Kirsten Hamilton's winning student proposal for the creation of an art and architecture school in Scotland, based on the organic and irregular form of a leaf (see the generative sketches). The stem acts as the entrance, with the veins representing the movement and flow of students into the three separate 'leaf' canopied areas.
I love the organic nature of this design. This almost futuristic building is taken from a natural form. I am really interested in the idea of natural forms as a starting point; interpreting natures structures and relating them to new proposals. Kirsten's building is designed to sit within an area of natural beauty. The copper leaf roof will age and weather with time; as organically as the leaf it was based on. The copper roof reminds me of autumn leaves, natural tonal beauty, warm colours. The way the leaf roof curls down protectively over the outside walkways could be likened to insects taking shelter under a fallen leaf.
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