Translations from Building to Drawing

mapping sensory interaction space and place

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Durbach Block Jaggers (at North Bondi Surf Life Saver Club)

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objects, including buildings, are props, settings, tools, and intermediaries for action rather ends in themselves[i]

[i] Moore, R. Why We Build. Picador 2012

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when the raven taps three times on the windowpane death is surely near

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91 lights; 91 names; 91 lives lost

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Vardø's dark history of witch hunts

In the 1600s, the fishing village of Vardø was believed to be close to hell. It was here that 91 men and women were convicted of witchcraft and executed.

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Vardo people are mirror people; free standing flames

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the eyes take time to adjust to the blackness, to refocus in the intense loss of light; what seemed incredibly dark now becomes legible and revealed  

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details

it is suddenly warmer as the wind dies down close up to the threshold; the exposure is decreased but the distinct separation of elements retains airiness.

The careful hand-stitching adjacent the industrial handle sets the war for diametric opinions

every necessity made into a feature; every part used; no waste

the subtle taste of seaweed an equal part to the scene

and the pining of weathered wood

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shiplap joint

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walking the plank

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to be seen from the sea

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Chapter 2: The Environmental Setting of Varangerfjord

The coastline on the north side of the fjord has a very different character than that on the south.  Varangerfjord is a product of faulting rather than the glacial activity generally responsible for creating fjords, so its two sides have completely different geological compositions.  The north side consists of Eocambrian sedimentary rock, such as sandstone and slate, while the south is made up of Precambrian gneiss and granite.[i]

[i] Hodgetts LM. 1999. Animal Bones and Human Society in the late younger stone age of Arctic Norway.  Durham University Thesis.  http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/4491.  Viewed 07.04.2014.

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Traditional natural preservative for cordage and timber. Worth having for the smell alone!

http://rwrope.com/traditional-rigging/stockholm-tar.html 

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hung in the stocks, tarred against the weather, sailcloth suspended as a surface and silk scrolls shivering in the battering wind.  the lights sway resignedly with the angry shaking of the structure 

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come rain, hail or shine