After visiting the ‘cut out’ in the Wellington waterfront site, what
resonated most with me was that entering the site I was taken down beneath the
waterfront. On display were the detailed
beams and framing that provided the support to hold up everything surrounding. As I entered it felt as though the hidden structures of the
waterfront that I had never really thought about before were being revealed to
me. Previously I had always just walked along and not given second thought to what
was beneath my feet keeping me safe from water below. All had been revealed.
The model I created was to display this revealing and
edifying experience the waterfront cut out site had given me. I chose to use a
leaf to display this as it is a common example of a form we just assume can be
there and we never really think about the detail and intricacies behind its
shape. We can see some of the larger veins that run through it and we know this
has something to do with it but do not think further. This is the same with Wellington's waterfront, we know something is there but we do not realise how
detailed the structures are beneath our feet. The top half of the model is the
leaf by itself, and we assume nothing more about it. Then we look below and see
the ‘hidden detail’ and we get a deeper understanding for the leaf shape and
form.
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