Opening thoughts
It’s harder to achieve a desired level of craft without my cutting mat- my OLFA knife simply isn’t very safe without a surface to cut on.
There doesn’t appear to be much variation I can achieve in modular pieces. I can’t seem to come up with much in the way of inspiration yet…
4/16 Group Crit
Crit Takeaway: Cohesiveness in your form is established through a “rule” system that dictates how to connect your pieces together. Cut more slits in your pieces to be able to establish a rule in the first place. Worry less about planning a form beforehand, and start thinking more in terms of exploration under an established rule format.
For my action word, I chose “hide”. I wanted to make a shelter-like form that an animal might make a den out of, or a human might explore. The building is a long chain of slanted units curled around itself. This creates an organic, mound like shape.
4/21 Peer Review
Tips: Try to get pictures within the space from the perspective of a person within the space. Take full advantage of color and lighting to deliver an experience.
Given the craggy look of my structure, I chose “cave” as my context and sought to maximize the feeling of natural coziness. Using my lamp, I tried to simulate sunbeams shining through shade into my environment.
4/23 Group Crit
Tips: Consider a cool, contrasted outer color to emphasize the warm interior. Think snowstorm shelter, or civilian bunker. Maybe use a few more modules to cover the central top hole.
3 ADJECTIVES
- secure/protective/defensive
- warm/cozy
- imposing/intimidating
Descriptive Words Feedback:
“Ominous on the outside, bright and colorful on the inside”
“Angular”
“Comfortable”
4/28 Work Session
TIPS: Consider altering the outward form to appear more inviting; people may not want to enter your space to experience it in the first place.
Don’t forget to include your person scale reference in the final!
Play around with colors to successfully combine the contrasting elements.
4/30 Final
In terms of scale and general direction, I took inspiration from the famous Reykjavik church. I think similar to my environment, the exterior’s unusual appearance might appear intimidating- so I drew from it when changing the exterior color scheme.
I decided the shape language of my exterior was plenty intimidating, and that a more neutral color palette would help appear more inviting without appearing contradictory. Moreover, I moved the interior colors closer to yellow and away from purple/red, to avoid the grisly associations with the inside of a turtle that I encountered in the last crit.
CONCLUSION
This project moved away from literal representations and showed a little more about the thought of “representing” a deliverable. The environment is as much a photograph as it is the physical construction, due to newly introduced factors like lighting, color scheme, and even camera perspective.
