"The arches
suggest the impulse to establish a relationship with one's environment,
to articulate a response to the world outside ourselves. It is reminiscent
of cathedrals which, in more complex fashion, represent the heavens
in their vaults and domes. The curved form of the arch also articulates
a response appropriate to an open-air location - it provides a protective
cover at the same time as recognising the openness of the earth to
the elements of sky, rain and wind, while also marking human activity
within it. To turn an arch into a pastel drawing seemed to be one
way of continuing this perennial human activity of acknowledging the
space outside ourselves, as well as an expression of spontaneity and
altered scale, which the site also suggested. "
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