EXP1: SketchUp Model Second Draft

Issey Miyake's workshop is in the shape of a lantern, connoting to a spiral, oriental inspired structure. Spiral stairs lead down to a translucent donut shaped showroom where cylindrical glass cases are used to showcase works. The vertebrae staircase connect the showroom to Louise Bourgeois's dark, concrete clad open workshop area. Her space is more cave-like and inward looking compared to Miyake's as many of her works are self-reflective. 

EXP1: 36 Textures / Material Study with Model/ Video

I applied the Metallic, Corrugated, and Expanding textures onto my model.

I feel like this music video really captures the essence of what kind of atmosphere I wish to convey in my building. A dim lit, translucent, grey tinted space, glowing from within. A sophisticated environment for cultivating creative ideas.

EXP1: Stair SketchUp Models

LOUISE BOURGEOIS

ANATOMY

I tried to recreate the idea of a spinal chord in Sketchup by creating a module and repeating it in a linear fashion to construct a staircase.

ISSEY MIYAKE

SPIRALLING

The spiralling staircase blends the idea of organic shapes with the use of an industrial material (steel). I feel like this really encapsulates Miyake's design philosophy as many of his pieces cohesively fuse modern technologies with rhythmic sculptural forms.

EXP1: Stairs Sketches

ISSEY MIYAKE

SPIRALLING

I stuck with the idea of a spiralling crinoline structure in most of my Issey Miyake inspired staircase concepts. I also experimented with the idea of lanterns or something more oriental-looking.

LOUISE  BOURGEOIS

ANATOMY

With Bourgeois I had difficulty translating the idea of an Anatomical structure into a staircase. I was inspired by the shape of the human vertebrae as it possesses the same modular step-like structure of a staircase.

 

EXP1: First Draft of SketchUp Model

My first SketchUp model was inspired by my Spiralling (Issey Miyake) and Anatomy (Louise Bourgeois) section sketch as shown below. The shape on top was based off the structure of a crinoline which is an intrinsic element displayed in many of Miyake's works. On the other hand, the shape below is more organic with curvilinear lines which resembles much of Bourgeois's work.

EXP1: Client Description and 18 Section Sketches

CLIENT ONE: ISSEY MIYAKE

NOUN: Lantern

VERB: Spiralling

ADJECTIVE: Rhythmic

CLIENT TWO: LOUISE BOURGEOIS

NOUN: Anatomy

VERB: Liquefy

ADJECTIVE: Sarcous

VC1 SPIRALLING

NC2 ANATOMY

VC2 LIQUEFY

AC1 RHYTHMIC

VC2 LIQUEFY

NC1 LANTERN

AC1 RHYTHMIC

NC2 ANATOMY

AC1 RHYTHM

VC2 LIQUEFY

AC2 SARCOUS

AC1 RHYTHMIC

AC2 SARCOUS

NC1 LANTERN

AC2 SARCOUS

VC1 SPIRALLING

NC1 LANTERN

AC2 SARCOUS

NC1 LANTERN

NC2 ANATOMY

NC1 LANTERN

VC2 LIQUEFY

NC2 ANATOMY

AC1 RHYTHMIC

NC2 ANATOMY

NC1 LANTERN

NC2 ANATOMY

VC1 SPIRALLING

VC1 SPIRALLING

AC2 SARCOUS

 AC1 RHYTHMIC 

AC2 SARCOUS

VC1 SPIRALLING

VC2 LIQUEFY

VC2 LIQUEFY

VC1 SPIRALLING

BEFORE THE FIRST CLASS...

This is a piece I made for a Green Fashion competition. It is a dress inspired by Vivienne Westwood's experimental and fragmented garments. I looked at the relationship between nature and the urban environment by researching the overlapping structure of leaves and plant life, as well as the deconstructivist style of fashion during the 1980s. The dress was upcycled from old school uniforms.

Tadao Ando's Church of the Light is an extremely interesting architectural creation as his use of plain concrete in a place of worship is surprisingly warmed by the manipulation of light through spaces. It seems to possess a very ethereal atmosphere.

This is a photo I took when my uncle took me to the new Sumida Hokusai Art Museum in Tokyo which he was the construction consultant for. This building was designed by Kazuyo Sejima. I love her architectural philosophy and sophisticated modernist style, but also her individuality and mental fortitude as being one of the few female 'starchitects'. My uncle explained how structurally complex the building was to achieve in a construction point of view as the asymmetricality of the glass planes made it hard to visualise the building using only 2D floor plans, which is why multiple 3D models had to be made.