I am a student now. The relief of having a student ID card around my neck and the cheerful annoyance by the horrific picture on the card (the fault of my terrible modeling) was soon forgotten, as we, the slightly shy architecture student bunch, found out what it was that we were going to do that day. We would have to find our way trough the city to Glenn Howells Architects, following a route of our choice, and do quick sketches of what catches our eye. I had to focus on buildings of particular importance. And then we sketched. The first sketch was not going to be seen by anybody but the author, the second was allowed to have a quick peek at, the others were shared and talked about. I feel like sketching, drawing, creating is one of the most intimate things anybody can have, and so having to share our work really did make "the ice break". I did not do my best. The nerves got the better of me, but I guess this is were I start.
We talked about our observations of Birmingham, its architecture, built environment, peoples interaction with it. One of the things that came up and stuck out for me was the quick transition from modern, freshly built city center to the run-down factory infrastructure, that Birmingham has. I think that one of the images above demonstrates that quite well: the reflection of the curves of Selfridges in the windows of an older facade. It is quite a contrast, but it is easily unnoticeable. It is almost organic.
We talked about our observations of Birmingham, its architecture, built environment, peoples interaction with it. One of the things that came up and stuck out for me was the quick transition from modern, freshly built city center to the run-down factory infrastructure, that Birmingham has. I think that one of the images above demonstrates that quite well: the reflection of the curves of Selfridges in the windows of an older facade. It is quite a contrast, but it is easily unnoticeable. It is almost organic.