First thought's

Today, we were introduced to a new set of project briefs. This should be a final piece related to my subject (Architecture) and it should contain 2D and 3D outcomes. Furthermore, we have been given a list of themes:

Expressionism: Look deeply into Expressionism and incorporate this style into your art and design project. (NOT FOR ARCHITECTS!)

Earthly Delights: Interpret this title as you please, to represent, incorporate or express the nature of earthly delights in your art and design project.

Bauhaus: Revolutionary, Modernist, Functional approach to Art and Design

Mixed Media Art: Mix it up using a variety of mediums; including digital and traditional methods

I have 3 topics to choose from, however, I do not know how to integrate Mixed Media in architecture, That shows that I have 2 topics. I am supposed to choose one of them but this is the starting point and the final piece can be not related to it. I will show in my posts all the processes and how I ended up with my final piece.

At the start, I thought to choose the Bauhaus style. It was comfortable for me. I already had a couple of sketches of different buildings in this field, and I used it in my previou project.

But, in the lesson, I randomly remembered a grandad who created an Ecosystem in a jar. His name is David Latimer he created his first terarium more than 60 years ago. This ecosystem works without outside interference. That gave me the idea to create a glass building and make a terrarium inside. Basically, our planet is a big terrarium that works without outside interference. This idea is fully connected to the Earthly Delights topic.

David Latimer with 60-year-old terrarium

Also, I remembered a beautiful bridge that I saw in one program. It was a glass bridge between mountains with a charming view. After some research, I found that it is called Bach Long Glass Bridge. This is a part of Resourt Island and I got excited about the idea of ​​a glass bridge in such a beautiful place however I don't like the form of it.

Bach Long Glass Bridge

I already started to create a small picture of my future project I want to create a design of a bridge and combine it with a terrarium idea also, I want to use the Earthly Delights topic. So, I started research on different bridges that have more natural forms. I found Ruyi Glass Footbridge, it has wave form it doesn't have ground supports because of that the construction looks magical like flying in the air I also want to make a suspension bridge. 

Ruyi Glass Footbridge

References:

Nurullah Gokdogan. “Inside the World’s Oldest Terrarium: A Self-Sustaining Marvel.” KraftStories, 29 July 2024, kraftstories.com/blogs/terrarium-tips-and-tricks/inside-the-worlds-oldest-terrarium-a-self-sustaining-marvel?srsltid=AfmBOoqfFZhPuWrS8ARp7TraeXJITvBmXRmzqOvCatr4HF4ZrYdLLtHt. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.

Wilkes, David. “The Sealed Bottle Garden Still Thriving after 40 Years without Fresh Air or Water.” Mail Online, Daily Mail, 24 Jan. 2013, www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2267504/The-sealed-bottle-garden-thriving-40-years-fresh-air-water.html. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.

Island, Châu. “Mộc Châu Island | Siêu Quần Thể Nghỉ Dưỡng, Giải Trí và Du Lịch Văn Hoá.” Mộc Châu Island | Siêu Quần Thể Nghỉ Dưỡng, Giải Trí và Du Lịch Văn Hoá, 2022, mocchauisland.com/. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.

“Ruyi Glass Footbridge - HighestBridges.com.” Highestbridges.com, 2020, www.highestbridges.com/wiki/index.php?title=Ruyi_Glass_Footbridge. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.