Drawing Exercise Weeks 4-6

Week 6

Coffee Table: Charcoal 

Week 5

Desk: Colored Pencil

Week 4

Beach House: felt tip pen

Revolving Lines

Shelter: BUS

Concept

Devastation and turmoil are amongst the various terminologies used to describe the aftermath of a natural disaster.  Fearsome to behold, these forces have the ability to snap the backbone of a community in mere seconds. Just as natural disasters follow a path of wreckage, the relief thereafter should pursue in its wake. The concept of this project is to provide said path of aid, by means of four volunteers, to revive a community in need. In other words, it institutes a revolving line of action to use. The shelter vehicle borrows core aspects of building and growth seeking, to provide shelter for volunteer relief workers.

Revolving and movement shape the interior of the vehicle; the focal point of the space being the datum line that runs the length of the bus. Symbolic of a pathway towards a goal, the datum hallway branches to the targets, or areas of the bus. Using proportion, as well as level progression, the hierarchy of space extends. Private and public rooms appear as the flow perpetuates. Since the only barriers between transitions are the pull-down screens in the thresholds, the atmosphere further develops the concept of flow and advancement. As not to complicate the environment, the color palate is natural and subdued.

This particular shelter bus aims to progress and revive a disaster stricken community. Working closely between the bus volunteers and the community would support the idea of support and growth in time of need, thus understanding aspects of beneficial, public design. 

Process to find Concept(a portion of it)

Working on a large sheet of trash paper, I tried to write anything and everything that pertained to my concept. It was helpful to have a large piece of process which showed going from  broad information to a more detailed approach. 

Initial Bubble Diagram:

 

 

Flow Diagram

Public Private Plan

4 Cross Sections

Detail Drawing: Pull down screens for privacy

Longitude 1

Longitude 2

John Linn Post Card

I chose to write to John Linn for the post card assignment; his lecture was both memorable and beneficial. Apart from the concept of humans being a storm, the part in his lecture that stuck out most to me was the idea that we are not alone in the world; there is one world with many different angles to view it from. As designers, it is our goal to create structures that incorporate other life forms and their viewpoints, not just our own.  That way, the earth will obtain a harmonious balance. 

BUS:SHELTER:BUS

CLIENT PRESENTATION

IAR: Designing a Better Community

Assigned with the task of creating promotional strategies, our group would focus on our studio as the topic of community promotion. As we discussed each strategy, we also brainstormed a way to connect them all together. After much deliberation, we focused on two ideas: quotes and a common object. For each promotion, we would adopt a quote that would sum up our objective. Also, we thought it necessary to have a recurring theme, in this case a red square. Each promotion incorporates an alerting, red square into the design.  

Product
S.easterling

By means of flyer or verbal communication, students would announce a voluntary "Scrap Donation." Members of the community would drop off various materials deemed trash or scraps. Provided with this new supply, the second years would then use these resources to construct a product centered around the idea of a lucrative community. Shortly after completion, the donators would be invited back to the Studio Arts Building, where they would behold their, “trash turned treasure.”

HTT[P]

L.petriccione

Since blogger is a web community in itself, having a blog as a web source seemed only necessary. This particular branch of the Community [By] Design Blog would be informative of the society surrounding the studio. Here, students can follow, both events and updates in the second year studio, as well as the community of Greensboro. Various Links would allow viewers to further investigate the happenings of our program.

People
B.cerame
B.cerame
B.cerame

For the People proposal, our group wanted to incorporate a design that had ample amounts of interaction. A white “canvas” would be installed on campus grounds, in an area that is highly public. There, the installation would reside for a month. Since it is blank, with no restrictions, students would be allowed to leave their mark on it. Weather would also alter the material. At the end of the month, we would replace the installment with a plaque, announcing the promotion of the Second Year Studio, and the display of the communal piece.

Places
        E.zheng

People are intrigued by repetition, as a promotional strategy, we would use this to our advantage. Red squares would be place all over the city of Greensboro. Initially, the squares would be solid red with no text, as to fascinate the community. Text would be added progressively, and by the end, a full quote and our studio information would be included 

Print Material
E.zheng

Almost any person will accept a free item(within reason, that is!). The second year studio would disperse these IARC pens into the community. Simple in design and limited text would appeal to the community. Our group took inspiration from the website, where's george.com, where one can track the travel of their currency. Our goal us to disperse enough pens so that, years from now, the pens are still active in the community. 

Additional Proposal: Places

B.cerame

L.petriccione

S.easterling

For the additional promotion, we were keen on finding a way to literally bring members of the community together, by means of wayfinding. Multiple paths would begin within Greensboro. Simple, red squares with white arrows would point one to the next arrow, thus forming  a path. Minimal and without text, the square aims to intrigue the viewer in attempt to follow the path and understand the purpose. If followed, the paths would meet in the park across Spring Garden. A large, red square marks the destination, and a metal plaque, reading, 'One World. Many Angles,' would be installed. 

Group Members: Leah Petriccione, Brianna Cerame, Emme Zheng

Monumental Triple Overlay Lamp

The Monumental Triple Overlay Lamp was produced between 1965 and 1875, by the Boston and Sandwich Company, the primary, domestic glass manufacturers of the time. Highly rare in its existence, this piece is deemed by Dr. Sylvia Yount, as an “outstanding example,” of the accomplishment that is 19th century glass making. In the late 1850s, the company modified their lamps to accommodate kerosene. In doing so, they also redesigned aesthetically to instill more detail and beauty in their product. 
The lamp is made of blown glass, which has been wheel-cut and overlaid. A frosted glass shade with a glass chimney tops the piece, and each glass section is connected with brass and marble. After fusing and molding multiple pieces of colored glass together, workers would cut designs, through the opaque glass, and leave the clear transparent layer visible. Softening the light , the designs would add depth and warmth to the piece. Standing at 41 5/8 inches, the Overlay Lamp is both elegant and ornate.
This lamp, though not entirely similar, can be compared to Marian Mahler’s curtain, solely for visual purposes. Clearly evident is the mutual color scheme of the two pieces. Equally significant is the concept of repetition. The two pieces are designed with a red backdrop, made interesting by recurring patterns dispersed throughout. 
Other than the use of bright colors and the quality of illumination, the Overlay Lamp and the Lava Lamp have exceptionally few comparisons. Produced some tens of decades later, the Lava lamp is regarded as more of a novelty item than anything else. Where the Overlay Lamp uses opaque and transparent material to alter light quality, the lava lamp hardly functions as a light source. Also, the psychedelic nature of the lava lamp regally clashes with the sophisticated elegance of the Overlay lamp.