EXP 1 - 18 Sketch Sections

This is my current concept for my below ground space. This is a view from above the ground line, as it protrudes from the ground and gives the appearance of a city that builds up in a convex way. The concept word was 'grime' which, to me, gives the idea of a dark, dirty city, not unlike Blade Runner's depiction of Los Angeles, so that was a major inspiration for the exterior. I'm unsure as to how much detail to put into each of the individual buildings, because at the moment it feels too bare but too much detail could be unnecessary.


This image shows the below ground space of the 'grime' building. Space is created by the downward extension of each of the individual components to create a concave ceiling, turning the outer components into walls and in the inner components into the ceiling. The intention is to have the gaps be composed of exposed earth, as I feel that connects again to the client's (Jeff Wright) product, as many of his motorcycles have exposed components rather than some sort of body on it.


These are the stairs I've designed to lead from the underground to the showroom. They're intended to run through a cavernous exposed earth stairwell, leading straight from on of the gaps between the workspace's elements.


This is my idea for Cafe Paci's above ground workspace, the concept word being 'grow', which is quite literally done here with uniformly growing pyramids leading into each other. It was initially made as a below ground space, hence the walls have no thickness, but in a lecture the other day I realised I'd like it more if the two spaces were swapped. I also thought it was getting needless tall, but then I realised the stairs have to lead down from somewhere, so it's approximately 30m tall. I'm having trouble with sketchup giving the walls thickness in an efficient way.
This is what it looks like from above. In the top right you can see where a hexagon is forming, this is basically where I got the rate of growth from, by extending each pyramid by the same amount. I'm still not 100% on the stairs for this building, I have a few ideas, but which way I go with it depends on where on the building and how I decide to implement them. Once I decide that I'll start modelling them.

NIMBLE

sections

these are the sections that I got done during wednesday's studio. personal favourites include all the sections labelled 'grime', and 'nimble' from the fourth picture. as long as I do more than extrude that section, it could be interesting to see where it can go.

three images

my best creative work
occasionally when i can't sleep i'll mess around with my laptop and make music until I fall asleep. this in particular features a few samples as well as a bit of piano, strings and synth i chucked on it.

a great piece of architecture - 'church of the light', tadao ando
 
the benches are made of the scaffolding used in the building's construction due to budgets constraints. for the same reason, the church almost didn't have a roof, which ended up being donated by the construction company.

original photo

this is a panorama photo i took at the fast four tennis in january this year, hence the cooked looking light effect. the streaks show the varying colours of the flashing lights in the stadium. while i don't think it's necessarily beautiful, i like the idea of using the capabilities of technology to create a new idea or perspective.

three designers

jeff wright - church of choppers streetbikes

noun -  grime
verb - pounce
adjective - nimble

givenchy

noun - canvas
verb - accessorise
adjective - layered

pasi petanen - cafe paci

noun - ribbon
verb - grow
adjective - delicate