaf of a plant native to that same country, in an attempt to highlight the importance of the environment on the economy, and more importantly, how the environment is decaying, giving way to capitalism. Here, Hall uses gouache, a paint that consists of a pigment held suspended in water, and whose particles are larger. Importantly, an oil-based additive to the gouache makes the paint heavier and more opaque, lending it a better reflectivity. This is especially noticable in the delicate, X-ray-like quality of image of the leaf. A dark, possibly black gouache is used in contrast to the bright white, skeletal internal structure of the leaf. The bank notes are simply hardened and then painted over.

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