This constructed artefact explores the creation of a new whole from a found existing. Specifically it considers how can we take an object and subsequently manipulate and transform it. Responding to this idea the slate below has been altered both through by enhancing the existing (varnished section) and alternatively by fusing a contrasting element to it (steel plate) in order to form a new whole.
This raises the question therefore how far we engage with existing objects, including buildings through practical means and tectonics? Any intervention, whether it is restoration or adding a new element, will involve an objective real and tangible process.
However what informs which approach we enlist? Do we 'varnish' or 'layer into' an existing building? Perhaps the solution relies on an interpretation of the existing. Ultimately as the varnish and the steel plate are only demonstrations of method, and despite the importance of a tectonic engagement as such there is arguably no methodology that to formulate an objective response. In the first instance the existing condition and the intended function should collectively inform which solution which be best suited to re-articulate the existing, as well to what extreme it needs to be applied.
