Model Making

I started building the tunnel structure that will go inside the model.  I made the floor base, and put holes around the perimeter for the hoops to to be held in. I chose a springy wire as the material for the hoops.
I then pulled thin (15 den) lycra tights over the struture. As I could only find skin coloured stretchy mesh I decided to spray it grey.

When sprayed, it lost all shine and transparancy.

In order for the hoops to not collapse under  the fabric and for the fabric to stretch over the wire and take the shape I had to saw each hoop to the fabric.

I found that the grey was too dull and did not demostrate the structure as I would like it to look. I stipped it once again, fixed the wires in the floor to give them more stability. I will spray paint the hoops grey and then cover them with a new mesh that is already grey and shimmery.

Experimenting

In order to work out the details of the attachments of the fabric at the base of the tunnel and the openings, I carried out some test trials with very thin tights (15 den) stretched over a frame. A whole which can work as an entrance is made very easily by puncturing the fabric and encouraging it to stretch. It can be sprayed lightly with varnish to freeze it in place and stop the whole from enlarging further.

The fabric can be attached to the base by stretching parts of it down and securing.

For model purposes, this can all be sprayed with a grey primer to cover the skin coloured tights.

Ernesto Neto

http://artobserved.com/2009/05/go-see-new-york-ernesto-netos-anthropodino-inaugurates-the-park-avenue-armorys-drill-hall-commission/

This webpage shows a lot of examples of where netting is used to create a transparant, 'unreal' feel.  I can take ideas from how these nets are connected to their supporting materials in my tunnel.

Thinking outside the box exhibitions

This particular example is not for furniture exhibitons, but I found it quite inspiring as it is new, and I have not seen anything quite like this out there.

http://www.dezeen.com/2011/01/19/dissecting-the-dandy-by-form-us-with-love/

Visit to a Modern Furniture Shop

In order to understand how furniture is displayed in shops and to get the experience of being a customer looking at furniture, I thought it would be useful to actually visit a furniture shop and physically experience what it would feel like. After some research I decided the best shop to visit would be 'The Home Quarter' in Liverpool One.  It sells modern furniture for the modern home.

The displays are arranged in such a way that they can be seen from outside and experiences from inside. The visitor can have contact with the furniture and test it by touching or sitting on it.

False walls are put up to separate the different areas.

In this view I found it interesting that the spaces are divided by a shelf. It still allows light through and a vague view into the next display area.

I found this display interesting as it is raised on a platform. This makes it look more appealing and draws attention to the furniture pieces displayed.

More Bubble Examples

Another example where bubbles are used to represent change are in the Nissan Car Warehouse in Japan.

'We sought to give the pavilion an ever-changing enchanted atmosphere with its many reflected images and to eliminate the tributary relationship between ground and figure represented here by the open space and spheres respectively.'

http://interiorarchdesign.wordpress.com/2011/12/29/nissan-y150-dream-front-pavilion-by-torafu-architects/#more-901

Movement

In this project example the fabric sways in the breeze giving the building a natural organic form and movement.

http://environment-ecology.com/energy-and-architecture/153-bird-island-zero-energy-home-in-kuala-lumpur.html

My Inspiration for Change

Bubbles in Structure

BERLIN'S CLOUD CITY

Cloud City is an imaginative exhibit on display at the Hamburger Bahnof Museum in Berlin. It’s fantastical and interactive. Upon entering, visitors roam through bubble-like structures and suspended gardens to discover the artist’s real intent. Tomás Saraceno wants to challenge architecture’s status quo. He was inspired by soap bubbles and spider webs to create this exciting exhibit which introduces new shapes and support techniques within the realm of architecture.

http://www.wejetset.com/magazine/2011/11/23/1219/berlin's_cloud_city

Bubbles in the Wind

Soap bubbes, like smoke are always changing in the wind. The change from one shape into another shape.

Change like Smoke

Smoke is always changing, one moment it is there the next it is gone.
The same is with the interiors of houses, they are changing all the time.

Taking this into my project, the showrooms in the houses can be as vapour bubbles, and the customer walks from bubble to bubble, or into and out of the changes.

The bubbles can be semi transparent, allowing a glimse and interest of what is inside, but at the same time mainting the privacy that is known to domestic interiors.

Walking in and out of change

The interiors of our houses are always changing depending on who is living there, this can change through walls being put up or taken away, furniture being brought in or removed.We are constantly moving in and out of change.

To demostrate this change in the furniture shop I am thinking of how people can walk in and out of showrooms in a way that they can experience the sense of advancing in and then moving out to the next scene - demostrating the gradual transitions the interiors of our houses undergo.

I found this mesh inspiring:

http://www.core.form-ula.com/2007/09/26/voromurohoneycombsexy/

http://www.floornature.com/projects-interior-design/project-bubble-ville-hara-helsinki-2002-4493/

On-going Change

An example of design that shows on-going change is the outer metal cover of the People's History Museum. Is is made of  Cor-Ten material, which changes colour over time. This is to portray how the history of the people has changed and conitnues to change over time.

http://www.phm.org.uk/about-us/redevelopment/

Furniture Shop Design Example

http://www.archimover.com/2011/09/hermes-la-maison-paris-classy-furniture-store/

Change of Plan!

This project needs to be something that will interest people to come and engage with and relate to and be interested in. Therefore, it's function and purpose needs to change. The new plan is to go back to the original idea od making it a furniture shop. Visitors who live in terraced houses will be interested in visiting a shop that is in a form of what looks like their house. The name 'ComeHome' is suiting to it as people go into what looks like 'their home' to buy the furniture for it. The focus will be on keeping the facade as that is the face behind which memories are built. The interior is always changing. Every person that lives or affects the interior changes it in some way. Every piece of furniture that is brought into the house changes the interior. This furniture shop can represent this somehow - it can show the changing nature of the terraced house interior and the uniqueness of every person. Show change through the movement of the visitors - this could become the concept.

Basement Space Usage inspiration

Staircase Inspirations

http://www.dezeen.com/2011/06/01/apartments-by-edit/

A House in Showa-cho by Shintaro Fujiwara

I then found this example of a staircase that is very similar in design and has some good persepctives of the staircase to truly understand how it divides and connects the space.

http://www.dezeen.com/2010/08/09/a-house-in-showa-cho-by-shintaro-fujiwara/

Central Staircase

I was thinking how it could be possible to open up the house to using the basement and attic and to connect the spaces. I worked on a little model to see how this could be done. I placed a staircase going through the centre of the house that illustrated how the space can be divided, opened up and connected.

Projecting on White Objects

Andrea Aquilanti, Living Room, 2009, Recorded video projection on white objects, actual size

 

 

White Interiors

As my project will be a museum, I was thinking of ways to show how it used to look, without objects and decorations and painting them white. Using them as the 'canvas' there would then be projections on them of images and videos of what life may have looked like back in the 19th and mid 20th century.

These are some white images that show well what I had in mind.

http://homedesigndecorate.com/all-white-interior-design-with-french-furniture/all-white-interior-design-with-french-furniture-diningroom/