Natural growth as inspiration for site development
At the end of DS3, I had used the growth of bacteria in a petri dish as a visual analogy for how the site could develop in phases. Of...
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Oliver Haigh
May 6, 20201 min read
Charting food and material flows
One of the aspects of my project that has taken a bit of time to work out is the phases of development, how this correlates with the food...
Oliver Haigh
Feb 19, 20202 min read
Presenting project work in the Open Lecture Series
As part of the Open Lecture Series, a number of postgraduate students were asked to present work, to showcase some of the things being...
Oliver Haigh
Jan 30, 20202 min read
DS3 draft submission
Handing in DS3 marks the end of semester 1's work. Overall I was fairly happy with the work that I handed in for this draft submission....
Oliver Haigh
Jan 26, 20202 min read
Third Pomona Island site visit
I returned to the site a week after the previous visit, with the primary aim of attaining the photos for the photographic site sections...
Oliver Haigh
Jan 17, 20203 min read
Second Pomona Island site visit
With the Technology module out of the way and the DS3 draft hand-in coming up imminently, it has felt like a good time to really...
Oliver Haigh
Dec 12, 20192 min read
Semester 1 final review
For the final review of the semester, I presented a few key conceptual things which had been present in the interim review, and then...
Oliver Haigh
Dec 8, 20192 min read
Representing time: flick book
I am now satisfied that film is the primary medium that I should use to convey time-based changes of the site. However, as architecture...
Oliver Haigh
Dec 6, 20193 min read
Representing time: film
Having decided a couple of weeks ago that my printing experiments hadn't provided the best solution for representing time, I wanted to...
Oliver Haigh
Nov 25, 20193 min read
Representing time: reprographic experiments
Building on my work with historical maps, the first thing that I had decided that I needed to do was to redraw the maps that I had found...
Oliver Haigh
Nov 23, 20192 min read
Representing time: the need for cartographic graphic consistency
As has already been stated, a large part of my analysis of the site has been focused around the history of the site and how it has...
Oliver Haigh
Nov 7, 20192 min read
Semester 1 interim review
This was the first pin-up for this project with all previous tutorials being table-top tutorials. The selection of work that I showed...
Oliver Haigh
Oct 30, 20191 min read
Developing the site: grid based on historical development
So far, most of my design development has been around the programme and materiality. Whilst I am only near the beginning of the project,...
Oliver Haigh
Oct 24, 20192 min read
Chora 'EOTM' exercise
This week's studio took a rather unique approach, where we undertook a design process exercise or 'game' all together. This was based on...
Oliver Haigh
Oct 19, 20193 min read
Fruitful Futures: Imagining Pomona
Visiting the site for the first time really emphasised for me the importance of the nature and ecologies present on the site, so I then...
Oliver Haigh
Oct 17, 20193 min read
First Pomona Island site visit
After a period of a couple of weeks of undertaking precedent studies for design philosophy, methodology, and process [see blog post Oct...
Oliver Haigh
Oct 13, 20193 min read
George Haydock film: 'Pomona Island' (2014)
"It's waiting, but I'm not quite sure what it's waiting for." ––– Luke Bennett [00:49] George Haydock's 2014 film Pomona Island is a...
Oliver Haigh
Oct 5, 20192 min read
Field Works studio position, brief and project site
My thesis project is going to be developed within the 'Field Works' studio, led by Nick Tyson. This is a new studio this year, making it...
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