Research - Cathedrals/place of worship

Development research - A place of worship

This project was something I had been hoping for, something that I can manipulate because of it's ability to give off the impression of a place of worship. I've always drove myself to believe that there is no religion that could influence me into it. My way of worshiping is being able to relax whether it be in a area that isn't inhabited or somewhere where there a busy society but has since been destroyed. These places to me are a place of worship. The concept behind a religious building doesn't attract me, it makes me feel pressured, thus this project not being related to them at all. Back to the project at hand, when researching into a 'place of worship' all that came up was religious idealistic buildings. To avoid this I had to specify what I wanted to make around my project. What better than my idea of a place of worship. I already had an idea of what I wanted to do as my favorite game at the time of making this project was Destiny. This game had the exact art-work that I love. Destiny bases itself around these dilapidated ruins and the idea of 'forbidden cities'. The image shown below was one that took my eye immediately as this is exactly my idea of a place of worship. 

This image has given me many different ideas behind what I can do, I'm primarily going to attempt this project in 3D because my 2D city-scapes look terrible in comparison. The idea that this image is based around a planet in the sky as much as it is the city also has given me ideas on where I want my project to go. My idea is some sort of city based around a person just like most football grounds have outside, that one player they all admire and look up to. Much like Arsenal having the Thierry Henry shown below. This gave me the idea to base my city around a person or being, no one special just something to show off an idea of a special being or someone that mattered to them.

Enough research has been done for me to have an idea, I already slightly had an idea for this project which made research harder to do because I was so fixated with doing what I wanted. I need to be able to adjust to change for the next project, especially because not everything will fall into place like this has. 

Rice, S. (2016) Thierry Henry statue outside arsenal stadium has face mask put on it by protesters. Available at: http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/thierry-henry-statue-outside-arsenal-stadium-has-face-mask-put-on-it-by-protesters-a6989281.html (Accessed: 19 November 2016).

Machkovech, S. (2014) Destiny: It’s a small world after all. Available at: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/09/destiny-its-a-small-world-after-all/ (Accessed: 19 November 2016).