Underground: Skeletal

Firstly, I'll talk about the location of the whole model. It's going to be situated in the desert - As Gascoigne collects weathered/broken/left to rot materials to create her artworks - which are all damaged by the wind, rain and sun. There would probably be bones that have been weathered by the sun and wind - broken into pieces which she would be able to use as an inspiration/material for her works.
Also, my underground stairs rise out of the ground 'intruding' into my above ground space, so I thought i could add a bit of 'fragmentary-ness' to it by making the 'spine' of the stairs and steps that come up above the ground crumble to bits. The bits and pieces on the ground also somewhat resemble an image in the desert where you might be able to find fragments of bones, and that's why I decided to situate it in a desert.


This is a view looking down my underground stairs. The construction stopping the sand from collapsing in is made out of reflective material. As the viewer goes through the transition area and up to the ground, they will notice the 'spine' of my stairs (if they haven't noticed yet) because of the reflection.


Another image showing the desertion of the above ground area and the connection between my underground stairs and my above ground area.


This is a view of my underground stairs within my underground space.


This image shows the artwork 'Pett Level, England' (photograph) by Hall.


Explanation of Underground space: You start from the indented area (where the person is standing in the picture below). the viewer would only see the thin beams all coming down towards them, and would notice that they're made out of brittle material/and thin which gives the beams a skeletal quality. The ribcage-like constructions act as a guide to the stairs as well as blocking the thick beams from the viewer's sight while they focus on the thin ones.
As the viewer starts walking out of the indented area, onto the stairs going up, they would notice the thick ones extruding out of the earth. The thick and thin beams work together to form a tree like relationship of how branches coming out in all directions - which relates back to Hall's photograph of a tree.


Image showing a person standing in the indented area.


Overall Underground space

[I included the lines of the terrain in some images to highlight the contours which I think gives it a greater sense of depth in the space]