Today I payed a visit to St. Dunstan in the East, a church in London that was heavily bombed during the Blitz in World War II. What's special about this church is that rather than rebuild or repair the building the City of London decided to turn the remains into a public garden. While it was opened in the 70's it had recently just been re-opened due to maintenance and improvements and it was well-worth a visit. It was particularly interesting to see the climbing plants and the ways in which they traversed the church architecture the effects they'd had on the building over time; roots on the walls, green patches. This trip was very useful going forward because it's a similar kind of theme to the station I'm creating; an environment that has been damaged and left over time to decay and sprout greenery (even though it's a public garden and it's meant to be there).
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Ryan GavegliaThird Year Games Art Student at the University of Northampton interested in Environment Art. Archives
April 2017
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