VISUAL POEM INSPIRED BY SITE VISITS: WE TEXTURE HERE

A visual poem expressing the relationship between the different edges and surface textures and the nature of activities that occur on those surfaces. Permeable but dead edges filter spaces into each other visually but prohibit a physical interaction. Harder surfaces provide a variety of activities such as the amphitheater that is observed to be used for performances, cycling. hard-ball games, gathering space and meeting space. The softer surfaces are observed to be more prone to chance interactions between people, and provide a softer landing for rigorous play acts such as the soccer team warming up or children running and doing cartwheels. Entitled "We Texture Here", the words, are infilled with the varying verbs that could be injected instead of texture. Eg. "We laugh here", "We sit here", "We cartwheel" here...etc.

This exercise, was useful in inspiring an awareness of the character of place and how it can be influenced by the materiality of the site . I trust that i will revisit this exercise for inspiration in the later stages of design.