The environment I created for my monuments was inspired by the Australian landscape, which is surrounded by water and encompasses a wide range of landscapes. The range of landscapes separates the monuments and allows me to create a distinctive meeting place for the students.
The land surrounding the river and the Tange monument was inspired by the Australian coastline, which often integrates a beach with bushland. It is relatively flat, allowing the monument to dominate the landscape and emphasises the concept of brutalism.
The meeting place in the environment is an island accessible swimming from both monuments so there is no preference given to either monument. I attempted to make it like an oasis, with a rock pool and a landing beach to encourage students to meet there and trees and appropriately sized rocks to encourage students to linger.
The monument to Sejima was located in a rocky, alpine environment inspired by the Sonoran desert in North America. Although harsh, it is strangely beautiful and the river and cliff emphasised Sejima's habit of "lifting up" her designs. It was placed further from the island meeting place to given an equal significance to Tange's monument, which was placed in shallow water.
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