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for our second collage we decided to make a kind of “section-perspective” instead of just the reverse view of the fishtank (WIP). We’ve rearranged the atlas sheet with the schanzengraben sections to become a full second drawing with the complete floor plans of the tower and a longitudinal section of the HQ. these will have more detail than the axos in the first drawing. The latter we reworked to show more immediate context and the way the flower pots become a network rather than a line – but we’ll also use it as a stage set for different character scenes involving flowers and the act of giving. just like the flowers are individual to each patron, so are the pots – they are supplied by the patrons themselves. only one single pot will be a design by the architects of the project: made from melted glass, it references the bloomkeeper’s boat in its shape and the glass details of HQ and tower in its materiality. 

since the interim crit, we’ve been focussing our energies on three moments in the project: 1) making the moment of “going underwater” more explicit as we reimagine the boundary wall between promenade and water as glass and connect the fishtanks with the river, turning them into “holiday homes” for fish 2) finding a way to fixate the flower pots which gives them a more aesthetic presence without undermining the mundane of the flower pot 3) setting up a glass melting oven and experimenting with techniques in order to later make a stained-glass model of the cupola on top of the water tower.

as night falls to her ivory tower she retreats elizabeth bloomkeeper first of her name

HS20, Bahnhofstrasse, Three Kings Garden

HS20, Bahnhofstrasse, Three Kings Garden