Contemplative composition in landscape: a mark making methodology

Process and methodology:

The process deliberately moves from the two to three dimensional and critically analyses the contemplation between each translation. While the method progresses, it brings in moments and techniques used in prior phases to create a cohesive, legible body of intentional mark making. As the thesis is anchored in curating compositional forms in a landscape, mapping became an instrumental technique to push throughout the process. These compositional forms are created through tracing the way the landscape is interacted with and moments of personal note during the time spent drawing within the terrain for extended periods of time over multiple visits. Each phase of the process overlaps with the last to clearly show the translation from one decision to the next. Where these overlaps occur is where the richness in process is found and starts to create the architectural language, which is evident in the final compositional forms.

I have structured this thesis into three phases within the overall process. Each delving into a specific aspect of my mark making process and how one influences the other. The intention of these phases is to suggest alternative ways of viewing the design process and its outcomes through interdisciplinary drawing and making.