Edit of Sketchup models - stairs, textures, artworks, human interaction

Explanation:

Below Ground/ Moffats Studio: I have designed the building so that most of Moffats photography can be filmed on site in her studio. The large open spaces allow for building of sets as well as well as provide a studio for them to be filmed or photographed in. I have also utilized space by putting in shelving. I have allowed the building to have a lot of natural light by giving it a glass roof and allowing natural light to shine down the sides of the building. 

In Between/ the gallery: I have created an exhibition space with 2 floors as many of Fiona Hall and Tracey Moffats artworks require a large amount of room. Moffats' videos need intimate spaces where they can be screened and I have done this by dividing the rooms up into small spaces with large open doorways. Many of Halls works are displayed in large cabinets which is why the rooms are also very spacious. I have also provided a large entrance to the gallery and an amphitheater where school groups/ other groups can sit and listen to a guide. 

Above Ground/ Halls Studio: Halls studio requires a lot of space as she works with many different found objects and materials and mostly works with sculptures of all sizes. I have given her many desks to work on as well as a lot of floor space so that her studio is not cluttered and each project can have sufficient amount of space to be assembled. I have also given her an office, and a photography room where she can shoot her photographic work. Halls Stairs are quite wide to allow for the transportation of her large sculptures into the gallery. I have also given Hall a lot of natural light as she is very aware of environmental implications and can therefore consume less electricity (this is evident in much of her work as it focuses on environmental degradation).

Stair Below Ground:

Exhibition Space/amphitheater for groups (In between):
Stair above ground, leading from exhibition space into Fiona Halls Studio:
Stair "In between" leading from floor one to floor two in exhibition space:
A video screening of Moffat's work in the exhibition space:
Exhibition Space showing the relationship between Moffat and Halls work:
The buildings:

Geometry in crop circles

36 Custom Textures

Below Ground:

Above Ground:
In Between:

Architecture/ Stairs/ Textures that are interesting:

Daniel Leibeskind: Exstension to Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colarado
Thomas Heatherwick: East Beach Cafe
Thomas Heatherwick: Steel Ribbon Stairs
Daniel Leibeskind: Connecticut, USA, residential

The Stair

Sketchup Models

Despair, Consume Model

Material Selection: Glass, Concrete, wood, steel

stair 7 (below ground)


stair 1

Close up of stair 2

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Hall and Moffats' production methods and material use

"Tender" - Fiona Hall

Fiona Hall has been influenced by a variety of cultures from around the world having travelled to many countries. Halls work such as "Tender" alludes to the notion of botanical classifications and environmental degradation, consumerism and consumption. She often uses many unusual materials that are conceptually powerful such as coke cans, soap, bronze, aluminum, currency, bees wax and many others. In "Tender" Hall presents the viewer with an installation where she has delicately woven 86 replicas of birds nests. Upon closer examination, one is able to decipher that she has woven the nests out of shredded American dollar bills with the words "this note is legal tender" sticking out. Hall has studied extinct bird species of New Zealand in order to create these replicas which are empty in order to represent the lifelessness of the nests. Hal chose to use American dollar bills to show that consumerism and consumption are two of the main reasons as to why these birds are extinct. The nests have been placed in a glass vitrine to evoke a museum and scientific feeling.

"Invocation #5" - Tracey Moffat

Invocations consists of large scale photo silk screens that are rich in colour, #5 in particular has used ultra violet inks in order to capture the moody and evocative colour streaks. The materials used to make this emotive work go far beyond the final silk screen. Moffat filmed two story lines on complex sets in film studios in New York. The girl depicted shows the contrast between youth, maturity and blossoming sexuality. The work was inspired by a dream Moffat had four years prior to when to made it. Its about the dark underworld and the subconscious. Moffat had the theatrical sets built for her and then she constructed the photographs. She wanted to express a blurred material choice between a painterly quality and a photograph which is why she chose to get the work printed on a silk screen. Each layer of the silk screen process is printed by hand, layer upon layer so that the pictures could have a built up quality that is very sensual. 

Sketchup Drafts

Despair, Consume

Materials: Glass, Steel, Concrete

Consume, Subconcious

Materials: Glass, Steel, concrete, wood

18 Sections

Top Right: Currency, Subconscious

Top Left: Endangered, Subconscious 

Bottom Right: Subconscious, Currency

Bottom Left: Endangered, Despair

Top Right: Endangered, Sexuality

Top Left: Despair, Consume

Bottom Right: Consume, Subconscious

Bottom Left: Endangered, Sexuality
Top Right: Consume, Despair

Top Left: Currency, Despair

Bottom Right: Consume, Sexuality

Bottom left: Currency, Sexuality

Top Right: Despair, consume

Top Left: Despair, Currency

Bottom Right: Sexuality, Consume

Bottom Left: Sexuality, Currency

Top Right: Subconcious, Endangered

Top Left: Sexuality, Endangered

Bottom Right: Despair endangered

Bottom Left: Subconcious, Consume

Top: Endangered, Sexuality

Bottom: Consume, Subconscious

Before Studio Session 1

"The Gerbera"

My year 12 design and technology major work was one of the 24 works selected for display in the powerhouse museum as part of the DesignTech exhibition for 2009. For my project I designed two pendant lights using Adobe Illustrator. I based the shape of the lights on nature and organic forms. I was influenced by other lighting designers such as Tord Boontje, David Knotts "Lotus" and Louis Poulsons "Artichoke". I drew many different variations of this light and many other designs as well, however I chose to produce this design as it was contemporary, simplistic and could be mass produced at a relatively low cost in small or large batch production. I produced models and the final design in Adobe Illustrator and then had them laser cut out of acryllic plastic for the inner structure and polypropylene for the outer layers. My greatest challenge was working in Illustrator, to scale, producing nets that would all interlock together with exact mathematical measurements. Ultimately, the materials worked perfectly as the lightweight polypropylene creates a magnificent glow when lit and its translucency creates a layering effect showing the complex nature of the lumiere.

Piazza San Pietro
Saint Peters Square

When I went to Rome at the start of the year, I was overwhelmed with brilliant architecture everywhere I went. However Piazza San Pietro, designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini in 1656-57, is something that really stood out to me. The round perimeter of the square is surrounded by 4 rows of Doric columns, each 60 feet tall. The columns support huge colonnades. At the time, my tour guide told me that the ellipse was symbolic of a hug, a gesture of Christianity and Saint Peter embracing the world. In fact, I was so overwhelmed by the construction and design of the colonnades and doric columns, that I barely even noticed the Egyptian obelisk in the centre of the square or the two fountains. In between the fountains and the the obelisk lie two stone circles in the ground, when you stand on one of these circles facing the columns, an optical illusion takes place. The four rows of columns line up perfectly so that all you can see is one single row of columns. It was this feature that convinced me of the outstanding architecture of the square. However, the other features of the square purely put a cherry on top; the square has the ability to hold over 300,000 people at one time, the square opens onto, at one end St Peter's Basilica and on the other end Via Della Conziliazione - a boulevard leading across the Tiber river into the centre of Rome (built by Mussolini).

Piazzale Michelangelo

The lookout, Piazzale Michelangelo is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen, especially during sunset when I was equipped with my new Canon 400D. In the picture one can see the Duomo, the fifth largest Cathedral in the world, the Arno river, and all the beautiful buildings, houses and colours of Florence. As well as a beautiful view, one can also admire the copy of Michelangelo's "David" statue - one of the most famous statues in the world. 

    Hall: currency, consume, endangered

              Moffat: sexuality, despair, subconscious

            Gascoigne: renewal, relocate, humble