Design process cont’d

I created tons of sketches to work out various design ideas, mostly nature-inspired, renderings of clouds, branches, leaves, etc. But I was also playing around with geometric patterns.

I decided on the concentric circles pattern when I stepped outside of my studio to watch it rain one afternoon. This summer was one of the hottest on record, and the rain was rare, refreshing and inspiring. I watched the ripples as the rain fell in a puddle, and that was the moment my idea came together. The concentric circles pattern is both geometric, and representative of nature (as in the water ripples). And the circular motif is present in the architectural elements all along the Canal, as seen in the shape of the balcony.

rough rendering

 

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