A work in progress
Category: Architecture
Greenwich Drawings
Some friends asked me to make these, the places are very familiar as I worked in the National Maritime Museum for many years.
Shadows on a ridged surface
San Diego – Louis Kahn architecture and the beach
The Salk Institute building perfectly suits the bright clear skied climate of Southern California. The ratio of positive to negative space is 50:50, the positive being regularly interrupted by views across, through and out toward the sea. The rectangular courtyard draws one back again and again, the subtle leading lines of shallow channels, raised edging on cast concrete, travertine marble benches combing to make a contemplative thoughtful place.
The de Young Museum, San Francisco
The museum stands tall over Golden Gate park, a dramatic beacon inviting visitors to the de Young Museum. Designed by Herzog and de Meuron, it encompasses innovative use of texture, reflective and transparent materials, playfully odd-shaped spaces and unexpected transitions between interior and exterior spaces.
My photos are not as I would wish, my camera weighs around 880g and is hard to keep still with my broken but mending arm. It’s even harder to properly compose images quickly before pain begins.
The copper cladding has been worked in ways which are being enhanced by being weathered. It’s is a building which will change and develop over time and will repay visits in varying weather conditions.
Dimpled copper cladding weathering and darkening
Dimpling giving way to perforations
A veil of perforated copper drawn over the tower
The courtyard entrance without a visible entry-way
Beautiful juxtaposition of building, landscape, furniture and sculpture, the man in the caramel clothes was a perfect foil to the dark mass of the building
Sally Wakelin - Studies in Creativity 
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