Entrance to the Future

In order to get into the Interior Architecture program, we had to chose an space that we thought was a well-designed environment or artifact. I choose an space that one of my favorite designers created. I not only drew two spaces that I believed was well designed for the purpose of the client, but I also built a 3-D model of the one of the space's floorplan. The experience of building it was very frustrating, but learning things during my first semester and looking back to what I knew when I was building the model just makes me realize how much I have truly learned so far....and so much more ahead of me!!

Light of Relaxation

The materials used were a frosted tissue box holder frame, plexiglass, floral glass pebbles, blue plastic film, and 40 watt compact fluorescent lightbulb.

In the final luminarie, I added more pebbles for the fullness of the color that I wanted to achieve. I had glued them in the inside on to the glass, but was critiqued that they wished that the pebbles were placed between the two pieces of glass instead of glued because you could mostly see the glue used. Instead of using the patterned frosted paper, in order to diffuse the lightbulb and to give off more color, I used blue covered plastic film that gave a blue glow to the luminarie. I also added pebbles to the top and instead of placing them inside, I turned them on the outside to give it more texture and the effect of re-flexing the light to give a glow of the pebbles. It was also critiqued to me that it seems like the top of the luminarie seemed like the pebbles needed to continue on the top side like a "cap." Instead of adding the film on the bottom to give off color, I played around with pebbles and decided to place some around the opening where the lightbulb is inserted. It gave off an interesting pattern on the surface. The platform that the holder sits on is four pieces of plexiglass because I did not want the light to be so close inside of the luminarie.

I had to switch from a 60 to 40 watt in order to not give off more of the light from the bulb but from the film and pebbles. I will continue to mess around with layers of film and try types of paper to get the bluish color effect that I like.

The Lake House

We were given series of assignments dealing with the floorplan of the the Blanding's lake house...here are the different aspects/perspectives of the lake house....

Floorplan

Floorplan w/ Furniture

Elevations

Sections

Its Illuminating!!!

In our last project, we had to design a luminaire using two materials that we have used in previous projects plus a third material that we choose. My initial thought of a luminaire was a candle and the radiance the flame gives us depending on what type of container it is in. After, looking at different pictures of types of light sources, I began to think about the reflective of light through objects, especially made of glass, and the effects, color and patterns the object gives off. My inspiration came from pictures of gems, rain, water, and bubbles that are translucent but give off a prism of color or form symmetrically patterns.

Convey via Dialog

"Dialog can be used to express the interrelationships between elements in an artifact or environment." In this project, we used the concept of dialog to recognize the different relationships while intentional defining the space of the structure. Brainstorming ideas I was inspired by the saying "two halves make a whole." Having two separate structures only speaks of two different ideas, but dialog is formed once the two becomes one and the space is defined as a whole situation. Also, the idea of reflexiveness and symmetry played a deal in my project in bringing the concept of dialog between two parts becoming one.

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Sticks and Cells

U.N.I.T.Y.

This project focused on the concept of unity; the process of unifying elements in different ways. My first impression of tackling the project was taking two opposites and making into one whole element, but would be able to display the two different ideas. My first idea was west meets east where I would focus on western and eastern architecture. It was advised to me to possibly take this idea and try not to make it so literal. So playing around with materials and sketches, I can upwith "wat goes up must come down" and the interaction of the elements of up and down.

I came up with 3 separate structures with two different objects conveying the idea of up and down. I decided to combine the structures to make one whole object.

PARTI