Henry Moore Exhibition, Kew Gardens

Henry Moore Exhibition, Kew Gardens.

Spain, Marbella Visit, Marbella Central Plaza

Spain, Marbella, Marbella central plaza.



The central plaza in a obviously landscaped environment it stands out from the surrounding streets and roads because of its high standard of finish and materialquality. The central plaza runs from the main shopping street with its brand names and shop fronts to a heavily planted entrance which creates a buffer environment masking the two sites from one another. The entrance has a large welcoming fountain followed by and hiding a series of steps which lead to the central plaza. the central plaza slopes toward the sea and acts as a gateway between the hustle and commercial activity of the main shopping street to the relaxing beach environment.




The plazas central axis is lined with a series of sculptures some incorporating fountains but most appear to relate dirctly to the history. The central axis is fanked by opulant seating and terraced fountains running the full length of the site to the sea front exit of the plaza.




Overall the site is very opulant in appearance and has a nice quality in the way in which the two environments of the sea/beach front and the busy shopping areas have been given a buffer zone and a conduit to into both environments. There is in the material something quite lacking there are all high specification but used with such rigidity in a site which flows with people like the tide. Overall this is a pleasant clean cut open space.

Global Cities Exhibition, Tate Modern exhibition

The global cities exhibition exhibition is about people and places and making people aware of what the growing populations of cities is going to mean to them.
The main thing which is evident when I entered the exhibition space was the shear volume of information, but the key to this exhibition is that it has many ways of displaying information to guide you through learning without feeling overwhelmed with information.









There are images of the various urban areas displayed in a number of different graphic styles. different colours, tones and lines help to create this difference, so no one piece of infomation is interpreted as meaning the same as the last. The photo above was a very good example of how imformation was broken down into these different styles.













The most effective means of visually displaying the demograhics data in this exhibition was probably the 3D models representing space of the city and population density. These at times seemed like giant termite mound, however were in my opinion the most interesting visually displays of information. There were five city models and each showed such differnt characteristics to one another, it was a fascinating way to represent this kind of data.

















The fun of this exhibition was the way in which information which is usually displayed in boring graphs or charts, has had a sense of fun injected into it. The model of London was an example of this it had a 2D detailed colour base plan of London but key landmarks and features were picked out using any number of different materials, each material had some significance to the actual area. The cotton reals are tower blocks in the financial part of london representing comodities and trading the westminster/parliament area of London was represented by an amalgamation of tourist trinket. This was a really playful model which experimented with materials but put real thought into how they were used.















The exhibition used varied media to represent information which most of the time would be statistical charts and graphs. The fun and thought really translat through the works even subtle things such as lamposts and signs with messages on them to bus shelters with plant boxes on top of them. This is definately an eye opener for how to use varied media in such an effective way.

London Eye visit

The London Eye has become one of the most iconic modern symbols of London to date. The eye is a very impressive well thought out structure and offers such great views across London however once you stop looking up from the ground and take in the surroundings of the eye it feels like very little effort has gone into this landscape. The park adjacent to the Eye is a worn down lawn with litter all over the footpaths which cut it, are undesigned and tatty. There is no real effort in this park and it is quite disappointing when the views all around are so grand and prestigous yet the park is not.







The immediate walk up to the London Eye from Waterloo station has been well crafted to suite the site it channels ones view to look toward and up at the Eye really making it more of a focal point. The tree lined pathway lights up at night time guiding one through, also along one side of this are seating made of granite all along the bounding wall. Without the London Eye this large park area would fail on every design level in my opinion but the London Eye experience really makes anybody forget the immediate area and cast their eye across the spaces of London.

Designing Modern Britain exhibition

The designing modern Britain exhibition was very informative and had a variety of different style designs throughout. The designs range from very graphic based images to architectural pieces, such as the models featured in the photos. The 2012 olympic games designs were a dominant feature throughout the architetural section of work. Overall the exhibition was quite informative but did tend to wonder through many subjects and design fields which at times became confusing.