4TH AND FINAL CONCEPT

IN CLASS:

FOR THE FINAL WEEK THE CLASS WAS INSTRUCTED TO PICK A NEW OR EXISTING CONCEPT AND BRAINSTORM 5 NEW IDEAS. FROM THESE IDEAS WE WOULD PICK ONE AND DEVELOP THAT FOR OUR FINAL WEEK. I DECIDED TO DEVELOP NEW IDEAS FOR THE LAND MEETS SEA CONCEPT LISTED BELOW:

AFTER TALKING TO MEG AND OLLI THEY SAID I NEEDED TO DEFINE MY MEETING MORE AS IT WAS MORE OF A MEETING BETWEEN MAN AND SEA. IN REFERENCE TO MY THIRD CONCEPT MEG THOUGHT I NEEDED TO DEVELOP THE TRANSITION MORE BETWEEN LEAVING THE LAND AND ENTERING THE SEA AS OPPOSED TO ENTERING AND EXITING AN ELEVATOR AND ALL OF A SUDDEN BEING UNDER WATER.

I WENT AWAY AND DREW OVER SOME OF MY 3RD CONCEPT DRAWINGS. 

I WAS CONSIDERING EXPANDING MY 'LAND MEETS SEA CONCEPT' INTO 'COMFORT MEETS SECURITY' BASED ON THE IDEA OF BEING APREHENSIVE TO LEAVE BELONGINGS ON THE BEACH WHILE YOU GO FOR A SWIM. AFTER TALKING TO MEG SHE SUGGESTED I DIDNT NEED TO DEVELOP THAT IDEA BASED OFF THE CONCEPT I SHOWED HER WHERE THE BOAT SHED WAS ENCAPSULATED IN ROCK. THE ORIGINAL FLAW IN MY 'LAND MEETS SEA' CONCEPT WAS THAT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH TRANSITION INTO THE SEA AND IT WAS MORE OF A MEETING BETWEEN MAN MADE AND SEA. I DONT WANT TO SAY THAT I WASNT FOCUSSING ON THE BOAT SHED BUT I BELIEVE THIS CONCEPT WAS MORE ABOUT THE SETTING IN ORDER TO DEMONSTRATE THE MEETING OF LAND AND SEA. THE BOAT SHED ITSELF IS VERY MINIMAL AND OBVIOUSLY PROJECTS THE USER INTO A DESCENT.

BASED ON MY KNOWLEDGE THAT ALOT OF ORIENTAL PARADE IS MAN MADE- IN OTHER WORDS THE BEACHES HAVE BEEN CREATED BY MAN- I HAVE DECIDED THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO EXTRUDE ROCK AND SAND UP AROUND THE BOAT SHED AS WELL AS SHIFTING THE BOAT SHED PARTIALLY INTO THE SEA. THIS CONCEPT REFINES MY MEETING AS AN ENTRANCE FROM ABOVE SEES THE USER ENTER A MAN MADE OBJECT THAT IS SURROUNDED BY ROCK (THE LAND). AS THEY WALK DOWN A SPIRAL STAIRCASE THAT EMULATES FLUIDITY. THEY FIND THEM SELVES AT THE FINAL POINT OF DRYNESS. THE WATER IS A STEP AWAY.

Photoshop, indigo and sketch up image.

Photoshop, indigo and sketch up image.

Section sketch up and photoshop

WANTED TO INCORPORATE A STRIPED/ DIAGONAL TEXTURE INTO DESIGN TO EMPHASISE DECENT INTO WATER.

Floor Plan

Collage showing transition from land in terms of civilisation to sea

BY MAKING THE WALLS GLASS THE BUILDING BECOMES MORE FOCUSED ON THE LAND AND AS YOU TRANSITION DOWN INTO THE LOWER LEVEL THE VIEWER CAN SEE THE ROCK FACE THE BUILDING IS ENCAPSULATED IN.

I HAD POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM MY PRESENTATION. BELOW ARE MY FINAL IMAGES WITH CRITIQUE:

FINAL IMAGES ADJUSTED ACCORDING TO FEEDBACK:

THE MAIN COMMENTS THAT STUCK OUT FROM MY PRESENTATION WERE MY STAIRCASE FOR ITS INABILITY TO  CONTINUE THE TRANSITION FROM THE UPPER ROAD LEVEL INTO THE SEA. SOME SUGGESTIONS WERE TO INSERT A CLIMBING WALL, A HARNESS AND STAIRS THAT GO STRAIGHT DOWN. THE SUGGESTION THAT MADE THE MOST SENSE WAS TO CREATE STAIRS THAT  PROJECTED  DOWN AND SLIGHTLY CURVED TO  STILL EMULATE THE IDEA OF FLUIDITY. 

HERE IS MY FINAL SECTION DRAWING SUPERIMPOSED INTO THE ORIGINAL BOAT SHED LOCATION. I DECIDED TO SHOW THE ROCK THROUGH THE WALLS TO SUGGEST GLASS WALLS AS I FEEL THIS COMPLETES THE REFINEMENT OF MY CONCEPT AND THE TRANSITIONAL JOURNEY FROM LAND TO SEA. 

MY FINAL ELEVATION DRAWING BLURS THE LINE BETWEEN THE DRAWING AND INFINITY AND DEMONSTRATES THE JOURNEY OF PEOPLE WALKING IN TO THE BOAT SHED AND ENTERING THE SEA (SWIMMERS)- MEETING OF LAND AND SEA.

THIS IMAGE SUBTLY SHOWS THE DIFFERENCE IN TIDES AND IS OVERLAID ONTO A TIDAL MAP.

ABSTRACT PLAN VIEW OF SHED

ANOTHER COMMENT IN THE FEEDBACK WAS THAT I NEEDED A VIEW FROM THE INSIDE OF THE BOATSHED OUT. AS YOU CAN SEE THE FLOOR STEPS RIGHT OFF INTO THE ROCKY WATERS.

ALTERNATIVE DRAWING

OVERALL I BELIEVE THAT I HAVE MET THE DELIVERABLES, DEMONSTRATING A MEETING BETWEEN LAND AND SEA USING THE BOATSHED TO TO EMPHASISE THE TRANSITIONAL DESCENT. MY USE OF SOFTWARES SUCH AS SKETCH UP, INDIGO AND PHOTOSHOP HAVE HELPED ME CREATE IMAGES THAT ARE CUSTOMIZED TO THE IDEA I AM TRYING TO GET ACROSS IN EACH IMAGE. 

BY ELLIOT HUME