Along with my colour experiments, this week I have also explored how to further develop my surface design. I really liked the concept of my surface design but I have been feeling like I have hit a brick wall in developing it. It also didn’t demonstrate Georgia O’Keeffe’s influence on my work very clearly. To help me generate ideas. I printed off a perspective view of my digital model onto A4 pages and began sketching different ideas into the space.
In my first sketch, I explored creating more of a connection between the ceiling and the floor. I developed my surface design to have the reflective material curve around against the wall and then onto the floor. My surface design had a certain sense of separation between the ground and the floor and this design creates a solution.
Below is my second sketch. One of my focuses in this design is making the public a part of the space rather than a viewer of it. I wanted to do this through interaction with the space through movement as it is a public walkway where people will constantly be moving through. This second design explores how I could develop my surface design idea to incorporate this by extending the ceiling material and letting it drape down towards the floor.
In my third design (below), I have explored flipping my second design so the material would drape on the same side of the passage as the stairs. The reason why I did this was because I am design a public walkway. I don’t want to block off the rest of the space, stairs and doorways but I wanted to create a certain level of separation between the two to allow the flow of public with limited disturbance to the rest of the building and its uses.
My fourth design (below), explores how I could create more interaction with the space and other people passing through the walkway. I am not as sure about this design because it would make the flow of people more disjointed but I do like how it allows more influential movement in the space.
My fifth and final design (below) explores space interaction and partitioning the best. In this design, I have demonstrated the reflective film on the ceiling which is covered by the sheer fabric I have used previously in model making. The reflective film is suspended from the ceiling with a series of drapes extending off it to not only create a change in space between the walkway and the rest of the building, but to also allow the public to influence its movements and light projections on the floor. This passing on of movement creates subconscious connections between strangers in the space. The folding sheer fabric is also suspended from the ceiling, over the top of the reflective film, and curves down the wall. This is inspired by the flowing form, folds and depth of Georgia O’Keeffe’s work. The surface volume draws attention as well as interaction. Its flexibility allows public to shape, mold and manipulate the surface. I chose the sheer fabric not only because of its ability to be folded and manipulated, but also because o its soft, warm yellow-orange colour. This colour demonstrates and articulates my chosen colour palette.
I think that my last design best communicates my ideas and intentions with this project. I am now going to focus on creating a presentation with this concept.
Spatial Design by Ciara 