Tuesday 13 November 2012

Charles Jencks Album




Snail and Snake Mound, The Garden of Cosmic Speculation, Dumfries Scotland, 1989 +

"Forty major areas, gardens, bridges, landforms, sculptures, terraces, fences and architectural works.  Covering thirty acres in the Borders area of Scotland, the garden uses nature to celebrate nature, both intellectually and through the senses, including the sense of humor.  A water cascade of steps recounts the story of the universe, a terrace shows the distortion of space and time caused by a black hole, a "Quark Walk" takes the visitor on a journey to the smallest building blocks of matter, and a series of landforms and lakes recall fractal geometry." - from his personal website





Jumping Bridge, The Garden of Cosmic Speculation, Dumfries Scotland, 1989 +


Charles Jencks Portrack House


The Cascading Universe, The Garden of Cosmic Speculation, Dumfries Scotland, 1989 +






Black Hole Terrace, The Garden of Cosmic Speculation, Dumfries Scotland, 1989 +





Aerial View, September 2012, Photoraphy Copyright Graeme Peacock, Northumberlandia, Newcastle, England 2005-2012 (With Banks Group)
"Landform as gateway, abstraction of movement and human form.  Made of 1.5 million tonnes of earth, she will be 34 metres (112 feet) high and 400 metres (1,300 feet) long. The landform can be enjoyed in parts and within many different contexts including the distant landscape, the causeways, lakes, willow islands, and viewing pavilions." - from his personal website
Check out this site for more information on this! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9506204/Northumberlandia-giant-naked-goddess-carved-into-hillside.html 





Northumberlandia, Newcastle, England 2005-2012 (With Banks Group)






Goddess of the North, Northumberlandia, Newcastle, England 2005-2012 (With Banks Group)






Maggie's Highlands, Dividing Cells, Maggie's Centre, Inverness, Scotland, 2003-2005

"The theme of cells dividing, mitosis, is organised around the basic idea of life, the theme of healthy cell division and growth.  The idea of interconnected, living cells is conveyed by the visual and physical connections. Both the building, with its green copper, and the landforms with their green turf, share a related colour and a similar language of forms: similar angles, dimensions and vesica shape.  The Centre, designed by Page & Park architects, is to the south of the Raigmore Hospital." - from his personal website





Maggie's Highlands - Mound, Dividing Cells, Maggie's Centre, Inverness, Scotland, 2003-2005




Caro Solution Model, Ueda, Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1999-2002

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