Friday, February 7, 2014

[Sketchbook] Idea of the first project

Site Observation :


The Cinclare Sugar Mill Historic District is of statewide significance in the areas of agriculture and industry because it is one of relatively few resources remaining to directly represent Louisiana's very important sugar industry. 

When people first came into the industrial complex of the site, you can barely find any trace of people that once working here, all that remained here are only some of the structure of the architecture, color fading signs, rusty surface and the weed etc. The complex features wood frame, brick, and metal construction with building heights ranging from one story structures to a chimney stack which towers above the mill and differentiate the flat agricultural space aside it. 

During my observation, the relationship of the sugar mill complex and surrounding area draws my attention. As a deserted place, you can barely find any valuable landscape on the site except the only pathway that planted with trees on both sides that lead people to pass through the district to the neighborhood from boulevard. All the weed and some other unknown trees that already took over the place, vines and dead branches that twined up the rusty frame, it looks like the aged, pale skin of medal surface.

Another interesting contrast of the site is the nearby agricultural zone in the district right next to the sugar mill, all the elements and resources in the Cinclare Sugar Mill Historic District illustrate the appearance of a historic agricultural/industrial complex.

My drawing of the first project will be focus on the relationship between the sugar mill and its surroundings(Mainly about the agricultural space) in the historic district. From the perspective of horizontal, vertical  to the color, texture differences,  how the features of the industrial and agricultural space and how they in contrast with each other.

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