Spatial Fabrication Studio II: Semester One

Project 1 – Colour Complex

Spatial Fabrication Studio: Second Year

Introduction to Colour Complex Design This semester, we are approaching the use of colour in spatial design representation and fabrication. For our first task, we were asked to record our experience walking to the St James Theatre (our site for this project). We had to observe and analyse the use of colour in the surrounding…

Collage

Above is a rough collage I put together of my experience to the St James Theatre site. When making this I was thinking about light + shadow, saturation/desaturation, coloured material texture, colour reflection + distortion, overlapping of coloured materials and natural coloured material being affected over time. I noticed how the colour red out of…

Colour Palettes Modelling Exercise

In week 2 we split into groups and were given a topic for our seminar – my group’s was Colour Palettes in Context. Our task in class was to produce a series iterations of models, based off our theme. Materials I used for my models were red cellophane, blue coloured paper, white cardboard, straw and…

Artist Model

Michael Hayden (born in 1943) is a Canadian artist who is known for incorporating neon lighting in his works. Hayden uses a rainbow/multicolour palette. The artist has done a lot of collaborative work with architects and has created a large amount of work for exhibition and large scale public works. Hayden is the owner of…

Artist Model inspired Modelling Exercise

We were asked to create three models inspired by our chosen artist model. I chose to base my models off Michael Hayden’s ‘Sky’s the Limit’ colourful and lively installation in the O’Hare Airport, Chicago. For the first model I focused on using a multicolour palette and was inspired by the curved ceiling panels. I tried…

Surface Experiment 1

Our task for today is to choose a surface in the interior of our own home and record the surface over the course of 10 minutes minimum. We are then to get into groups and give feedback on our chosen surfaces, and produce a collage combining the surfaces of each member. My chosen surface: The…

Surface Experiment 2

My next step was to craft models based off my collage. I tried to use materials that were similar to my groups surfaces. The models I made based on my own collage and my groups’ surfaces: The feedback I received from my group: My groups surface models:

Surface Experiment 4

In my collection of surface models, inspired by my artist model Michael Hayden I focused on movement, colour, pattern/repetition and scale. Hayden’s works are generally designed in large public spaces where people are constantly moving around. He uses many bright colours and I noticed a recurring theme of displaying them in dark spaces. The first…

Surface Experiment 6

For my first attempt at transforming my surface models into the site, I basically played around with different effects on photoshop and inserting parts of my models into the site. Since artist model Michael Hayden’s light installation projects many lines and colour, I wanted to kind of replicate that idea with light into the space.…

Week 7 Exercise

This week we were asked to design a door handle, to activate the entrance threshold of our site. It should in someway reflect our own design intervention with colour and material. Or the detail could be an addition to the heritage building or a contemporary insertion. I started off by drawing 10 sketches of my…

Week 8: Mind Mapping Exercise

We were asked to take 40 minutes to reflect on the purpose of our intervention and mind map: My design intervention is a light installation in the St James lobby. The main factors I am focusing on are: colour, light, movement and blur. In the lobby will include a cafe/bar and can be used as…

Moving Forward in my Design

My next step for moving forward is to put my ideas in developing more sketches and designing. At the moment I feel like in my perspective, the colours do not represent the speed and movement in the space that I want, but there are some aspects that I like (such as the jagged pattern of…

Precedents

Lowbrow. Lowbrow. is an eatery located in Queens Rise food court, Auckland CBD, owned by Jordan McDonald and Kyle Street. The interior of the small eatery is based on Offbeat Decor (inspired by the “lowbrow” art movement) making customers feel a lively experience. (https://www.metromag.co.nz/food/food-restaurants/lowbrow-culprit-metro-review) The black interior featuring the black framed roller doors with timber…

More Exploration

The plan above shows my developed concept of the lobby of the St James Theatre. The dotted lines along the south wall show where my installation will stand. The installation will consist of light boxes made from polycarbonate with colourful LED lighting (rainbow pattern). I am not sure exactly how they will be attached to…

Modelling in Rhino

Installing the Light Box Segments in the site When I started to build the installation wall I did not really know what it was going to look like, but I knew the scale of it and how it was going to sit in the space, from my modified floor plan. I started by extruding random…

Floor/Wall Detail + Material

I thought my design was still missing the ‘flow’ throughout the space. I drew a quick concept of what could convey this idea. I tried to imitate the curved lines from Michael Hayden’s ‘Sky’s The Limit’. Although this was my draft concept, I installed the drawing into the site to see the effect that it…

Creating Sections and Plan

Sections: When drawing the longitudinal section I traced from the original building drawing, on Rhino. I think exported to Adobe Illustrator to colour in. During the process I made the decision to leave the theme of the drawing plain looking so that the focus would be on my intervention, on the bottom floor. Once the…

Creating the Signs

When designing my signs, I wanted them to project a similar effect to the cafe signs of Imperial Lane and the gigantic neon sign in Lowbrow. I was sure on the material being LED, as it is less expensive than neon. I purposefully wanted to make the scale of the sign small as opposed to…

Colour Programming of the Installation

I researched a bunch of videos about the colour programming that I could apply in my installation, as I want it be colour changing, not still. Michael Hayden’s Sky’s the Limit is also colour programmed, when the colours moved the space immediately felt more lively and attractive. I was fixed on this video of gradient…