Water and Earth Part 2 Project 2024 Bryndis Alfredsdottir Arts University Bournemouth | UK Coming from Iceland, a stone in the water, is part of my very being. This essential core has always influenced what architecture is to me. Iceland stands as a canvas of contrasts, where land converges often violently with the sea. Architecture is my medium for exploring nature's artistry. For me this realm starts with water, assuming myriad forms and always exerting a profound influence, whether seen or unseen. Twynham, now known as Christchurch, is a place in Dorset where the water and stone hold many different forms. This place drew me to explore different forms and expressions of water and stone than those I had known before. The presence of Hengistbury Head overlooks the inland water convergences of the rivers Stour and Avon, slowly curving through the landscape and then, speeding through the gap at Mudeford. The Priory stands tall, evidencing the expanded time that stone represents in architecture. Stone and water have an ever changing creative interplay in this landscape, which is replayed and reformed in the architectural tectonics of the houses. The freedom and spatial interplays and reflected light that coalesce in the project response to and make evident the flow and effects of water in architectural form. Bryndis Alfredsdottir Tutor(s) Jennifer Jane Scott