Sketchbook
Bringing together a decade of hand drawings by Baca Directors Richard Coutts and Robert Pattison.
“It’s been almost 20 years since we both collaborated as master’s students to design the ‘Studium’ at university—an ambitious proposal for a mini-campus combining Architectural School, Planning, Landscape, and Geography Departments. It was the connecting spaces in-between—the communal staircase, lobby, and refectory spaces—that encouraged social interaction. Who would have thought nearly 20 years later that we would still be collaborating and developing some of the most ambitious buildings in the world that are in, on, near, and under water!” says Baca's Creative Director Robert Pattison.
Hand drawing has played an integral part in Baca’s design process. It captures the genesis and energy of the concept—a simple stroke of the pencil capturing the movement of the roofline or the flow of water through a master plan. Richard recalls sketching the ‘Whale’ during a 7am call with the Australian counterparts during lockdown. The tender winning designing of a ‘rock’ was quickly dismissed by the mayor who wanted a pirate ship, complete with mast and flag. A cup of coffee was needed, then a quick sketch, a photo on an iphone, a whatsapp message and then on a screen via Matt at Subcon. They loved it and the designs went out in the press that Christmas. If they built it – then it’s a great origin story.
Do enjoy the sketchbook as much as we enjoyed creating the images!
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