Programme:

"Create a space within a garden for two people to have a conversation. Select one of the following character pairs to use as programme for the inhabitable spaces:

The Arborist and The Mapmaker
The Poet and The Bookbinder
The Philosopher and The Sculptor

Be sure to include the following spaces: a space for conversation, a space for each to enter, a space for each to exit, a space for each to wander and think. Using the constructions that were derived from your characters, construct a narrative for the activities that occur in each of the spaces, and use this narrative to resolve the connections between interior conditions within the intervention of the site."

Materials:

Plaster, music wire, plexi glass, and bass wood

Process:

We are to constuct our models first out of bristol board, as an exercise to study positive and negative spaces. Then, convert the negative space into a mold for the plaster to be poured. While the plaster is curing, incorporate the other materials to further define the programme.

Dilemma:

I feel my concept model is strong, but I'm slightly terrified that converting it to plaster will be ruinous. How thin can plaster be poured, and still maintain it's integrity? Without a magical wand, how crazy can the molds actually get? Is it even possible to adhere any of the othere materials to the plaster?

I feel badly for my poet and bookbinder...

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