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

Week 1: Sketch & SketchUp

Projects

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

Noun: Dome 
Verb: Enveloped
Adjective: Intricate

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

Project 2

Noun: Asymmetry

Verb: Still

Adjective: Prismatic

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

Sketch & SketchUp

The below sketch and SketchUp model are intended for the following clients: 'Mountain and Moon' and 'Trent Jansen Studio'.

Consisting of three levels (below-ground, ground and above-ground), the architecture represents a work space for client 1 (Mountain and Moon) above-ground, in which the design for the project of the 'PALAIS Earrings' will be inspired by the dome-like environment. Below-ground is a work space for client 2 (Trent Jansen Studio) to create their stool in an asymmetric environment.

The space in-between is the ground level in which the clientele will come together to express their work in a shared show-room.

The Two Words

The two words I used to represent the model were as follows: 
Adjective Client 1: Geodetic
Adjective Client 2: Prismatic

Geodetic and Prismatic

Section of SketchUp model: Geodetic and Prismatic

Perspective image of SketchUp model: Geodetic and Prismatic

Material

The material of the above-ground level is brass, as the metal used to create the PALAIS earring is a brass base metal. The material for ground level is glass to allow a complete show-room experience to both interior and exterior viewers. The material of the below-ground level is a metal which has been rusted as a consequence of underground corrosion, similar to the rusted recycled metal of the stool.