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PHOTOGRAPHY POINTS Blog (Extra IV): Dunrobin Castl

PHOTOGRAPHY POINTS Blog (Extra IV): Dunrobin Castle (Scotland)

Reflections: Another picture that I’ve not included in my online galleries, but rather like nonetheless – and sharing furthermore in relation to Scotland’s Home of the Year (Episode 5 of Series 3 airing tonight at 8.00pm on BBC Scotland [ #scotlandshomeoftheyear ]).
I came across Dunrobin Castle by accident. I’m sure as anyone might agree, my initial reaction was: I’ve left Scotland, and been transported to the continent somewhere in France, at some earlier time than this.
This is the view from the rear; the front is a cacophony of architectural elements, vying for attention, and decidedly more Scottish Baronial than this façade, which is in my opinion infinitely more considered in its composition, more restrained but much less ‘Scottish’. Which prompts the wondering: about style, and place making, and appropriateness. Its easy to get architecturally critical – as the previous sentences confirm. But if it’s one’s own home, what difference does it make – and presumably the Earl of Sutherland was content with the design, so that critique, should it apply? Of course, I am an architect, so I can’t help it; but universally, what do we do here? If the owner is content, that presumably could be considered the end of the argument. But that’s where I’d digress and argue no: everyone should be infinitely more knowledgeable about architecture. It clothes everyone in the world, and for their whole life, and how can it possibly be so that there is such little common knowledge about this (literally) all-consuming subject.

Technical: Taken with iPhone6 and manipulated on Snapseed

(Copyright MICHAEL ANGUS 2021)

Thank you for reading,
Regards, Michael

#photographypoints #michaelangusauthor #dunrobincastle #scottishcastles #architecturalstyle #frenchrenaissancearchitecture #scottishbaronial #sircharlesbarry

PHOTOGRAPHY POINTS Blog 17: Reservoir with Concret

ARCHITECTURE MEMORIES Blog 8(b) SKETCH SECTION : T

ARCHITECTURE MEMORIES Blog 8(b)
SKETCH SECTION : Talking + Listening Booth
Reflections: Whilst on the topic of sketching and scale……
Certain issues continually arise when teaching architecture. Context for example, or the indication of. The problem is relevance. Why would one consider it so necessary to include something if one does not see the relevance? Badgering doesn’t encourage relevance. The task has to make the context relevant, and thereby implicit that it be shown. Same with programme, viz a viz the use – who the architecture is for, and to accommodate the activity. I find that the easiest way to do that is draw the individual in the act, and then simply draw the building around…. literally, as is the case here. Scale is then assured…..
And the section then becomes the key drawing; the individual is upright on the drawing and most representative of the actuality, unlike the individual on plan, which is much more abstract.
This specific image was drawing whilst tutoring Year 4. The context was Govan, the task: to design a civic facility for the local community (and potentially the city). Research would continually highlight the issue of cultural division, with associated language barriers and ‘failure to communicate…’. Hence: The Talking + Listening Booth. I’ve got other drawings about this, which are currently inaccessible due to lockdown – but once freedom returns Ill share, if only to further this idea, of design process being drawn out, form the act of the individual to whole building. It’s one way of doing it…..

Thank you for reading,
Regards, Michael

Technical: Fine-liner black and red pens on paper

#architecturememories #michaelangusauthor #architecturalsketches #architecturalsection #scaledrawings

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