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Waterloo: “Constructing an archive”<br />
The school’s running theme for the second year was dwelling into the periphery. This<br />
time, we were asked to choose a specific point in which we need to describe our journey<br />
in at least 10 different representations. In addition to that, we were to produce a<br />
lumiere video that describes the chosen site.<br />
Until when do we consider a specific point a part of a journey? Do we determine it via<br />
zoning and fares? Do we decide according to the existing physical enclosure or do we<br />
define it according to the people’s use of space? We are commuters and one large part<br />
of our academic experience is travel- ling to and from the campus. Whether it is short<br />
or long distance, an hour and a half train journey or a minute walk, the final location<br />
is all the same. But how about our own individual periphery?<br />
We agreed on a single site that we find quite important when traveling to Kingston<br />
com- ing from central London. Waterloo is an obvious pick so we decided to choose<br />
some- thing in context and concluded to study 1 Charlie Chaplin Walk.<br />
The site is an underground circular walkway below the vehicular roundabout that connects<br />
Waterloo road, Waterloo bridge and A3200. It has several entrances and tunnels<br />
accessible to pedestrians, cyclists and waste trucks. In this project, we wanted to define<br />
the word periphery in both tangible and in- tangible aspects of architecture. We<br />
like the idea of the walkway as a busy public space. In this case, it was the opposite.<br />
The site seemed calm when compared to its context, as if it was designed to act as a<br />
break from all the things happening above it which contradicts its function to connect<br />
spaces. The juxtaposition between above and below was very eminent. There was a<br />
quick change in atmosphere coming from a busy Waterloo station packed with commuters<br />
to the quiet underground tunnels that lead to the site.<br />
From there, we individually interpreted our journey to this site using photographs,<br />
models, sketches, poetry, diagrams, rubbings, mass study and videography creating a<br />
small archive that describes our intangible and tangible experiences.<br />
Vertical Project 2016/2017<br />
A Project by<br />
Camille Trinidad<br />
Gemma Thompson<br />
Claire Dimond<br />
Mamta Patel<br />
Josh Heath<br />
Adriano Da Silva<br />
Hana Zherka<br />
Vertical Project A.Y. 2016/2017<br />
Waterloo<br />
Constructing an archive
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