My final studio was an attempt to portray the differences and similarities of land, sea and space. a place where amphibians/ghosts/souls can live. In this project, where the land and sea meet, lays a ship called the Grace Darling that is forgotten and consumed. Not only is this ship consumed by the earth and sea but the observatory I have placed upon it. The reasoning for this is to view the ship as a ghost stuck in purgatory rather than a rotting corpse. (purgatory is a place between hell and heaven. In this case a ship between land and sea). Which is also a reason why I chose the ship in the first place. Moving onto my overall observatory, it’s main idea was to determine the future and observe the changes that occur. These changes are not only relevant to the surrounding environment but the observatory itself. As you walk through these separate spaces, you will begin to understand these changes. You can see the observatory has multiple “connectors” and organic components that hold the project in place, but its balance is reliant on the environment. Theoretically, the observatory will mirror the environment through its structural stability. Either it will be strengthened through the mangroves, soil quality and water levels or it will all Apart leaving the Yerkes telescope to stand alone.

This project used software such as Rhino, Procreate, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Indesign.