Universal Model I: 4 Jumps

In this pastel sketch, four universal ‘jumps’ from energy to matter, life and consciousness, are arranged in a wave, a fundamental form of energy movement that often features in Charles Jencks’ work.

Connections between cosmology and design were central to Jencks’ practice as a cultural theorist, landscape designer and architectural historian. In the year that this drawing was made Jencks published The Architecture of the Jumping Universe, a book exploring the impact of complex systems on post-modern architecture and culture. Jencks engaged these ideas in his own designs, including the development of his 30-acre Garden of Cosmic Speculation in Scotland.

Lisa Newby, July 2022