Islands
In week two we were asked to respond to the concept of 'islands' with a piece of work which
encompassed
our
idea
around
thesis
formation and this abstract idea of islands.
I chose to do an abstract collage in keeping with
that
which
first
submission
I
had
completed
of
'the
first
idea'.
for
our
In
this
collage I wanted to explore and illustrate the idea of embodied energy. Thus far when we talk about 'net zero' buildings we are talking about those which meet criteria on the basis of
their
operational
energy,
discounting
the
large amounts of energy which is consumed throughout the whole life cycle of the material. This
could
processes
be are
due not
to
the
visible
fact to
us
that
these
when
we
look at a structure and therefore are easily forgotten about.
This piece deals with 'what lies beneath the surface' and explores the damage these highenergy processes that we can't see are doing to our environment without our knowledge.
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