SUBSET OF TEN

Here are the ten churches within my study area (roughly Hampshire) by A. W. Blomfield. This is a drafting view in Revit. Select the image used on my map sheets, choose manage links, then place instance and you can reuse those images, already in the project rapidly, and without duplication.

The titles are copy-pasted from the folders where I keep all the research material I have collected for this project. The schedule is from an Excel sheet. I will add new shared parameters once this format settles down. Still considering how to record materials (walls, roof) bell structures, porch, vestry, etc.

 

The second drafting view displays fresh research to highlight the breadth of Blomfield’s career. Did he ever visit those churches in other countries. Maybe Denmark, but the Falkland Islands? I suspect the fees ran to a single drawing sheet, probably beautifully composed and coloured by hand.

The interior of St George’s Anglican Cathedral in Georgetown, Guyana really caught my eye. Fantastic use of timber framing to create a spiritual atmosphere. His secular buildings veer away from straight Gothic towards Flemish and Elizabethan styles. You have to be impressed by both the quantity and quality of this guy’s work.

Also note his connection to Thomas Hardy which remained strong after Hardy became a successful novelist.

 

 

First pass modelling of St Saviour, Eddington just to the North of Hungerford. Quite a modest brick structure and no longer a church. It seems to have been built in anticipation of population expansion to the North, across the river and up the hill. And there was some, but in the event the main thrust of development was to the south. The church did have quite a large graveyard however which still exists. So perhaps it was more of a mortuary church.

One of the great features of Revit is the ability to duplicate a view and reformat. What knocked me out as a new user, twenty years ago, was that both views remain live and update as the model evolves. Old hat now, but in those early days at GAJ, experimenting with this new toy it was an instant sell.

Here I have taken my Hampshire map, removed most of the colour (hidden line view) half-toned a bunch of stuff and applied a filter that selects by Architects name = A W Blomfield. Then once again place instances of the image files for his 10 churches. Now I can visualise the distribution of his work within my study area.

Simple but effective.