Back to the drawing board

I spent yesterday rethinking my design after the crit. I hadn't really got my head around the massive grid spaces that I had created. 60m apart and you lose the sense of being in a grid anyway. So I re-planned everything and tried to give each section its own character with smaller grid spaces. Here's the results.

I thought I would do something new and flash in photoshop with my perspectives now I've learnt how to use watercolour pencils (which I always avoided due to water and faff etc). However, it looks exactly like what I always do. I'm putting this down to developing a style...

Masterplanning

Perspectives 5-8

Perspectives 1-4

Section 2

Section 1

Rendered plan.

Contextual plan

Very rough, trying to resolve the rhythm of the groynes as my organisational layout

Its taken me a long time to get on board with this, hence tomorrow I'm not pinning up what I had hoped. But, I have moved on and like my concept. Learned over Christmas that I struggle to work alone and need the inspiration of others to move my ideas on. For me, you can't underestimate discussion. Whether its a confidence thing or not, I don't know but anyway, the main thing for me over the last couple of weeks was to resolve the idea, not just do pretty drawings. So here's my progress. The first time I have ever drawn a section - is this right for the 3rd year or did I miss something, ahem..

Back to Eastbourne

Stuck in a bit of a rut over Christmas with masterplanning. Decided to head back down to the site for some inspiration. These pics are from my 1:500 area, the Martello Tower. I love the greys of the tower and Granite boulders with the greys and reds of the pebble shingle. Shame about the new builds with their strong reds in rows, constrasting badly with the natural landscape (imho). The groynes create a nice rhythm which I'm going to use for my design.

Masterplanning

v rough draft 1:500

1:2000 done again

I know were were told to progress from the 1:2000 to the 1:500 but I couldn't move on until I sorted my 1:2000. After the last crit, I knew roughly where I was going and that it was something to do with the groynes so I re-did the 1:2000 and picked up the grid more. Made a more sensible 'organic journey line' and this has helped me progress to 1:500.

1:500 still very very rough and black splodgey penned with a too dominant grid now. Trying to draw this up but with the amount of changes I keep making and the fact that I don't have much patience with fiddly hand drawing, I think I may be resorted to CAD. The idea is somewhat frightening esp after I have spent the whole xmas wrestling with Indesign which is like a nimble athlete compared to CAD.

Knole project complete and printed. History booklet almost there. Next Christmas I'm freeeeee!

Going out

2 nights out on the trot for me which is unheard of these days. I think its what civilians out there dub 'having a social life'. Its a strange concept that's linked in with 'going out' and 'socialising'. More photos to come on dropbox for those who were out on Thursday. Must try and stay focused now as the temptation is to forget all the work for a few days, put the tree up, drink mulled wine etc...

Final Knole A1

My final A1. Very feminist, my (post war born) mother will be proud. Diana, the goddess of the hunt, the moon and birthing (...) inspires the first historical layer. The statue of Diana will be restored along with Wilton inspired focal points to link the journey through the Grade I features. A V.S.W. inspired planting plan contains purple and white loose planting which refreshes the long borders. Lady Anne Clifford provides the finale with the topsy-turvy parterre; a reflection on the crazy world of primogeniture.

Educational

I struggled with this initially but went through the what why how and came up with the following. I want to explore the historical layers of the area by introducing zones that represent the following eras in Eastbourne's history. Fishing and Agriculture, Edwardian sea side, post war decline and a new modern vision for the Sovereign Park user. Functions include farmers/fish market, beach huts with Edwardian garden, modern sculpture area. Laid out on 2 axial lines linking Langney Point and Martello Tower. Not sure how it will go down, let's see tomorrow. But I'm pleased with it graphically, my confidence grew through the process and you can tell from the the drawings!