Welcome to the whimsically named Lovely Scotland. Where all buildings are eco friendly and all people are conservatively dressed in brightly coloured business wear.
As part of our inquiry into Community this year, we have been building a block city in the construction area. The inspiration behind Lovely Scotland is to create a physical installation of a city, where buildings are constructed, knocked down and where the physicality's of the community evolve- coinciding with the students understanding of place.
The construction has changed many times but since introducing the planks to the area, the ultra mod condo's have been built in place of the fishing village, the alien beehive-esque corporate towers have taken over the botanical gardens and sadly, we can draw comparisons to real life re-developments and city "improvements".
It has also been incredibly interesting to note the use of materials in relation to the variety of buildings. Originally, the students were challenged by the non-uniform building blocks, uneven surfaces and unbalanced wood. These all led to very interesting interpretations of buildings (see below) and lovely scotland could be described as a bit of a backwater- calm, one shop, lots of caves, a fog that rolled in at night, rainbows you could walk on, clouds floating around. . .
Since introducing the planks, there has been a rush. Literally an industrial revolution has taken place! The innocence of Lovely Scotland has gone! With the new planks has come uniformity, skyscrapers, fights breaking out amongst competing builders, a depletion of resources, a need for high tech building solutions, a drive for bigger, better buildings!
What great philosophy sessions we shall have this term!
As part of our inquiry into Community this year, we have been building a block city in the construction area. The inspiration behind Lovely Scotland is to create a physical installation of a city, where buildings are constructed, knocked down and where the physicality's of the community evolve- coinciding with the students understanding of place.
The construction has changed many times but since introducing the planks to the area, the ultra mod condo's have been built in place of the fishing village, the alien beehive-esque corporate towers have taken over the botanical gardens and sadly, we can draw comparisons to real life re-developments and city "improvements".
It has also been incredibly interesting to note the use of materials in relation to the variety of buildings. Originally, the students were challenged by the non-uniform building blocks, uneven surfaces and unbalanced wood. These all led to very interesting interpretations of buildings (see below) and lovely scotland could be described as a bit of a backwater- calm, one shop, lots of caves, a fog that rolled in at night, rainbows you could walk on, clouds floating around. . .
Since introducing the planks, there has been a rush. Literally an industrial revolution has taken place! The innocence of Lovely Scotland has gone! With the new planks has come uniformity, skyscrapers, fights breaking out amongst competing builders, a depletion of resources, a need for high tech building solutions, a drive for bigger, better buildings!
What great philosophy sessions we shall have this term!
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| A little path for good fairies. |
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| Not many people notice these gorgeous details- Eames era legs on buildings. . . |
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| "Thats a basket where they put the fish they catch. Sometimes they sell them at the market. But sometimes they are too hungry, so they eat them" |
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| The FOG rolling in across the national park. |
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| Shafts of light in a cave. The blocks are guinea pigs sheltering from the weather. |
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| Measuring and balancing! |
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