WEARABLE ARCHITECTURE

WEEK 1

Day 1

I made a map of the kings cross area, I chose that place because my accommodation is there. After seeing the documentary ( ordinary sheets ). I thought that king's cross would also be a great fit for my project. It is a very diverse area as many ethnic groups live in this area. It is also inhabited by many exchange students therefore being an exchange student myself I did not feel out of place, I have also incorporated pictures of many shops in my area. The shops are mainly owned by Asians.

Day 2
I visited navigator square as I had to make a map of the area and mark the movements in my map . To mark the movements I stayed there for long to easily understand people as I feel that signs are a pictorial way of communicating with people. I wanted to mark the busiest and most crowded areas of navigator square along with the movement of the traffic. I also noticed that a lot of people were using bicycles in the area so I marked the cycle pathway as well. I mainly used different coloured lines to make signs in my map .

Day 3

Today, I had to perform a social experiment, I decided to do something that required social interaction. Furthermore, this gave me the idea to do an activity with the public where they wrote down their emotions on a sheet of paper. I wrote a question on an A3 size sheet ‘how do you feel today ?’ and denoted specific colours to different emotions then I asked people to pick a colour of the emotion they were feeling and do whatever they like on the sheet. Many people also chose multiple colours, it was a fun activity to know people.

Day 4

I took inspiration from world-famous buildings and architects like Zaha Hadid and Coll Bureau architects for my project. I noticed the curvature and lines in all these pictures, so I experimented with these two details on my body. For my sketch model, I cut strips out of paper and modelled them into unconventional shapes.

week 2

Day 1

I finalised one of my sketch models and further developed my idea. I connected my model with family and a sense of togetherness, hence this made me form a sitting area for the adults also making it a play area for the children to enjoy. The sitting area acts as a place for social interaction and also brings a sense of togetherness to the families.

Day 2

Today, we were paired with people who had similar ideas to form bamboo structures, for the model we both had a lot of curvature in our sketches and a similar concept I.e families, so we decide to make a 2 layer sitting area where the adults can enjoy and chat peacefully and on another layer, the children can enjoy and play around without disturbing others. Since we had to work with bamboo sticks we couldn’t make curves in our model so we instead used triangles to denote them as curves. We made some changes to our idea as well, we made a carriage or a structure for the mother to carry two or more babies on her back without feeling burdened or tired.

Day 4

Today, we added skin to our models, we basically worked with folds to show cushioning for the sitting and we added strips to the upper layer to show it as a safety measure as the upper layer was for the kids. Furthermore, after the model was developed we were supposed to shoot photos with them in archway, we decided to shoot in a red brick background as it enhanced are model even more.

week 3

Day 1

Today was crit day, I prepared 5-6 portfolio sheets, and I presented my work by explaining my ideas and showing design development. Furthermore, the feedback that I got was that I had to work not on my final outcome and on the designing of my portfolio sheets.

Sheet 1 - I showed the location and the site.

Sheet 2- I showed my initial ideas i.e sketch models, sketches and design inspiration.

Sheet 3 - I showed my design development i.e my further development in sketches and further inspiration in the design process.

Sheet 4 - I showed my final outcome, i.e the structure that I built with bamboo sticks

Part 2 reflection

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