VISION 27 — THE OCTAGON
LIVING AREAS
In many ways it’s a program about interior design, but
it’s also a program about the potential of architecture
to be re-born. That structural, bigger eye and hand is
definitely involved, even though some people might
consider The Block merely superficial and all about
wallpapers, furnishings, finishes and drapes.
Of course the show is about the contestants and sponsors
and all of the machinations of chucking people into the
frying pan. I’ve always had an agenda to reveal to the
greater public what is achievable in an architectural sense.
While my brief is to definitely make the building look good,
because it has to sell, I take that brief very seriously. I also
add to that brief in my own mind and the way I approach it
is meant to be readily accessible by viewers.
The architecture and interior design aren’t disconnected.
One needs to belong to the other in the way steel beams
intersect, glazing is used and the lamp sits in the context
of the room.
As each Block project unfolds we gradually see those
relationships. It’s definitely a case of the knee-bone’s
connected to the thighbone. It’s all part of the single whole.
Again, that’s part of the beauty of finishing these things
and the great reveal. It goes a bit further with the idea
of architecture that carries through this environmental
and sustainable brief.
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