As this week was PROJECT DUE DATE, it was time to start thinking about how we were going to demonstrate and portray our ideas in layout. We were asked to prepare 3 A1 Portrait panels with Floor Plans, Elevations, Sections, Sketch designs, 3D images and montages. Due to the inaccessibility of the site, our photomontage was created by stitching a series of images together and photoshopping drawings over the top to communicate the position and scale of our folie. The following images are what we produced to then layout on A1 panels.
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Floor Plan |
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Roof Plan |
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Section 1 |
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Section 2 |
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Section 3 |
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Detail |
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Site Plan |
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View 1 |
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View 2 |
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View 3
These images communicate the views we chose to frame within the structure. This combination of the
criteria mentioned under context and function creates a powerful conclusion to
the users journey. |
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Photomontage |
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Sketch-up Screen grabs |
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3D Sketch or HERO SHOT |
THE NARRATIVE:
Our
Folie tells the story of Howard Smith Wharves through an experiential journey, a
physical metaphor for the wharves own history. The varying architectural
environments of our folie entice emotional responses from the user, creating a
rollercoaster of feelings within the inhabitant that mirrors that of the HSW own
past.
This narrative begins with a descent into the structure,
the user entering into the dark, narrow space, dwarfed by the monolithic walls
and distant green roof. At the end of hallway are the bleak textures of the
cliff face. These architectural devices evoking feelings of insignificance and
dismay within the user, symbolic of the wharf during the depression. The user
moves out of this space into a long hallway, light filtering in, but no site of
what’s around the corner, representative of the null period during the war when
little construction happened. The mood continues to lift round the corner, with
warmer textures, spaces that fit to the human scale, and framed glimpses of the
river indicative of the boom at HSW, a150635877.1035277451.1334625919.s it was
Brisbane’s primary port. The ground becomes uneven and jolted as the inhabitant
rounds the final corner, metaphorical of a limbo in the wharves lifetime, when
it lacked any clear identity or purpose. This is in turn mirrored in the users
own unease and unbalance at the uneven floor and walls. The experiential
narrative climaxes in a series of framed shots of the story bridge, the adjacent
side of the river, and opening out onto the wharves themselves. An uplifting
statement as to what the future holds for this site.
This history is revealed to the user upon their exit from
the folie, a retroflective experience as they relate their own journey to that
of the wharves. The integration of the cliff face into the fere going to demonstrate and poring, and pillbox aesthetic further immerses the user within the
history and aesthetic of the site. The partay of the site is revealed through
movement, engagement with the site, and finally text based learning to clarify
the symbolism of their journey.
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