Interval

For my interval project I decided to make a seat for my nightclub bar. I wanted it to follow a similar organic aesthetic of the rest of the project. The idea is that it will start as being fairly rectilinear, and gradually become more rounded and organic, which is essentially what my DDI design was about - moving away from the solid blocky forms of the rest of Geelong. I admit I thought it was going to be nearly impossible to make anything remotely good out of one sheet...but I think there's still hope. While my initial concepts for interval were going to be exceptionally hard, time consuming and expensive to build, I feel that this concept still stays rather true to my DDI designs. Attached is an image from my DDI posters and some sketches I did of my barstool. Hopefully construction doesn't prove too much of a hassle.

CONSTRUCTION OF THE BAR

While the bar concept was finalized, I had reached the stage of building my proposed illuminated whiskey shot glass bar. Making this model was one that I much enjoyed and learned from. The CNC router is truly an amazing and expensive piece of machinery that allowed me to create my bar with precision and great accuracy. I must mention Des Smith and Shane Warren for their much appreciated help as this project could not have been done without their help and assistance.

Being the task of using one 1200 x 2400 Piece of MDF board. I was limited to what I could build with this requirement and I had managed to do so just!!!. I used a 6mm MDF sheet and cut my design to the sheet using the CNC router. I was then able to sand down every piece that was cut to refine the bar. The design is of a layered sheet of 6mm MDF and a space of 6mm in between every layer. The concept of layers and curves form my DDI project that was applied to the bar as my DDI building used a bar within it, allowing for free flowing light to pass through the sheets and shot glasses and bottles within it.

I did not use any nails or other physical fixings in this development as I tried to keep the nature of the MDF as pure as possible. I think it is an overused material, but on the contrary still a nice clean material.

The final design accounts for;
- 15 x shotglasses
- 2 x bottles of 1 Liter Jim Beam Black and Jack Daniels
- 1 x illuminated lamp that light up the bookcase in my room as well as lighting the bar.

I was planning to place a last minute cigar bar underneath it but didn't want to promote tobacco advertising, and also the reason that the old man would actually use it, not good for his health either. Although Mr. Rudd will have to do more than increase the tax on alcohol (alcoho pop) tax scheme to prevent me for building the bourbon bar, lol.

While the construction of the bar was relatively smooth as good planning prevented much from going wrong, The shot glass holes were left with a connecting piece so it wouldn't flip up and hit the router and therefore break it. So it was a tedious procedure to smooth it out to make it look as if it was done so in the router trouble free... this effect was accomplished but at the cost of some serious time!!!

MAKING THE BENCH

Making the Bench:

It could be said that ‘making’ and ‘building’ hold ‘design’ to account. Will it work? Is the material strong enough? Are my sizes right? Do I have enough material of suitable quality? Do I have time? These questions, prescient in a design, are the reality of making anything – Bench or building.

Constructing this bench was a joy. And, because I had some time up my sleeve, before this Tuesday’s submission date, the problems and challenges of making, which I seemed to encounter not only daily, but also hourly, were tricky yet fun to resolve.

I would like to thank Des Walters and Shane Warren for their help and their suggestions; and especially I extend to them my gratitude for their knowledge and skill. All of which they generously shared with me.

Interval

The main ideas from my DDI scheme are the key elements to my interval design. From my DDI proposal my main ideas were based on the façade treatment of the building. The proposal used a modular system to devise a perforated mesh screen that acted as three things.

My interval design uses the same modular system from the DDI project and tries to illustrate the perforated mesh screen that was proposed in the DDI scheme. The interval design is a book stand wall which is used behind the perforated mesh screen. This wall will allow light to enter through the slots of the book shelve, further enhancing my main ideas.

DDI

The proposed building within the DDI scheme is the primary building for the school of industrial design. It houses studio spaces, tutorial rooms, private study areas and a cafeteria which serves the connecting buildings. The floor plan layout captures the vertical point of references as the centre of the space with an atrium that allows as much light within the building. The glass portion of the roof above the atrium slopes towards the south allows diffuse light within the space which is very important to the purpose of the building.

However one element that distinguishes the proposed building is through the façade treatment. The three main elements that the façade aims to address are;
representing industrial design through the use of materials
a shading devise that also addresses the adjoining building (ie. school of sustainability)
giving the building architectural identity

The façade is derived from a modular system of triangles and squares, which is a key element in industrial design. Perforated steel mesh is used to represent a man made material and act as some sort of shading devise. The way the perforated steel mesh is used around the building aims to represent innovation and highlight the modularity that it was derived from. Steel sheeting is also used as a façade treatment which also represents a man made material. The steel sheeting modularity also defines the windows giving the building a sense of proportion.

From the review the downfall of the scheme was that the wall behind the perforated mesh skin didn’t reflect any of the design elements. Therefore in continuing the project the proposed building needs to be designed in much more depth three-dimensionally.

Interval

My interval project is a sculptural metaphor of the DDI and DSA. The organization of the planar members is a representation of the different dreams and aspirations of the numerous students form the four school. The light through the members represents the Division of Student Assistance and how each and every student is touched by it i.e. how DSA can help them achieve their dreams and aspirations.

DDI

The proposed Division of Student Assistance for the DDI is situated on the waterfront. The building is close to the Health and Well Being centre because of the related nature of the services provided by both of the departments. At this point the bender spilts into several bridges which cross Western Beach Road. The Building can be entered from the waterfront(via a ramp from the Bender or from the waterfront) and/or a bridge from the north building of the school of Multimedia and Breary's Lane. The bridge from Breary's lane is lined up with a courtyard providing a glimpse of the building and hopefully drawing people into the building. The idea is that the eastern edge of the building would become a thoroughfare for students walking to and from the cafe on the pier and the Health and Wellbeing Centre. This would increase the visibility of the Division of Student Assistance facilities.

Section of Initial Idea

Section of Developed IdeaThe initial idea was for the building to be partitioned by courtyards as opposed to walls. Initially all the courtyards were the same after some discussion with Richard it became evident that the scheme would be enriched a variety of experiences of the courtyard and more of an emphasis on the experience of a person on the roof garden. Having the courtyards at different levels creates this experience for both the people in the building and the people above the building. Each of the edges created by the courtyards depending on the height creates a different space. For example the higher the courtyards are surrounding a space the more private a space becomes as in the Counseling and Doctors rooms. The more accessible a courtyard is i.e. at floor level the less of a partition it becomes. The different floor and courtyard levels also denote the use of spaces particularly the circulation space. The edges of the courtyards presents the oppurtunity for the different uses of the edges of the courtyards for example as book shelves or in others as black board spaces.

Developed Plan