27 Oct 2012

Three sides to every story.

One of my final projects for university this year required us to do a site analysis of Macquarie Place, a small historical park near Sydney's Circular Quay.
From the site analysis we had to construct a 3D model, as well as a 3D component, that communicated our conceptual response to the space.
My overall concept was based around the idea of there existing three sides to every story. For Macquarie Place, it's first 'side' was its existence as the heart of colonial Sydney. To represent this I made a 3D graphic illustration of a human heart and used the red and blue colours of the heart (and that also relate to the colonial history of Australia by being the nationalist colours of England) within my 3D piece.
The second 'side' was its abandonment due to being overshadowed by towering skyscrapers and a modern city that was built up around it (and over it). This was represented in the second graphic, the symbol which is also used in the 3D piece and conveys the paths of movement around Macquarie Place. The most popular path is that on the side of the park, whilst the second most popular route people walk is one that rushes past the historical aspects of the site.
The third, and final, 'side' to the story was that there are some individuals who do see the historical monuments, albeit to use them as their own personal skatepark. This was represented in the final graphic which tracks the movement of a skateboarder that I filmed in the space, as well as the triangular monument aspect of the 3D model being spliced into sections by the blue paths, symbolising the movement of the skateboarders across the monuments.




Presentation

3D model

Macquarie Place, The heart of colonial Sydney

Macquarie Place, the abandoned heart

Macquarie Place, skating over history

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