Fantastic new Nestle Chocolate Museum in Mexico City by Rojkind Arquitectos and Traqs. An inner pathway for visitors to witness the production of their favourite chocolate.
Tuesday, 27 April 2010
Friday, 23 April 2010
Minor Project: Hackney 2 Unite
Minor Project (3rd YR) - Hackney 2 Unite
Below is the brief I set myself for this project. The main purpose of the project was to fully explore, understand and experiment possible design solutions on the site, taking into account all its surrounding environment and community.
My site was a section of the Regents canal in East London.
Brief:
A nomadic social support hub for todays youths.
A social space that offers support, help, information, advice, whilst also creating and opening
up opportunities for the users. A space which brings youth communities from all different backgrounds and locations back together. A protection zone where the teenagers feel safe, comfortable and can socialise with other teenagers or have individual space, whilst traversing through the boundaries that terrorize teenagers in the urban environment.
This conceptual visual was an exploration to demonstrate how communities are perhaps breaking down, disappearing and dissolving into the vast environment.
The different communities groups are perhaps becoming more segregated and closed off from each other.
Invading space
Altering the physical and psychological experience of the unfamiliar environment
Multiplying and growing with the space
Metric Cube > 1 x 1
Minor Project of 3rd year:
Exploring scale and the site, a 1x1m cube was made and filled with objects relevant to my project - balloons and bubble wrap represented protection, fragility, comfort and buoyancy. Glow sticks helped illuminate the box along with bringing colour and life to the canal at night time.
The cube was placed along and on the canal at several points to see how it affected the environment and people passing by.
Tuesday, 20 April 2010
Sunday, 18 April 2010
A little something from home...
Each time I take the dogs out when I am back home in the valley, I always question what is totally natural and what is man-made in our environment. Through farming and cultivating the land we have interfered with the natural landscape, changing it's form and vegetation production....so what is actually totally untouched by our human hands?
A little shot of the hills around East Dean, West Sussex.
Tuesday, 13 April 2010
Ice House Detroit
Ice House Detroit was an Architectural installation and social change project which took place in a suburban area of Detroit. Photographer Gregory Holm and architect Matthew Radune used one of 20,000 abandoned houses in the area and froze it in solid ice, referencing the contemporary urban conditions in the city and beyond.
Monday, 12 April 2010
Multidisciplinary Designer
Will Alsop was born and raised in England. Studying at one of the top architectural schools in the country, he is an inspiration to prof. designers, students and particularly to me. He steps out of the rigid and restricted box of orthodox architecture and design to create buildings, objects and spaces that are far from ordinary. Having been lucky enough to attend a lecture by him in my final year of studying at St. Martins, he inspired me that anything is possible and that you just have to work hard enough to make it possible. Challenging your designs and ideas...pushing boundaries and the norm. Standing out from the crowd in creating spaces that are both visually unique and functional. One comment made by him which particularly stuck in my mind was that you had to enjoy, experience and explore as much of the world as possible before really getting into what you want to do with your life. We need the places we explore and the people and objects in them to help us really shape ourselves and find out who we really are and what we really want in life. Without this we are restricted and reserved people with limited imagination and experience, which in the end reflects in our work and what we strive to achieve.
A couple of buildings most recognised as his in London are Peckham Library and Goldsmiths College. He has recently completed 'Chips' housing scheme in Manchester. However my favourite building to date is Ontario college of art and design in Toronto. He has also dabbled his design skills in watch design, with the release of the 'Daytimer' watch last autumn. Working with Frederico Grazzini for Alessi to produce an exceptional piece of eye catching digital design...one of which I would clearly like a piece of. I began this post just to document how much I want this watch, however I clearly got carried away when remembering how much Alsop inspires me. It just goes to show that you do not have to limit your skills in just what you set out to do...along the path we change and discover new skills. Hopefully we will see some exciting new spaces, watches and who knows what is next from Will Alsop and Alsop architects.
'Chips' Housing Scheme - Manchester
Toronto Art College
'Daytimer' Watch
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