Lighting Design – Reflection and Evaluation

We have been introduced to the lighting design project this week and got given a proposal to do, which was to use the floor plan from the apartment project that we have created from the beginning of this term and add lightings on there. The researches has been done on this, therefore I was able to pick the lights that I think are most suitable for this project.

The advantage was that it was very convenient to find the design of lightings I wanted through internet as I think nowadays people can easily get their orders deliver to home quickly. Another thing is that I was able to compare the price and function before choosing and therefore I think it can really help if the project is done to the actual client. Which if I relate back to the apartment project, I can follow the brief and choose the lightings that are sustainable and good for the environment. However, what I found a little challenging is that, with the types of lightings, I have to really know what it will be like to live their as if I was the client and the reason to this is because deciding whether to choose the lighting to be Ambient, Task or Accent is something I think quite vital.

For the outcome, which was the slide I show as a pdf file. I really like how it turned out. For me personally, I learned how to do a better presentation compare to before, thus I tried to make it easier for the people to understand my work.

Lighting Design

This week, we are looking at the lighting design and therefore, we have taken the apartment floor plan from the apartment project and basically put lightings on it. The picture below shows the lighting design I have done.

Below is a pdf file of my Lighting Design Presentation which also includes the costs of each lighting and how I want the design to be.

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Office – Model

This is my model outcome of the office and here are some views of the model I managed to create this week.

Bird eye view

side view

side view

Inside view

Inside view

Inside view

Inside view

View from the window

This model was done using mount board and this has come out a lot better than the last one that I have done for the pop up shop project. The out come is much neater and cleaner. I am very much satisfied with this one.

Office – Floor plan and Elevation

Floor Plan

Elevation

Office – Perspective Drawing

I chose to do a view looking towards the door and in front of the window. However, I make it looks more interesting by drawing in the reflection of the cupboard.

Colour swatches and marble try outs.

This is how the final looks and I decided to keep most of the room white so it could fits the school. Also, the reason why I colour the floor like this is because I was trying to imitate the glossy effects to it as in the brief it says that the client wants the office to be easy to clean. Moreover, I put purple in it as I got the inspiration from the curved glass that was made by Sabine Marcelis.

Archdaily, 2020

Reference;

Gallery of “No Fear of Glass”, an Artistic Intervention in the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion by Sabine Marcelis – 2 (no date) Archdaily.com. Available at: https://www.archdaily.com/932140/no-fear-of-glass-an-artistic-intervention-in-the-mies-van-der-rohe-pavilion-by-sabine-marcelis/5e21b6143312fd970e00049c-no-fear-of-glass-an-artistic-intervention-in-the-mies-van-der-rohe-pavilion-by-sabine-marcelis-photo (Accessed: November 14, 2020).

Office – Reflection and Evaluation, week 2

This week was a developmental week and I have been working on the ideas and how it can work, with the schematic drawings and sketchy floor plan. I also worked on the design so it fits with the brief. There were lots to do but I think still enjoyable.

I think that it was fun that I got to explore and sketch out all the ideas I had in my head, these ideas are also for me to develop and see which works and which doesn’t. In my opinion, I like this part the most. Despite having fun with the ideas, I had to consider how the client would want it and if it’s comfortable for them to use the space there. However, it’s like solving a problem and I like the challenge it gives me.

Thinking about the outcome can be a lot different when the final result comes out. Working out what’s in my head and try to bring it out to be on the paper is not as easy as I thought it would be. The ideas take times, it needed a lot of experimentations and just trying out what suit best. Although from this week I think my developing ideas skill has gotten better as I looked more into a variety of resources and sketch out a lot of ideas, I still need to work on it in the future by experimenting more with it.

Office – Schematic and Sketchy Floor Plan

I moved on to find out, what schematic drawing I could do. Therefore, I sketched out some ideas to figure out the best layout I think possible.

I also wrote out the dimensions of the furnitures to get the very rough ideas of the size, so then it prevents me to be putting too many things in that room.

I also looked at the walk ways to see how easy for the user to get around.

I came out with these two schematic drawings at the end.

I then decided to choose the second layout as I think it works best. The working place is right by the window and that will also allows the maximum amount of light to come through. I continued to develop my sketchy floor plan or the furniture planning.

I chose to do the last idea because I think it suits best, the walk way is convenient, it doesn’t look too cramp. Also, with the full L shape cupboard, it will stores as much items possible. Which I think is the best choice.

Office – week1, Evaluation and Reflection

In this week we have started a new project which is to design an office that is located in CSVPA and it is the first time that we got put into a group. For me there are two people in the group, my classmate and I. We started off doing site survey and location research first, then we start thinking of the questions so we can interview a staff that will be using the office. Together, we help to gather as much information we could and find out how the the office could turn out. This week was a research week and therefore a lot of researching was involved.

The good thing about this week is that I have a classmate who can help, so when there’s a problem, we get to solve it together and also with the research, we get to share the resources that we think are useful. However, it could also be a disadvantage if the person I work with doesn’t do the work but the team I got was good and we helped each other. From doing the research, I found it difficult to connect the style of client with the design brief, because this school has a specific style and so I think it will be a challenge to design an outcome that I am producing in the future, but I think that I can work into that later on. Despite this, I really like the style of what the interviewer has told me, Barcelona Pavilion and I think it may have get me thinking of good ideas.

To conclude this week, I think it was a great experience to work with other student and learn to improve more soft skills. I get to communicate and experienced with working and researching which I think is a very useful skill for this subject.

Office – Site Survey and Location Research

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Office – Client Brief

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Reference:

Isle Interactive Ltd (no date) Cambridge school of visual & performing arts, Csvpa.com. Available at: https://www.csvpa.com (Accessed: November 6, 2020).