Safe House Ideas

Thick impenetrable walls. spaces for sitting, viewing, and taking notes, possibly even broadcasting, viewing spaces- windows always obscured by bullet proof glass or indirect views, peep holes to view possible intruders, places for sniper shots at intruders, enlosed space for writing with an abundance of indirect! sunlight.

Site- sparse, broken, run down, rubble, demolition

some images of war scenes

Compartment c - Edward Hopper

Try again. Hopefully this one will be ok!!!

I thought the lady in the picture looked very engrossed in what she was reading. I noticed that they were documents she was reading not a book. This lead me to think she may be a journalist. She reminds me of a well dressed 'girly' women that in a war situation becomes soldier like. (alike to the lead female character in blood diamond)

Sentence: A safehouse for a young women journalist who is obsessed with documenting the terror of a war zone.

Location of observatory

Below is a link to a google map of the approximate location of the observatory. It is situated between some of Greater London's busiest train lines.


http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=london+battersea+lockington+rd&jsv=107&sll=-25.335448,135.745076&sspn=85.54286,191.953125&ie=UTF8&ll=51.476812,-0.144196&spn=0.015636,0.046864&z=15

New Idea

Eward Hopper 'House by the Railroad'

I got to bogged down in the old idea so i decided to start a fresh...

Sentence: An Observatory for an old, widower who has an obsession with train spotting.

Poche finished!

inspiring section

Parti finished!

Even closer

The model is a few pieces away from being finished. This is how it is dismantled to view each individual part.

Nearly complete!

nearly complete. just need finish the coutyards and the base.

Progress

I now have most of the ideas and drafts for my parti drawings. I am now working on my poche drawings and the model.