Belvédère at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Author

Neil Cooke

Date

2006

Project Type

Undergraduate coursework

Subject

Architecture

Datasets

Ordnance Survey Landline.Plus, Land-Form PROFILE DTM, Strategi

Sources: Digimap

Dates/Editions: As available.

Scale: Various

Related Subjects

Urban Design; Geography; Design

Keywords

Urban Design

Publishing Institution

Leeds School of Architecture, Landscape & Design

Summary

The brief was to design a Belvédère [Italian from bel 'beautiful' + vedere 'see'. Source: English Oxford Dictionary] in the vicinity of cascade bridge at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, as a panoramic viewpoint which responds to the genius loci [Latin from ‘genius of the place’, the presiding deity or spirit; English Oxford Dictionary].

Aims & Objectives

To create a sheltered space that is both a stopping off point on the journey route through YSP, and for the Belvédère to be a piece of sculpture in its own right. The belvedere must create a vantage of the panorama and should integrate contextually with the site.

Methodology

Obtaining an electronic OS map is one of the initial critical stages which facilitates the recording of a measured and intuitive site analysis - imperative to any successful design. Following the sketch and ultimately the final design stages, contour information in conjunction with the OS map can be translated into a three-dimensional model to illustrate the proposal in its context.

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