THE HALL AND STUDIOS OF INVENTION AND DISCOVERY

by Jay Patel

Since the Italian Renaissance, the practice and pleasure of invention has evolved, with many aiming to discover something new or profit from their realisations. Leonardo Da Vinci, perhaps one of the most ingenious inventors to have lived, was fascinated by the idea of mankind flying and aviation.
The Hall and Studios of Invention and Discovery attempts to showcase a contemporary idea of Da Vinci’s machine, whilst also embracing the art of invention in all its glory. The machine at the heart of the architecture is Da Vinci’s famed Aerial Screw, the first realised idea of what is now the helicopter. The architectural style strays away from that of Da Vinci’s time, and instead works on the contemporary ideas of being bespoke, adventurous and inventive. The architecture resides by an urban pleasure garden which, like the building, aims to exercise the minds of those that enter.