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WHAT IF? METROPOLISOGR Part One

Lilly Powling

BARBARA HEPWORTHBarbara Hepworth achieved international prominence

which is unusual for female artists. She was also a

leading figure in the colon of artist that resided in St

Ives during the Second World War. She was an

English artist as well as sculptor who's work is

modern, partially with in her sculptures. Giovanni

Ardini, master sculptor taught Hepworth how to carve

marble in Italy.

INFLUENCE MAP

TRAVELOGUEAs you reach the outskirts of Balastone various towers shine as if the light flows like water down and through each building. Below you cansee a river of light flowing round each stone. The buildings are curved so softly and smoothly it’s as if they were hand carved. A variety ofshapes create each building, unusually each building has shapes missing as if there has been a large part of the building has been carved out.This creates holes increasingly to the top half of the horizon line of the city. This stops any force of wind disrupting the balance. With itssmooth shinny finish tourists are mesmerised. The whole feel to the city is modern yet very calm. There is no wind or breeze which createshumid air.

Wondering around the smaller parts outside the edge of the city each home is a small rounded building which are all nearly identical. Eachone has a slight roof attached to the rounded buildings with two straight supports. With two globes of lights on either side you can see thehominess of each house. The layout of the homes can give you a deja vu feeling. With a grass lawn, circular stone pathways and small postboxes.

Entering further it becomes clear each building, structure and objects are balanced so precisely you become aware of how much movementyou make with every step, in fear of causing any destruction. Above you can see a river of wires entwining into building, around buildingsand above. Small circular pods slowly move along the wires as a form of transport. Moving so slowly not to cause a large amount ofmovement or wind, not wanting to disturb the balance or quiet.

In contrast to the outside of the city as you move closer to the heart of the city you can see the blocks of homes. Each one has three mainshapes balancing together which makes you wonder how people can move round inside at ease. These buildings tower over the small homesbut cause no interruption in the view of the heart of the city. Each one is made from a dark marble each on a different colour or shad of grey,brown, green and beige.

Just by looking at these two styles of buildings you can see the clear separation in classes. The lower class being the smaller home which isclear to see by the size but their filled with light and people. The higher class are clearly stated within the tower building from theirmomentous size. Through the large windows you can see the luxurious kitchens with smooth surfaces and large house hold appliances.The marble has a glow from the street lights.

Right at the heart of the city is a large memorable station which holds the main way to travel. The station itself is very rounded with asmooth surface but has small parts of a celling. On the inside you can see a great loading centre in which there is many different lanesholding five pods a time. One side is where people enter the pods and the other to exit. All around is many tunnels leading to the otherlanes. Some go above the pods, some go under. Each tunnel is lit by small circular globe lights built into the walls as well as the ceilings.Many signs written in lights above each tunnel entrance. Looking up toward the ceiling you can see large thick continuous wires throughthe large gaps which are holding circular pods. Every pod has two stories holding ten people in each floor. With every pod being the samethey are made from soon stone with large clear windows. The windows are so large that from a distance you feel that the pods are madeentirely from glass, questioning the safety of using them.

From entering the station you can see the lower class citizens run down and tired from the manual labour. Such a maintaining the podmachinery, cleaning and the upkeep around the enter city, working the electric wires and electricity to maintain the well-lit areasthroughout the whole day. The higher class have a formal suit, tie style for the large corporations they run. There is a large line ofconnection running through the city towards others for buying and selling good. They look at the lower class as beneath them without asecond glance as the stroll past, in no hurry but always busy the uphold power.

Deeper into the city you can see large simple structures scattered around to arrange the maze of wires. Each structure is different butholds the same style, being tall, slim but curved. These are clearly seen as they stand out from the other building being such a differentshape compared to the rest of the city. The wires spread into different directions after exiting the structures after going through or aroundthe main points. The structures act as a filter, sorting a mess of wires and pods into a steam of flowing pods.

At night the city has a much lit glow from the amount of light given from each building through the large windows and holes. Also thestreet lamp have a cone form balancing a large globe of light which shine boldly in every direction. The heart of the city comes to a haltpast seven o’clock, the end of the work day, which gives the outer circles life. You can see the glow shine brighter from the outskirts as eachworker returns home but there’s a slight coldness given from the large towers as the work continues home.

From a high up view of the city you can see clearly the different levels getting higher towards the middle created by the buildings. With acircular shape it gives a dome form which glows during the night. After leaving Balastone you feel as if you can move freely withoutcausing any harm but fear how long it will be before the whole city comes tumbling down as dominos.

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