Precedent Models

These following models helped with the scheme of incorporating tessellations to form a curve: 

BMW Welt Munich. http://www.flickr.com/photos/28432918@N04/2924900046/

Mur Island by Vito Acconci, Graz. https://www.art-idea.com/mur-island/

Experiment 1: The Architecture

Perspective Images

Showroom perspective.

Below ground perspective - Trent Jansen workshop for 'Porosity' stool. 

Above ground perspective - Mountain & Moon workshop for 'PALAIS' Earring. 

Sectional Perspectives

Vertical Section

Perspective Section

Vertical Section

Week 3: Textures, Products and Video

Three textures used in model: 

Used on accents of triangular staircase below ground. 

Used beneath spiral staircase on ground floor. 

Used on ground floor shade panels. 

Two images that incorporate the designers work into their workshop. 

First image shows the Mountain & Moon 'PALAIS' Earring on an earring stand. The finished work is used as a model in the jewellery workshop, which is above ground. 

The second image shows the Trent Jansen stool from the 'Porosity' collection on display above a rectangular block with the finished product printed on its faces, whilst another prototype is left carelessly on the floor next to the podium. 

Jewellery from above ground workshop.

Stool from below ground workshop. 

The short video (giphy) below is an illustration of a part of the BMW Welt infrastructure, showing the texture of the model as a result of using tessellations to form a curve. 

https://giphy.com/gifs/kiZV527MNhiqA/html5

Experiment 1: The 18 Sketch Sections + 8 Stair Sections

The 18 Sketch Sections

Client 1

Adjective 1: Parabolic

Noun 1: Dome

Verb 1: Envelop

Client 2

Adjective 2: Prismatic

Noun 2: Asymmetry

Verb 2: Tapering

 Left Drawing: Adjective 1 - Parabolic                         Verb 2 - Tapering
 Left Drawing: Verb 2 -  Tapering                                 Adjective 1 - Parabolic

 Left Drawing: Verb 1 - Envelop                                  Adjective 2 - Prismatic
 Left Drawing: Adjective 2 - Prismatic                        Verb 1 - Envelop

 Left Drawing: Noun 1 - Dome                                   Adjective 2 - Prismatic
 Left Drawing: Adjective 2 -  Prismatic                      Noun 1 - Dome

 Left Drawing: Adjective 1 - Parabolic                      Noun 2 - Asymmetry
 Left Drawing: Noun 2 - Asymmetry                          Adjective 1 - Parabolic

 Left Drawing: Noun 1 - Dome                                   Verb 2 - Tapering
 Left Drawing: Verb 2 -  Tapering                               Noun 1 - Dome

 Left Drawing: Verb 1 - Envelop                                Noun 2 -  Asymmetry
 Left Drawing: Noun 2 - Asymmetry                          Verb 1 - Envelop

 Left Drawing: Noun 1 - Dome                                   Adjective 2 - Prismatic
 Left Drawing: Adjective 2 - Prismatic                       Noun 1 - Dome

 Left Drawing: Verb 1 - Envelop                                 Verb 2 - Tapering
 Left Drawing: Verb 2 - Tapering                                Verb 1 - Envelop

 Left Drawing: Adjective 1 - Parabolic                       Adjective 2 - Prismatic
 Left Drawing: Adjective 2 -  Prismatic                      Adjective 1 - Parabolic

The 8 Stair Sections

Upper Stair Set 1: Vertical Section

Upper Stair Set 1: Horizontal Section

Upper Stair Set 2: Vertical Section 

Upper Stair Set 2: Horizontal Section

Lower Stair Set 1: Vertical Section

Lower Stair Set 1: Horizontal Section

Lower Stair Set 2: Vertical SIDE Section

Lower Stair Set 2: Vertical FRONT Section

Experiment 1: The 36 Custom Textures

Experiment 1: The Three Words

As the model of my design has updated since Week 1, the three words for each client have also changed accordingly.

Client's Work

The two projects I have chosen, a pair of earrings and a stool, originate from 'Mountain and Moon' and 'Trent Jansen Studio' respectively.

The earrings can be found on the 'Mountain and Moon' website, and are labelled the 'PALAIS Earrings'. The stool originates from one of Trent Jansen's recent exhibitions, called the 'POROSITY KABARI', held in the Hawkesbury Regional Gallery between the 18th of October and the 1st of December 2019.

Project 1

Adjective: Parabolic
Noun: Dome
Verb: Envelop

Mountain & Moon (Audrey Allen and Ashton Cameron, https://www.mountainandmoon.com.au/)

Project 2

Adjective: Prismatic
Noun: Asymmetry 
Verb: Tapering

Trent Jansen Studio (https://trentjansen.com/)

Experiment 1: The Stair Conceptual Model

Section Drawings

Two section drawings of the original design idea for the staircase:
                                                                     

Vertical Section

Horizontal Section

Context Behind the Staircase

The spiral staircase is designed to allow movement from the jewellery work shop (above ground) to the show room (ground level) and is a visual representation of the idea bringing the 'small' down to the 'large'. The increase in stair tread diameter during the decent of the staircase represents the event of bringing the completed, intricate jewellery made in the workshop down to the larger show-room space, where an idea that began small from the workshop for a small piece of jewellery (hence a small stair tread) leads to a larger audience in which it will be available to the buyer (hence the larger stair tread at the bottom). The staircase railing in itself is a representation of the geodetic design of the earrings, in with the rail bars concave outwards to represent the dome-like structure in a ribbon like manner, again symbolising the intricacy of the jewellery. 

Five Images

Five images of the modelled staircase, including two section views:

Horizontal Section

Vertical Section

Person Perspective

Aerial View

Aerial View

Section Drawings

Two section drawings of the final design idea for the staircase:

Vertical Section of Side

Vertical Section of Front