continued...

after looking at the dunes for sometime and then eventually from above i realised that they were in fact man made.

it was this confusion between man made and natural objects that interested me and eventually led me to movements such as land-art and artists such as Richard Long and then Mehmet Ali, who uses scale to make everyday objects seem alien.

i latched onto this idea of creating confusing / alien landscapes that toyed with peoples perception of the immediate environment and created an experience.

and this is my response...

the building / installation is a 6m cube that acts as a transitional element on the otherwise bleak environment. being so alien to its environment its designed to draw people to it to experience it. the interior is designed to play again with the expectations of its users; because its such a regular shape externally you would expect the interior to be of the same regularity, but as its so irregular you are driven to explore what it has to offer as you negotiate its tight spaces.

placed close to the waterline they are designed to be flooded so that the interior will also change over time by the addition of sea life and the gradual erosion of the walls.