[Acrylic-bob]

I think the point about Charles Jencks' Garden of Cosmic Speculation is that it was clearly thought through, at every stage he was able to point out the thinking and references behind each feature. It may have been a little incomprehensible to some, I myself felt it was a little heavy going at times, but that in no way diminishes the achievement.

If you compare and contrast what Gayle Knight and Peter Beard describe as the "rationale" behind the Panopticon -ripples etc.- you can clearly see that reasoning and meaning have been added as an afterthought rather than being the starting point from which the design flows naturally.

The thinking behind this project is as shoddy and as superficial as their attempts to convince us of its potential value to the community.