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Aboriginal Past.

In Lumion

After finessing "tower"

After Using the Subdivide and Smooth tool

Before using the Subdivide and Smooth tool

Siza - "Use of monolithic scale, power"

Throughout history monolithic structures have been associated power. The Egyptian pyramids, Myan Temples, or the Easter Island Eggs. These we're ancient cultures that had a fascination with death, and strong ties to spirituality and a belief in the supernatural. The idea of one unified striation, itself is powerful.

For a marker, a monolithic idea would be ideal, just something to stand out. Something that gave an idea of power and size. I used it as the base part of my two axometrics. Having it curved out evoked an idea of a large rock. That earthly base evokes the history of Aboriginal culture, being what my marker stands upon. 

Scarpa - "Two separate entities coming together by interlocking"

Clashes are inevitable, it's so refreshing to see a situation where amnesty and acceptance is the first action when opposites collide. It's not a situation where there's just tolerance, rather a full acceptance, with both sides compromising for the other. 

This quote reminds of an ideal situation in history where no one culture swallowed up another, unlike the clash of cultures between Western settlers and Australian Aboriginals. This idea of reconciliation applied appropriately to my marker. The long rectangular pillar is both monolithic in scale, but interlocks with the smaller axometric underneath it. Like cables finding their way into the concrete.

Combined Axonometrics
(in red to show which part was to be curved with the subdivide and smooth tool)

- Monolithic scale combined with two separate entries coming together by interlocking. 
This was my axonometric that I modelled my marker from. Most of the prisms got joined together, the two ideas actually "interlocking" with each other.

- Idea of seamlessness and repeated shapes and geometries

- Homogenous materials carved with embracing of the corner