A House for the Stones of Venice (by Luke Jones)

A House for the Stones of Venice
(by Luke Jones)

DESCRIPTION
Presenting itself as an architectural translation of John Ruskins Stones of Venice, this project is structured around a series of analogies, in which the features of the argument in the book are translated into architectural form.

Each of the six main qualities- Ruskins architectural virtues- advocated in the text becomes a spatial effect or contrivance. Reading from the bottom these are: Rigidity, Naturalism (exterior), Redundance, Changefulness, Grotesque (exterior) and Savageness.

The building, which does not physically contain any part of the text itself, is nevertheless a place in which its ideas are communicated. These virtues are communicated to the inhabitants of the building, in their everyday use of the structure as a Citizens Advice Bureau.

PROFILE
Luke Jones was born in London and graduated from The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL in 2008, with First Class Honours. He was also the recipient of both the Donaldson Prize and Faculty Medal. He lives and works in Hackney. His work was recently published in Bartlett Designs (2009): Speculating with Architecture, a collection the best student work from the last decade.

MENTORS:
Dr Penelope Haralambidou
Mobile Studio (Max Dewdney + Chee-Kit Lai)

For more info:
http://www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/architecture/programmes/units/unit01_08.htm
http://www.theMobileStudio.co.uk

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• House
• Stones
• Venice
• Luke
• Jones
• John
• Ruskin
• London
• Mobile
• Studio
• Penelope
• Haralambidou
• Max
• Dewdney
• Chee
• Kit
• Lai
• Art
• Architecture
• Design
• Film
• Animation
• UCL
• Bartlett

[lozcroft]

I really love this. Good work, mate, very inspiring.