Sketchup Model for Metis to work out the placement of the parterre pieces. I wanted them to start off overhead, like a straightforward iconic parterre pattern turned on its head. The dimensions of the pieces shrink further down the garden, adding to the illusion of receding space. Then the traditional forms begin to shift, twist and fall down, just as the culture, traditions and even language brought to the New World from the Old World are sometimes kept whole and frozen, immune from the natural development they might experience ‘At Home’ and others broken up and reused in new and different ways, their original meaning or purpose left behind or changed. This mixture of old and new is a reflection of the word Metis for me and tension between old and new. The pieces are intended at the back of the garden to almost filter away into the forest, their positions could be changed to allow trees to come forward into the design.