As our presentation for this project is a bit different than usual I wasn't too sure how to best present my work. I started by looking at some presentation boards online to try and get some inspiration. They all seem to follow a similar layout, but obviously this is because this works, the ideas are... Continue Reading →

I already had a digital model of the St. James Theatre foyer space that I made after our site visit in week 3. Once I had a more clear idea around what my actual intervention would be in week 6, I was able to begin to model the intervention into the space. I did this... Continue Reading →

Initially when thinking of materials, I considered using some kind of mouldable plastic such as acrylic. Through thermoforming it could be possible to create moulds of the desired shapes and then heat and bend the acrylic around the individual form - or a section of it, then join it together - as acrylic is easy... Continue Reading →

Initially when it came to considering the colour palette I would be using for my design I immediately thought of using the exisiting palette that is prominent throughout the exisiting foyer space. As I intended to strip the space of its original furnishings, re-purposing the original colours seemed like an ideal way to pay homage... Continue Reading →

In Tuesdays class we did an exercise where we made a mind map of the work we have done so far and where we plan to go from here. I began by noting down significant steps for each week:Week 1 - I really liked the vibrancy of the wall surrounding the St. James Theatre and... Continue Reading →

I began by noting down the connections between the interior surface and the relationship between the internal/external threshold and passage. From this I created 10 conceptual sketches that I thought could relate to the connections I had discovered. Conceptual sketches 1-3Top: Sketch 1 - level changeMiddle: Sketch 2 - Built around each otherBottom: Sketch 3... Continue Reading →

After creating a series of surfaces in week 5 I started to look at how I could apply to them to site. I knew from early on that I wanted to create an installation in the space and an exercise we did in week 4 - models based off our artist models work- had given... Continue Reading →

Exercise 1 - ObservationFor our first exercise we were to chose a surface close by to us (in the home) and to observe it for 10-15 minutes. Whilst observing we were to note the qualities of the surface such as materiality, lighting, feel, temperature, patterning and atmospheric qualities. I decided to take a photo of... Continue Reading →