Gothic Deviations

Gothic Deviations is an Experimental studio project for my third year of my bachelor of Architectural Studies at the University of Auckland.

The scheme encompasses many aspects. The varying narratives within the idea of the Gothic are expressed using an incredibly wide range of different media such as Stereo-lithography Printing (3-D), illustration, models and marquettes, photography, film, animation, and the "architectural drawing".

I have divided my Gothic Deviations into five major projects ranging from scale zero through four.

Scale zero is a submission for my Digital Media 373 paper "Contingency and Praxis" run by Dermott Mcmeel and is a study in Augmented Reality and performance.

Scales one to four are concepts for my main paper - Design 5 tutored by Judy Cockeram. Scale one is represented by a piece of Jewellery at 1:1, scale two is a jewellery box to encompass scale one (1:1 and 1:4), scale three is a multi-media and light projection set-design, and scale four is a resolved theatre to house all of the work beneath in the tier.

Each student was assigned an Architectural Theorician, who became the client for which the work was designed. Neil Spiller, and Professor at the Bartlett School of Architecture, London, has been the muse and guide of the entire project Gothic Deviations.