Jones Island Plaza
Size : 45cm x 60cm
Medium : Lead on Bristol Board Date : March 2018 |
Jones Island Plaza is a building complex open to the public, made to accommodate events, and serve as a center with stores, food, and other entertainment for young people to 'hangout' with their friends. Inspired by modern and brutalist architecture from the 1950s to the mid 70s which descended from the modernist architecture of the 20th century, this type of architecture is made with concrete exteriors and have a raw look.
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Inspiration
Brutalist Architecture derived from the modernist architectural movement of the early 20th century, from 1950s to mid 1970s. Brutalist movement was started by Le Corbusier who picked raw concrete as the exterior material of a building. This movement promoted moving forward into modern urban housing. I plan to use this in my final drawing through the materials which are raw concrete and glass around the building. The way the housing is stacked will be incorporated into my final drawing as well as the numerous windows. On the first picture theres a lot of windows and buildings stacked, i plan to use both large numerous windows and stacked buildings. In the middle its habitat 67 in Canada which consists of multiple buildings placed randomly on each other. Fascinatingly they hold still, therefore I plan to put this into my final drawing. All three drawings are based on Brutalist Art which was the sci-fi modern of the 70's.
British Brutalism. World Monument Fund.
British Brutalism. World Monument Fund.
Planning
Location
(n.d.). Retrieved February 31, 2018, from https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0193268,-87.9113433,14.63z
Jones Island Plaza would be located on Jones Island east of the Hoan Bridge, which is south of the 3rd ward in land that would high very high value if it wasn't for the current water purification facilities there. After some of those nasty things are cleared out, the building will take place there. With views to the lake and the river, on an island, near downtown and festival grounds, this would be the perfect location.
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(n.d.). Retrieved February 30, 2018, from https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0193268,-87.9113433,14.63z
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Tools
Process/Technique
1. Meades, Jonathan (13 February 2014). "The incredible hulks: Jonathan Meades' A-Z of brutalism". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- First 2 viewpoints off the paper have to be connected with a straight line using a ruler's straightedge.
- Then using the viewpoints start making lines and connecting them to make rectangles or squares.
- These rectangles, and other shapes are the ones that make up the buildings.
- Door, windows, and other detail also allow the vanish points.
Experimentation
I experimented with making a bunch of modern buildings together but it started to look like a city block and it didn't have much of an explanation or connection to culture so i left the idea. I also wanted the plaza to be in the center with the building complex surrounding 3 sides of it, and with this plan i'd have to draw it backwards or remove some items.
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Reflection
Connection to ACT
1) Clearly explain how you are able to to identify the cause-affect relationships between your inspiration and its affect upon your artwork.
The materials in my building drawings are the same as brutalist architecture ; raw concrete. This affected my work to be made mostly of concrete.
2)What is the overall approach (point of view) the author (from your research) has regarding the topic of your inspiration?
They're very informative, no bias, just facts.
3)What kind of generalizations and conclusions have you discovered about people, ideas, cultures, etc. while you researched your inspiration?
People adapt, after WW2 the chances of getting bombed were high so architects started making buildings out of strong raw concrete.
4) What was the central idea or theme around your inspirational research?
Brutalist Architecture and Teenage Culture was the theme to my research.
5)What kind of inferences (conclusions reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning) did you make while reading your research?
This art movement was what people in the 50s to 70s thought the future would look like.
The materials in my building drawings are the same as brutalist architecture ; raw concrete. This affected my work to be made mostly of concrete.
2)What is the overall approach (point of view) the author (from your research) has regarding the topic of your inspiration?
They're very informative, no bias, just facts.
3)What kind of generalizations and conclusions have you discovered about people, ideas, cultures, etc. while you researched your inspiration?
People adapt, after WW2 the chances of getting bombed were high so architects started making buildings out of strong raw concrete.
4) What was the central idea or theme around your inspirational research?
Brutalist Architecture and Teenage Culture was the theme to my research.
5)What kind of inferences (conclusions reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning) did you make while reading your research?
This art movement was what people in the 50s to 70s thought the future would look like.
Bibliography
(n.d.). Retrieved February 30, 2018, from https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0193268,-87.9113433,14.63z
(n.d.). Retrieved February 31, 2018, from https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0193268,-87.9113433,14.63z
British Brutalism. World Monument Fund.
Swoveland, M. (2017, April 29). Diy and drawings.
Habitat 67 Apartment Buildings in Montreal, Quebec
A. (n.d.). Top 16 Brutalist Architecture Designs That Was Built In Early 20th Century.
(n.d.). Retrieved February 31, 2018, from https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0193268,-87.9113433,14.63z
British Brutalism. World Monument Fund.
Swoveland, M. (2017, April 29). Diy and drawings.
Habitat 67 Apartment Buildings in Montreal, Quebec
A. (n.d.). Top 16 Brutalist Architecture Designs That Was Built In Early 20th Century.