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Architectural Model of Extension to Grade-2 listed building: Greyfriars Surgery, Hereford

The research investigated the body as object; through the surgery as place of healing, and the body’s movement in space. The vehicle of the research is a model. The model was developed in parallel with the built work to investigate, embody, realize and represent the themes and ideas in the project.

The model was exhibited at the Building Centre and chosen and exhibited in the 2011 Royal Academy summer exhibition. The project was to further extend, a Grade II* doctor’s surgery set on Hereford City Wall, a scheduled ancient monument, and close to Hereford Cathedral and deals with themes of the body, history and geography. The archaeology of the site and history as a place of defence and war, was incorporated into the model.

The project was shortlisted for the AJ Small Projects Award and following the exhibit of the model at The Building Centre, it received an AJ Small Projects Award. It was developed further exploring the movement through the materials of the building and chosen for the Royal Academy Summer Show.

The model was made from: oak (base made by contractors of the building), plaster, resin, card acetate, and one of the Doctors’ stethoscopes. The model included an essay ‘The House of Good Deeds’, by Fred Scott. This was a chained book, and it featured transparent photographs by Ioana Marinescu. The patients’ movement through the levels of the Surgery were investigated in the model and represented through materials, a brass rod and particular views incorporating a magnifying lens.

The work formed part of the practice being undertaken with choreographer Caroline Salem, developing the making and designing of architecture with the body. In this case a body searching for healing as it travels through the layers of historic wall.

Portfolio

CD: Images of work and other supporting material including Royal Academy Catalogue (date of dissemination)