Belvedere.

Here is the same view of the Belvedere as photographed by myself yesterday. This version however was painted in 1760 by Canaletto. St Stephans Cathedral steeple is visible in the centre of the image and a rather lonely looking and recently completed Karlskirche, next to which the School of Architecture now stands, is to the left of the picture.

Belvedere.

Belvedere.

View from the Upper Belvedere Palace, located just behind the school of architecture, part of a wider complex of gardens and structures started in 1720 by Prince Eugene of Savoy.

Architecture School.

Central Hof.

Entwerfen.

A sketch model at 1:100 exploring a potential design type to be shared by all of the proposed structures included in the wider masterplan for Le Touquet sea front. This consists of a series of external structural A frames, which support the main body of the building; which coincidentally can be manufactured offsite and craned into position. They can also be subsequently replaced in order for a different or more suitable activity to be accommodated.

The concept impacts lightly upon the natural landscape and also continues the tradition of man-made verticality in the horizontal seaside landscape; found for example in ships masts and the wooden uprights of groynes. Typical seaside types such as deck chairs and wooden beach huts have also provided precedent.

Entwerfen.

Further Sur La Plage masterplanning considerations.

Entwerfen.

Further considers regarding the scale and type of structures integrated into the overall masterplan.