Fire Vs. Nature
Personal Sukkah Space
Brisbane Botanical Gardens, Brisbane CBD, Australia
THE CONCEPT OF MY SUKKAH ORIGINATED DIRECTLY
FROM MY LIVING ROOM IN SOUTH AFRICA. THE MAIN
COMPONENT OF THIS ROOM WAS THE FIREPLACE
THAT BROUGHT LIGHT, WARMTH AND CONVERSATION.
IT COULD ALSO BE A PLACE OF SOLITUDE WHERE ONE
COULD STARE INTO THE FIRE AND REFLECT ON THE
PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE.
THE SITE CHOSEN WAS DIRECTLY RELATED TO MY
CHILDHOOD PLACE AT THE VAAL RIVER IN SOUTH AFRICA.
IT WAS A PLACE I WOULD GO TO RELAX AND CLEAR MY
MIND. aS I AM NEW TO BRISBANE I FOUND WHEN
WALKING THROUGH THE BOTANICAL GARDENS IT
REMINDED ME OF THE VAAL RIVER THUS SEEMED A
PERFECT SITE FOR MY SUKKAH.
THE ELEMENT THAT REPRESENTS ME IN THE DESIGN IS
THAT I AM AN INTROVERT MAINLY KEEPING TO MYSELF
UNLESS I GET TO KNOW A PERSON QUITE WELL, THEN I
OPEN UP. WITHIN MY SUKKAH I SHALL HAVE THIS
ELEMENT OF A PUBLIC SPACE AND PRIVATE SPACE
REPRESENTING MY QUALITIES AS A PERSON.
THE FORM OF THE STRUCTURE IS SUPPOSED TO
REPRESENT THE FIRE WHICH IS TRYING TO ESCAPE
FROM THE HEARTH IT IS CONTAINED WITHIN. THIS COULD
BE RELATED TO MYSELF TRYING TO BREAK FREE OF MY
SHELL AND BECOME MORE SOCIAL. THE STRUCTURE
WILL BE OPEN AND CONTAIN FORMS THAT REPRESENT
MOVEMENT AND LIFE (FIRE). IT SHOULD ALSO CONTAIN
ELEMENTS OF AN ORGANIC AND RECTILINEAR
NATURE AS THE FIRE IS ORGANIC AND THE HEARTH IS
OF A RECTILINEAR BACKGROUND, THUS ELEMENTS OF
NATURE (ORGANIC) AND MAN-MADE (RECTILINEAR)
WOULD CONTRAST EACH OTHER.
LIGHT AND WARMTH SHOULD ALSO BE IMPORTANT IN
THE REALIZATION OF THE DESIGN AS ARE SHADOWS.
AS I USED TO SIT ON THE COLD TILE FLOOR IN FRONT OF
THE FIREPLACE SURROUNDED BY BRICKWORK,
TEXTURE BECOMES IMPORTANT. THERE SHOULD BE A
TRANSITION IN TEXTURE WITHIN THE SUKKAH THAT
INVOKES A MORE PERSONAL INTERACTION WITH
THE SPACE.
FROM MY LIVING ROOM IN SOUTH AFRICA. THE MAIN
COMPONENT OF THIS ROOM WAS THE FIREPLACE
THAT BROUGHT LIGHT, WARMTH AND CONVERSATION.
IT COULD ALSO BE A PLACE OF SOLITUDE WHERE ONE
COULD STARE INTO THE FIRE AND REFLECT ON THE
PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE.
THE SITE CHOSEN WAS DIRECTLY RELATED TO MY
CHILDHOOD PLACE AT THE VAAL RIVER IN SOUTH AFRICA.
IT WAS A PLACE I WOULD GO TO RELAX AND CLEAR MY
MIND. aS I AM NEW TO BRISBANE I FOUND WHEN
WALKING THROUGH THE BOTANICAL GARDENS IT
REMINDED ME OF THE VAAL RIVER THUS SEEMED A
PERFECT SITE FOR MY SUKKAH.
THE ELEMENT THAT REPRESENTS ME IN THE DESIGN IS
THAT I AM AN INTROVERT MAINLY KEEPING TO MYSELF
UNLESS I GET TO KNOW A PERSON QUITE WELL, THEN I
OPEN UP. WITHIN MY SUKKAH I SHALL HAVE THIS
ELEMENT OF A PUBLIC SPACE AND PRIVATE SPACE
REPRESENTING MY QUALITIES AS A PERSON.
THE FORM OF THE STRUCTURE IS SUPPOSED TO
REPRESENT THE FIRE WHICH IS TRYING TO ESCAPE
FROM THE HEARTH IT IS CONTAINED WITHIN. THIS COULD
BE RELATED TO MYSELF TRYING TO BREAK FREE OF MY
SHELL AND BECOME MORE SOCIAL. THE STRUCTURE
WILL BE OPEN AND CONTAIN FORMS THAT REPRESENT
MOVEMENT AND LIFE (FIRE). IT SHOULD ALSO CONTAIN
ELEMENTS OF AN ORGANIC AND RECTILINEAR
NATURE AS THE FIRE IS ORGANIC AND THE HEARTH IS
OF A RECTILINEAR BACKGROUND, THUS ELEMENTS OF
NATURE (ORGANIC) AND MAN-MADE (RECTILINEAR)
WOULD CONTRAST EACH OTHER.
LIGHT AND WARMTH SHOULD ALSO BE IMPORTANT IN
THE REALIZATION OF THE DESIGN AS ARE SHADOWS.
AS I USED TO SIT ON THE COLD TILE FLOOR IN FRONT OF
THE FIREPLACE SURROUNDED BY BRICKWORK,
TEXTURE BECOMES IMPORTANT. THERE SHOULD BE A
TRANSITION IN TEXTURE WITHIN THE SUKKAH THAT
INVOKES A MORE PERSONAL INTERACTION WITH
THE SPACE.
