Independent Study Week 3

Exterior and Interior Sketches

Seacil's Environment Modeled



Lorcan's Environment Modeled

Lorcan's Sections & Plan

Lorcan's Digital Environment Exterior and Interior

Exterior shot showing building and environment

Close up of exterior of Lorcan's building

Interior of Lorcan's building showing all his hangout place, training place, sleeping place and fire

Lorcan's fire in the middle of the cave keeps him warm in the harsh environment he lives in

Week 2 - Design Process

3 Developed Spore Creatures

Lorcan was influenced by the Maggie Centre Building for both its form and character. I modeled Lorcan similar to my paper model, the tail being the long spike, and the flaps his wings. I thought the Maggie Centre Building had sharp and defined edges, standing out proud and dominating the surrounding. That is why I made his character sharp and fierce as well.  His environment would consist of sharp and defined edges of a harsh environment. Probably something like a snowy mountain with sharp rocks.

Seacil was influenced by the Chamber Music hall by its form and characteristic as well. Through the many curves of the building, I have created a curved and female creature to demonstrate the flow of the building. The lack of sharp edges in the building led me to think of making the creature a female, being less aggressive and as I thought the architecture was just stunning, I tried to add as much detail as I could to Seacil. Her environment would be in water or near it, with lots of curved shapes.

Tabos, no doubt about is was influenced by the Seoul Desk And Table. Tabos is basically a living table that is very friendly and cheerful. As you serve food on a table, I thought that Tabos should be always happy to serve! How good is having a table that serves you himself and gives dancing entertainment later on? His environment would be somewhere urban, in a restaurant of some kind.

Beginning Concepts...

For my two creatures, I have chosen Lorcan and Seacil to be the clients as I had a more clearer idea to what their environment and home would be like. Below are my beginning concepts...

10 Expressive Words

Expressive Drawings Exploring Emotive Themes

Independent Study Week 2

Spore Creations

3 Further Researches

Week 1 - Contemporary Architect

Contemporary Artist: Zaha Hadid

Image is sourced from the website
http://www.e-architect.co.uk/images/jpgs/architects/zaha_hadid_2.jpg, accessed 18th July 2011

Zaha Hadid, known for being the first women to get the Pritzker Prize for Architecture, is an exceptionally smart and creative architect with a large and forceful character. She was "more famous not for the buildings she had built, but for the ones she had not built- preserved only in her famously vigorous, dramatic images." Her architecture can be called "baroque modernism." It broke the old rules of space of having a box like building with walls and ceilings. What I like about her architecture is that it flows, denying a solid outlook with signs of Hadid's culture and "undemocratic modern urban" influences in it.

Source: Design Museum, Zaha Hadid Architecture and Design, 29 June - 25 November 2007, http://designmuseum.org/design/zaha-hadid (accessed 18/07/2011).

Architecture Influences

1.) Maggie Centre at Hospital Kirkcaldy, Scotland

Image is sourced from the website
http://www.romu.net/architecture/zaha-hadid-maggie-center-center-treatment-cancer.html, accessed 22nd July 2011

For my first  influence, I chose the Maggie Centre, a unit attached to the Hospital where anyone related to the disease of cancer can gather together. The sharp and crisp edges of the structure have drawn me towards this architecture.

2.) Seoul Desk and Table

Image is sourced from the website
 http://www.shearyadi.com/myworld/seoul-desk-and-table-by-zaha-hadid-architects/, accessed 18th July 2011

For my second influence, I chose a desk and table designed by Zaha Hadid as the object to model. This is a sleek and interesting table, keeping with the straighter edges rather than the famous curves of her architecture.

3.) Daniel Pantelas: Micarta Chair 2077 - Gagosian Gallery, New York

Images are sourced from Daniel Pantelas' Blog at
http://danielpantelasarch1390-2011.blogspot.com/ accessed 19th July 2011

4.) Chamber Music Hall, Manchester Art Gallery

Image is sourced from the website
:http://www.architecture-buzz.com/chamber-music-hall-zaha-hadid-architects/ accessed 24th July 2011

This was a previous model that I had modeled first. I did not do this before as I lacked the knowledge to make the 3d model. However, I decided to give it another go.

Concepts To Models

I decided to sketch my concepts before making the models to give a more clearer insight to what I am doing. The problem with making these models were how to hold everything together, and how to express my ideas into reality while following the rules of the exercise.

While making the models, I did not really remember that I had to model them. My first model is going to be a huge challenge to model and get right, however I feel that my second model would be much easier. Because of that, I will try to have a higher degree of detail in the model.

Models With 3D Models