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The Second Obstruction

Architecture, Design and Build, Land Art
 

Architecture, Design and Build, Land Art

The Second Obstruction

A Design and Build Freelab Studio led by Roger Mullin as part of the Dalhousie Architecture program in Halifax, Nova Scotia. This Land Art installation that took place on Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec in the summer of 2015. Working as part of a twelve person team, we were able to design and realize the project in very short a two-week time frame.

To compliment my participation in the project, I made a film to document the entire process. Since then, it has been featured at the 2017 Association of Architectural Educators Conference, entitled “Architecture Connects” hosted by the Oxford Brookes School of Architecture in Oxford, UK. 

Click here to watch the film.

 
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Plein air drawings that depict the plan and elevation views of the site.

Plein air drawings that depict the plan and elevation views of the site.

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Hoisting the Structure

Hoisting the Structure

Everyone had to work together as a team to raise the structure during heavy wind and rain.

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The installation is a land art piece described as a type of proto-architecture.

The installation is a land art piece described as a type of proto-architecture.

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Detail

Detail

Specialized knots played a crucial role in the project.

A Natural End

A Natural End

In late November, a wind storm returned the structure back to the land.

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