Sculpture ~ David Parfitt

Pfizer landscape.

  • Collaborative project towards a landscaping of Pfizer's headquarters in Sandwich. A rendering of landscaping based on ripples on water. » Click to zoom ->

    Collaborative project towards a landscaping of Pfizer's headquarters in Sandwich. A rendering of landscaping based on ripples on water.

  • The initial scheme based on parkland, it was hoped to take the particular nature of the east Kent coast into account more fully. A landscape that is wind and water blown, that tends towards banks of shingle and grasses. The landscape at Dungeness provided the starting point for an exploration of waves and fluid movement. » Click to zoom ->

    The initial scheme based on parkland, it was hoped to take the particular nature of the east Kent coast into account more fully. A landscape that is wind and water blown, that tends towards banks of shingle and grasses. The landscape at Dungeness provided the starting point for an exploration of waves and fluid movement.

  • a model of the buildings on the site was flooded with water and photographed. Liquid flowing and creating ripples around rough approximations of the sites buildings was used as a visual cue for the design. » Click to zoom ->

    a model of the buildings on the site was flooded with water and photographed. Liquid flowing and creating ripples around rough approximations of the sites buildings was used as a visual cue for the design.

  • Part of a multi-threaded commission by Pfizer, including workshops with research staff and local artists, an event for Canterbury Festival and 7 commissioned sculptures at the Pfizer Gateway site in Sandwich, Kent. Funded by arts & business, Pfizer. Collaborating with Canterbury festival & International arts consultants. Jan 2002. » Click to zoom ->

    Part of a multi-threaded commission by Pfizer, including workshops with research staff and local artists, an event for Canterbury Festival and 7 commissioned sculptures at the Pfizer Gateway site in Sandwich, Kent. Funded by arts & business, Pfizer. Collaborating with Canterbury festival & International arts consultants. Jan 2002.

  • The site as it ended up, and the location of the seven sculptures. click the image to see the full diagram. » Click to zoom ->

    The site as it ended up, and the location of the seven sculptures. click the image to see the full diagram.

Pfizer landscape. A collaborative landscape design by David Parfitt & CuH2a.

The site for Pfizer's new building and the seven 'Planets' sculptures was the remnant of a wartime shipyard, an industrial wasteland. The inclusion of the sculptures on the site gave an opportunity to reconsider the rationale for the new landscaping scheme.