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St. Paul Cathedral

St Paul's Cathedral, London, is a Church of England cathedral, the seat of the Bishop of London and mother church of the Diocese of London. It sits at the top of Ludgate Hill, the highest point in the City of London. Its dedication to Paul the Apostle dates back to the original church on this site, founded in AD 604. The present church, dating from the late 17th century, was designed in the English Baroque style by Sir Christopher Wren. Its construction, completed within Wren's lifetime, was part of a major rebuilding programme which took place in the city after the Great Fire of London.

The cathedral is one of the most famous and most recognisable sights of London, with its dome, framed by the spires of Wren's City churches, dominating the skyline for 300 years. At 365 feet (111 m) high, it was the tallest building in London from 1710 to 1962, and its dome is also among the highest in the world. In terms of area, St Paul's is the second largest church building in the United Kingdom after Liverpool Cathedral.

St Paul's Cathedral occupies a significant place in the national identity of the English population. It is the central subject of much promotional material, as well as postcard images of the dome standing tall, surrounded by the smoke and fire of the Blitz. Important services held at St Paul's have included the funerals of Lord Nelson, the Duke of Wellington, Sir Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher; Jubilee celebrations forQueen Victoria; peace services marking the end of the First and Second World Wars; the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer, the launch of the Festival of Britain and the thanksgiving services for the Golden Jubilee, the 80th Birthday and the Diamond Jubilee ofElizabeth II. St Paul's Cathedral is a busy working church, with hourly prayer and daily services

Analysis Presentation Board (Individual)

After completing the essay for St. Paul Cathedral. I am given a task to analyse the historic building in several ways. We are required to complete a few drawings on the particular building which includes floor plan, building elevations, internal section as well as sketches which is related to the building. We are required to hand draw all the drawings for this assignment, In this analysis, we are required to analyse the concept, building mass analysis, circulation analysis, spatial organization analysis (public vs private, symmetry & balance, unit to whole, repetitive to unique, additive and subtractive, hierarchy) and building section analysis. It took me 4 days to finish up the analysis board. I enjoyed the process a lot as it gives me freedom to design the board in the way I like.

Model (Group)

In a group of 4, we are given a task to create a model to communicate our analysis on St. Paul Cathedral. The model produced should communicate the importance of structure, components, ideas and concepts of St. Paul Cathedral. The scale of the model created is 30cm x 30cm plus 10cm depth and the materials used for this model is strictly balsa timber. It approximately took us 5 days to finish this model. The most difficult part of this assignment is that the fragility of balsa timber and it can be easily distorted. Besides, the most challenging part of this task is the crafting of the details on the elevations of the St. Paul Cathedral. Overall, it was an absolute amazing experience to work with my groupmates throughout the process of this assignment.