Movement
02/11/19 - 03/11/19
Over the weekend I’ve gathered various primary and secondary research. At first, I looked at my everyday life for examples of movement. I found objects or actions that first come into mind when thinking of movement, for example water, running, wheels, rotation, waves, and light. For primary research I visited the Tate modern where I used photography and drawing to explore words from visual dictionary on the brief.
- Tilt
- Curve
- Drop
- Hang
- Bend
- Twist
At the Tate, I stumbled across a piece by Rebecca Horn, the piece was an upside-down piano handing from the ceiling with the keys falling out. This piece was particularly interesting to me because it felt like time had stopped and all movement was put on hold.
Movement
07/11/19
Today we had a very informative lecture about A2 portfolios sheets. I've never been asked to create a portfolio sheet before so the presentation has benefited me very much. I now understand what is expected of me when it comes to portfolio sheets. In the afternoon I continued to work on idea development and design. I experimented with drawing my sketch models. As a draft I created 2 A2 portfolio sheets to receive feedback from my peers and Chris. The feedback were very helpful they thought my Idea development sheet was too crowded. My secondary research sheet was missing annotation and the images were too big and did not the best layout. What they thought I did well was how I drew on the sheet and explained how my ideas developed from sketch models.
Movement
11/11/19 - 12/11/19
In the morning I presented my A2 sheets and feedback I received were all very helpful. One of my peers helped me think about how my model would be made and which materials I could consider.
In the afternoon started makings a final model. I used foam board to create a base, white cardboard to create the curves, and for the V grid folds, I used regular paper. The grid Vs were very challenging since I wanted them to be smaller to fit my model. Another part that proved to be difficult was creating a curve. I struggled with keeping the curves uniformed since there are 6.
Movement Outcome & A2
This is the model of my outcome, this model displays a unique fan like structure with a repeating curve. Using paper I folded a V-grid to represent how id like the interior to look like. ive also included human figures as a scale on the top right to give a general give to this structure. I wanted to showcase the words that i focus on during my research which were "fold", "twist" and "tilt"
Secondary Research
Idea Development
DENSE CITY
16/11/19 - 17/11/19
This weekend the task was to locate an overhead site in London that you think could sustain more life, more activity, more city. After reading the research brief I wanted to locate a site that was in an amazing location but the structure itself was boring and stale. Either a building with too much detail or a plain building where I could develop a modern contrast on top. I went around Bankside and St Pauls located a building at Puddle docks next to the Black Friars station. This building is located on the riverfront has 2 soccer fields on the side and a tunnel running under the building. At first, this building may sound interesting but once I stood in front of it I realized how disgusting and bland this building was. The exterior was all brown the whole area looked dark and dull. And with that, I found my perfect site.
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DENSE CITY
21/11/19
After finalizing on an idea Wednesday night I decided to work on some detailed visualisations and plan for the model making on the weekend. In terms of material Im planning on using card board to build the base and for the existing building since it’s constructed with concrete. And for addition I’m add on I will be layering foam board to create the effect a linear incline.
Dense City
26/11/19-28/11/19
over the weekend I completed model and A2 presentation sheets for the Crit. Overall I am very satisfied with the outcome of the model and all my visualization. I had trouble figuring out how I would trim down the edges for the side but since talking to the technicians at the workshop they helped me figure out a method to use the ban saw to get a clean edge.
The Crit went as planned and the feedback I received was more than helpful. I was told that my visualizations conveyed my idea perfectly. but something I could add would be a more detailed technical sheets with measurements, material choices, and a detailed floor plan.
Movement
04/11/19 - 05/11/19
In the morning I still did not have an initial idea. using the research I collected over the weekend selected 3 words that I wanted to explore. I decided to choose the words: “waves”, “ripple”, and “fold”. With these words, I used them as an inspiration to create 3 quick sketch models. This exercise helped me begin to explore ideas, think about scale which leads to an initial site.
Even though paper models were simple they were perfect for playing around with initial ideas. I wanted to experiment with parabolic curves. Parabolic curves are made with straight lines so by using the back of a knife, I scored the paper the results better than I expected. Sarah after seeing interested in folding recommend this book: “Folding Techniques for Designers: From Sheet to Form: From Sheet to Form” by Paul Jackson. With this book, I experimented with different forms using folding techniques: spiral pleats, gathered pleats, grid Vs.
I recorded the outcomes of these models into my sketchbook. I was fascinated by the shadows and angles of both a parabolic curved and the grid Vs crated. I then started sketching out ways I could incorporate them into a single structure.
Movement
8/11/19 - 10/11/19
Over the weekend I worked on my A2 sheets for the group presentation on my idea development sheets and design concept sheets. I concentrated on generating more specific research which helped with the development of my final idea.
Using the inspiration i got from the parabolic curves I created an initial design for my structure. One thing i liked was the repetition of my curves but i will still need to decide on how many there will be
Here is a more detailed sketch of the curve. Id like to add the v-grid folds to add a texture to the interior of the structure.
Movement
14/11/19
Today concludes the first project of part 2. In the morning we got into groups of 4-5 to present our models and A2 sheets. My group had a lot of impressive models and amazing ideas so I was glad to hear that my peers liked my idea too. Some feed back I received was to created more A2 sheets to show more idea development and a sheet for my primary research.
In the afternoon we were given a new brief “Dense City” and over the weekend we are to find a location we think is suitable for development.
Movement Outcome & A2
Idea development sheet based on Parabolic curves and sketch models
Primary Research on words: twist, fold, and tilt
DENSE CITY
18/11/19 - 19/11/19
On Monday we started off in the digital media workshop. Being new to Photoshop I was skeptical about my outcomes. Using the images of a microscopic structure, such as a virus, bacteria, plant fibers, and images of various maps we had to create a digital collage. The digital collage exercise was interesting but I was still struggling with developing an idea. I incorporated different microscopic structure of fruits (banana skin, onions skin), herpes virus, bacteria, and cotton fibers.
In the afternoon, with some scrap paper from the media, I started sketching ideas. I thought about how the onion and banana cells tessellated so I decided to sketch some ideas involving tessellation.
Onion skin Banana cells
Digital collage outcome
Using the microscopic structures I used its color and texture to highlight the main roads and also the river. I did this to show the importance of this location what a waste it would be to not develop on this building.
DENSE CITY
25/11/19 - 26/11/19
We started off today with a task to create a catenary curve. In groups, we each brought in material to use (Mod-roc, string, tape, and wire). Using the chairs I started wrapping string diagonally but leaving slack so that the string could dangle. I continued this each time making it a bit tighter. I was very satisfied with my result.
Another attempt we incorporated Mod-roc into the structure. We still used string but this time we tried to create something random and natural at the same time. Once the mod-roc dried we flipped chair and removed the mod-roc. Even though the structure didn’t hold together like we wanted the result was even better.