Final Submission of Both Monuments

These are different Shots of monuments and the stairs which connect the two. I decided to integrate these monuments into the tropical island landscape, to give the facade that they are at one with each other. Therefore it was only natural to integrate the stairs into the cliff face.

These stairs provide passage between the monuments. I aimed to integrate them within the cliff face to make them a natural backdrop to the unnatural looking Nouvel Monument.

 

I decided to go with a tropical island landscape with my monument attached to a cliff face. I wanted my Wren monument to be very in-tune with it's surroundings, whilst maintaining a sense of awe and mystery. The dense tropical forest provides a sense of mystery, and as you proceed towards the monument, the forest becomes much more open and allows the viewer to take it all in. The shape of the monument is a little mysterious as although it looks man made, it could almost pass off for a series of naturally shaped stones, or a building made by an unknown civilization.

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My conceptual inspiration for the Wren monument came from his belief that architecture was "More than a set of rules and formulas, but a combination of reason, intuition, experience and imagination". This explains the larger than life design and placement of this monument and its mysterious shape.

For the Nouvel monument, i wanted the building to "Harmonize with its sites and surrounds", and aimed to instill the building comfortably within the landscape.

I drew inspirtaion from their unique styles to create mysterious, imaginative shapes that are installed within the landscape.