Palimpsest

Palimpsest At the beginning of the project, we were given a dystopian prompt. After reading it, we were tasked to design a landscape in which we believed the story took place. As part of the design process, we were told to find patterns in nature to influence the patterns of our imagined landscape.

Body Device In this landscape that we had imagined, we were then asked to create a body device to help the character survive in the environment. Since I had imagined a river valley surrounded by mountains, I created a flotation device. I took the curvilinear geometry that I produced in my first drawing and applied it to the curved skeleton for the flotation device. I took those curves and played around with size and proportion.

Bivouac We were tasked to make our landscape out of foam and build a space, bivouac, that would protect our character. I created the mountainside that would cut down steeply into a river valley. I began by simplifying the varied curves from my body device but ultimately decided to return to the curved skeleton. I kept experimenting with its form, ultimately deciding to split the ground floor, compress the curves, and vary their heights.