BA3 Research into Architecture 2

Norwich provided plenty of architectural pieces to photograph, study, and use as reference for 2D and 3D work.

Below are several photographs of structures, buildings, and areas I found interesting in design, wear, or construction and recorded them to build up a file of reference for both materials and design:

The first set were taken around the St Peter's parish church in Norwich. They were focused on the scale of the structure admiring the grand arches, patterned walls and supporting beams. There was simply so much to capture including the interior which I took several photographs of to get a perspective of how the building held itself. These images however were not so focused on the architecture itself but more the aesthetics and thus I have no included them with this series.

These sets of photos were taken during our first crit session where we were focused more on capturing smaller section of architecture as these will prove helpful references towards our 3D studies later. A couple of these structures such as the doors and windows would potentially be useful structures to attempt to model as they are simple enough to be made with basic geometry yet have enough subtle details that could make texturing them a possibility. A couple of images were also taken look at the mood and of the structures with grandeur needing to also be reflected in its smaller assets.

The next series was photographed on the way out of Norwich focusing on far nore eccentric and eye catching designs. A couple again looked into a couple more archways and structures lining entry ways and openings.

Finally I couldn't help photographing some of the old and ruined walls and towers littered around Norwich. Something about their age and decay I felt was extremely interesting and despite their simplicity I felt the stories behind the architecture made them the most appealing structures I had capture in my outings. 

Thoughts:

The lavished designs of halls, political buildings and aged banks have their appeal as well as the conserved yet grand appearance of churches and cathedrals yet the simple pieces have oddly caught my eye far more. Potentially its not the architectural design of these simple walls, archways and columns but the smaller detail in them. The scuffs, marks, broken edges, all of this wear and tear really adds to the character of these buildings and creates a sort of story to the structure causing the viewer to be intrigued as to how it got this way or why.

This, I believe, was very much the case for the old ruins found around Norwich. These early 14th century structures have had more than half a millennium's time tested against it yet it stands as piece of something that was once far more. A small segment of a larger picture broken and molded through the years to become what we see now. Deep insights aside I certainly want to look into these older pieces far more, as well as any other pieces with more character to it be it decay, grime, destruction, anything that gives the architecture more story on top of it's design.