Presenting Individual Unbuilt Architectures

In our week 2 studio class we gathered in our teams and discussed and presented our individual ideas on unbuilt architecture. The meeting consisted of each member presenting their own research and why they thought it would be favourable to use in the project. Our discussions outlined the advantages and disadvantages of particular projects and if they were feasible in crysis and if they has potential for a great project.

After each case was summed up, we has settled on 2 projects. Étienne-Louis Boullée's memorial to Issac Newton the "Cenotaph" and Vladimir Tatlin's Tatlin's Tower.


Fig1.) Tatlin's Tower



Fig 2.) Memorial to Issac Newton the "Cenotaph"

After a consultation with tutors Jeremy and Graham, they gave us encouragement to pursue developing the memorial to Issac Newton. We discussed with them the possibilities of building such a large structure in crysis and the elements of shadow, lighting and enclosure. The benefits and key concepts of the Cenotaph were strong and the opportunity to build such an interesting design would incaptulate the investigation into virtual construction. We finally decided it was the right choice and that with Crysis we could take advantage its high power modelling capabilities, to construct an impressive structure as well as an environment.