For the site model, we did our research on different movies and chose Inception as the background movie for the site model. We designed the buildings inspired by the movie.
For the hide out, I chose Haruki Murakami as my client. He is a famous novelist. After conducting a research on his information, I designed a hide out named Story Lane for him. I was inspired by his novel, the Wind-Up Bird Chronicles. By using simple plane, I overlapped it to create a form that appear complicated from far. The building is elevated to appear dreamy as if floating. Lastly, the stairs is extended rather than connected directly to building to give a hint of maze and puzzling. For the interior, the 3 spaces are designed specially for his daily routine which are writing, exercising, reading and listening to music.
Test model
Final model
Final model placed between the site model.
Close up of the final model
Close up of the final model
Interior model of the lower level.
The bookshelves are designed to be able to look through from the outside. This can give the book lovers an exciting feel when they see the large collection of books.
From both the group and individual assignment, I had chance to improve my workmanship by learning to do model by observing and learning from other coursemates. Apart from it, I learnt to develops different concept from research and inspiration. It is also a challenge for me to combine all the concepts through problem solving skills. From the design process, I had to consider about the anthropometrics and ergonomics for the client. This process indirectly trained me to consider about various factor in architecture to design a good building. I had learnt a lot throughout the assignment.