Gardens are not necessarily a place for plants or recreation. The modern definition of garden is seen to be a space full of flora, solitude and recreation. A new perception of a garden was brought forward through this module. The garden was a sensory space a result of what we experienced when we read the poem Postman Chavel by Andre Breton.

Using charcoal as an instrument really helped in navigating the senses of our body as it required a allowed a certain freedom of movement while drawing. After weeks of drawing we designed our space as a garden of never ending stairs, changing terrain and unexpected.

This module was conducted in groups of 8-9 people hence we all started sketching and pitching our ideas to each other. It was a great team bonding experience as we got to know each other better as it was our first module.

After finalizing on a design we moved onto planning the whole structure with precise measurements. We had the help of a few senior students who guided us throughout the rest of the module. Their insight and expertise was crucial in our project. We decided to use bamboo for the project as it was economical and a good resource to get introduced to construction technology.

Overall it was a hands on experience as we built the entire structure ourselves from scratch. We leant a lot about bamboo construction and construction in general as we built our structure piece by piece. We started creating frames and then laid braces across each frame to take on heavy load. Jute was used to bind each bamboo.

The module was focused around understanding form and how we see form. We used our hands as the subject to be studied. It was an analytical process of breaking down form into its physical parameters - surfaces, nodes, volume, framework etc.

In order to grasp the form and also understand the minute details I tried using different mediums and materials like charcoal, poster colours, file card and metal wires. Each mediums offers themselves differently and selection of the right material for you was a very crucial process.

I started viewing the hand using contour lines and the density of these lines at different points in our hands. I noticed how these lines converged and relaxed when a finger is bent. Metal wires turned out to be the most appropriate material for my observation.