Linear – Ebb Then Flood

Complicated

March 6, 2020March 5, 2020 by Ebb Then Flood

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Calton Hill, Edinburgh October 2019

This hotchpotch building, with its quiltwork of bricks and windows caught my eye in Scotland late last year.

Quirkily fascinating.

And complicated…

It’s as if there was more than one hand in the plans, or perhaps the cash ran dry at some point and they started up again later, with whatever was around at the time.

Much is made of having a focused “design for life”.

In reality though, most of our somewhat random lives resemble this sort of thing, more so than any sleek, linear design!

Block The Sky If You Cannot Scrape It

April 30, 2019April 30, 2019 by Ebb Then Flood

So, yesterday’s post, “Block 6 & Block 7”,featured two buildings across from my Auckland City work office.This one, just around the corner, is another linear edifice, doing just enough to block the view but not tall enough to threaten the heavens.

Reflective glass sends back the message of the other side of the street, but there are chinks where you can sense humanity within the cubes of concrete, steel and glass – clothes on a rack, pictures on a wall ,lampshades -random personal paraphernalia .

Hope the owners within are doing more than just scraping by…