First draft environment

These 3 image captures show my initial experimentation with form for each of the office spaces (both with old textures from exp 2). The first one shows the space for Yin; made entirely from box shapes, it clearly reflects the source of her success. I'm still trying to figure out how to make it less exposed. The elevator would start from the beam's level, move down into the biggest space (rectangle shape) and then continue to the meeting area.

The design for Yin's office space was based on this 2 point perspective.

This is Versace's office (below). Although I like the curvy form, I will be experimenting a lot more with a more interesting shape for it, and adding a few more elements to the interior. I would ultimately love for it to incorporate more transparent materials in order to represent how extravagant and exposed her persona is. Funny that I achieved the opposite to what I was going for with these first models: a very open space for Yin and a more enclosed one for Versace...

A shot showing the positions of the offices, at opposing ends of the beam. This will remain relatively the same in the models to come. I couldn't obtain a good shot to show the sizes in relation to each other but if you look at it from the front, the offices are similar in size, both quite large emphasising the grandeur of both clients' personas.

Steven Holl likes his boxes...

Holl, the perfect source of inspiration for a space for Zhang Yin. It will be very box-like in appearance to reflect and certainly emphasise the very source of her fortune and hence POWER - cardboard boxes!! A few lovely images showing my choice of precedent for Zhang Yin's office space...note the '+ shaped prism' in the second image!

peer feedback sheets

Brainstorm on paper

I suppose these show my initial ideas, based on a comparison of the two clients I chose to design spaces for, Versace and Yin.

Juxtaposition

Whilst brainstorming the concept of juxtaposition for my own design, I came across the following images....

The bell tower of a church fit right between two apartment buildings in Paris.

The above two images show a streeet in Milan, a row of trees lining it fit snugly between the buildings of the street (similar to the bell tower), nice contrast between nature and man-made...

'OBSTACLE' in 3D/'DEMISE' as a pathway

Here are 3 screenshots of a one-point perspective i modelled in UT shown from various angles, along with the sketch I based it on.

I chose the word 'OBSTACLE' because if you look at it from the view presented in the sketch, the bottom cross looks as though it is stopping you from getting where you want to be, in the comfortable space at the top. Hence, it is a powerful figure in this case.

Below is the sketch entitled 'DEMISE', followed by screenshots of it modelled as a pathway in 3D. I think it has an interesting form; in regards to power, its assymetry represents a sense of chaos, which ultimately leads to a lack of control and thus, demise. The angles from which the first two screenshots were taken however suggest dominance reflected in the structure's size... I guess you can look at it both ways!

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