Essence
Client: Manor Hospital, Oxford
‘Mitte sectari, rosa quo locorum sera moretur' (Do not go to that place where the last rose lingers). This was a proposal for the Manor Hospital, Oxford which was built on a site originally owned by Oxford united Football Association.

I was selected one of five to put forward a proposal for this site. The hospital was built on a site originally owned by Oxford united Football Association. The local Planning Authority's requirements, as part of the brief, was to pay homage to this fact. The hospital was designed as a training centre as well as a day patient care centre.

My desk-top research revealed that prior to this the site was originally a rose growing field. The piece entitled 'Essence' is a polished steel arch spanning six metres, with diminishing sized disks cut out and rotating on the trajectory, with deformed ‘goal post’ supports at each end.

The sculptural form symbolises the struggles to reach our objectives whether they be a cure for illness or attainment of qualification. or the winning of a game.

On the steel arch are written the words ‘Mitte sectari, rosa quo locorum sera moretur' (stop looking for that place where the last rose may linger) - because life is fleeting.