2nd Design Proposal

 the main square is paved in 470,000 ochre-coloured sandstone blocks from Western Australia^[13] and invokes images of the Outback. The paving is designed as a huge urban artwork, called Nearamnew, by Paul Carter and gently rises above street level, containing a number of textual pieces inlaid in its undulating surface.

Federation Square
Panoramic night view

Design Proposal:

• adding suspended light by metal wire, inspired by Federation Square public space
• OR, suspended recycled umbrella above courtyard space (the unused umbrella could be transformed into an art piece by Indigenous artist)

As a result of that transformation, the whole courtyard space could turn into 'sanctuary' courtyard space for the patients at Monash Medical centre.

Case Studies: 

Merrill Bray - macro, micro and in between

After seeing Merrill Bray's work on display at the Southern Health, Monash Medical Centre in Clayton, Melbourne, VIC, the vision of 3-dimentionalising a 2d piece of artwork came to mind. When you look at a Merrill Bray piece, you're not simply looking at it. You'll find yourself looking into it.


The simple dots create a captivating sense of depth which draws the viewer into the painting.

Cosmic twin flower

Spirit of Earth

The essence of spirit

The images listed above are just a small sample of Bray's work. 

1st Design Proposal

Design proposal:
to have a glass roof above, to shield of bad weather and to open up the courtyard space.
Thus,  glass door to courtyard space could be removed and doors unlocked.
Pros:

• able to ventilate bad air from the inside gathering space
• connecting both inside and outside space, visually and spatially

Nature & Art

 Land Art

Land Art was a movement started in the late sixties and early seventies by artists such as Robert Smithson, who famously create the Spiral Jetty in Great Salt Lake, Utah. It involves using the landscape and natural materials to create sculptural artworks, some ephemeral, some permanent. Other terms for it are earth art, ecological art or nature art.

 

Andy Goldsworthy

Land Artist

Click here for more artworks by Andy Goldsworthy

Click here for links to other land artists

Aboriginal Healing Garden | Ste Anne Community Garden in Sudbury, Ontario

1st Site Visit

1st Site Visit on 9th Aug 2011:
Gathering space before entering courtyard space

1st Site Visit on 9th Aug 2011: 

Void in courtyard space

1st Site Visit on 9th Aug 2011: 
Run-down exterior facade

Materiality: floor tiling

Site Visit on 9th Aug 20: Panoramic view of the courtyard 

Merrill Pungarte Bray is an Indigenous Artist of the Eastern and Northern Aranda group from alica Springs. Merrill Bray's artworks are contemporary dot paintings, which she describes as uniquely depicting macro and micro : "Under the microscope and out in the universe, which are both one and the same, whilst also existing at different level."
Below are some of the artwork by Merrill Bray, 
exhibited in Monash Medical Centre:

Materiality