Lawrence Lek, Onur Ozkaya & Jesse Randzio
This unit develops temporary site-specific installations of public spaces that address the evolution and obsolescence of the city. A language of growth and decay will be developed through a collective 1:1 installation and large-scale models drawn from studies of hyperactivity within London today. Students will develop prototyping techniques to address two complementary rates of change – the way materials agglomerate to form a city, and the way people interact directly with their environment. In a thousand years, whatever seems significant today will be a faint memory of collective culture. By projecting so far into the future, disbelief will be suspended long enough for students to express their imaginations fully.
Unit 3 Group Photo
Unit 3 Brief: 3013 Installation City
Initial workshop protoypes for urban furniture
UNITE 3 in discussion
Working on proposals for urban furniture
Deciding which proposal should be installed
Sketching in the workshop
Hande, Julia and Ehsan discussing metalwork
Wooden block models underway
Learning how to use the workshop equipment
Onur instructs students on the best ways to build their study models
Another in progress model in the workshop
Forming metal
Creating enclosures
A sea of models for the interim jury
Photomontages to test models at 1:1
Building the first canopy in Chings Yard
The final system of wooden strips and cable ties
Unit(e) 3 taking a much deserved doughnut break on Friday afternoon before working the late shift.
Site model for testing various insertions
Working away
Harsh, Hande and Leo work in the unit space
Everyone debates the final design
Photoshop of the final installation
Final 3 sketch proposals for the canopies
UNITE 3!