SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES:

For this photo shoot, I have focused on the interior aspects of one of the andium homes which I was able to see and visit. With the imagery which I am creating, I have much less focused on the aesthetics and imagery quality but the contextual integrity, show casing the conditions of the homes as a prospect buyer visiting these homes. Another contributor to these images being rather bland and simple is again the fact that when viewing these homes, I had to pretend and put up a facade of being a possible buyer for these homes.

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One of the most significant aspects of these homes is the cheap and low cost installations. Speaking to the estate agent, a lot of these fittings, such as the windows, kitchen and bathroom would have to be refitted within the next 5-7 years, a comparably short life span for these appliances. Appearing as relatively cheap housing in comparison to others, in the long term these homes require a lot of investment in order to upkeep and make them livable.

In terms of the visual aspects of these images, I feel as though the film style quality of them adds a significant point of interest as the warm light coming in through the windows creates a sort of nostalgic feel to them.The empty rooms are illuminated in a way which feels inviting and warm instead of the cubist forms of the outside, the terraced planning making them feel cramped and claustrophobic.

EXPERIMENTATION:

CONCEPT/THEMES:

Making these spread sheet type images is key to one of the concepts which I have been exploring whilst looking at Andium homes, repetition and continuity of these homes which very clearly follow the same structural plan from one home to the next. With this set of images, I am aiming to display this theme as a large repetition of previously taken images.

In architecture and city planning, a terrace or terrace house (UK) or townhouse (US) is a form of medium-density housing that originated in Europe in the 16th century, whereby a row of attached dwellings share side walls. They are also known in some areas as row houses or row homes (especially in Baltimore, New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, and Washington, D.C.).

Terrace housing can be found throughout the world, though it is in abundance in Europe and Latin America, and extensive examples can be found in Australia and North America. The Place des Vosges in Paris (1605–1612) is one of the early examples of the style. Sometimes associated with the working class, historical and reproduction terraces have increasingly become part of the process of gentrification in certain inner-city areas.