Lotus

INSPIRED BY FRANK GEHRY

Proposal

People to interview:
Nicole De Feo, Dean of constructed environments Parsons, Christine Yeh

“Easy Edges” Furniture line:

Fish Lamps:

Buildings:

22 Jun 2005, Prague, Czech Republic — The Rasin Building, the official name for what has become known as the Fred and Ginger Building, was designed by Frank O. Gehry and Czech co-architect Vladimir Milunic. — Image by © Paul Seheult/Eye Ubiquitous/Corbis

What? (Project title and Brief description)

Playing with The Pieces-Frank Gehry:
I will be doing my research paper on the renown architect Frank Gehry. My final studio piece will be a 3D printed model of a building using similar methods seen in his post modern buildings like the use of uncommon materials and asymmetrical shapes.
Plan B: Laser cut pieces and place them together to create the model.

Why?
I will be creating the 3D model based on his designs to represent his way of thinking.

Sources I can use

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2010/08/architecture-survey-201008
http://www.britannica.com/biography/Frank-O-Gehry
http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/geh0bio-1
http://www.guggenheim.org/bilbao/history
http://www.aia.org/cities/los-angeles/all-stories/disneyconcerthall/index.htm

Mood Board & Mind Map

Interview

I looked up Architects that could help me get a clear view on my research project about the Architect Frank Gehry. I explained them that I needed to create a piece of art work that would reflect the influence of the person I chose and that my goal was to translate their style into my own without copying it.

The first idea:
My final studio piece will be a 3D printed model using Rhino of a building applying similar methods seen in his post modern buildings like the use of uncommon materials and asymmetrical shapes.

The idea after the interviews:
My final studio piece will be a model of a flower upside down using similar methods seen in Gehry’s post modern buildings like the use of uncommon materials and asymmetrical shapes. The model is intended to be placed in a park or any space as public art where people can interact with it.

#1
Robert Kirkbride, PhD
Associate Dean, Parsons School of Constructed Environments
Associate Proffesor of Architecture and Product Design, Parsons School of Design
Director, studio ‘patafisico
Spokesperson +Trustee, preservationWorks

Notes:

He liked the idea of a flower. He said that I could go very abstract like his latest designs or go very simplistic to show his early work.
Sketches were too symmetrical unlike Gehry that works with random shapes and sizes.
Add meaning to the shape. Decide which type of flower it is and them look it up to see if there are any symbolic meanings attached.
Research the Rosicrucian Five petaled rose, it is very tight to the history of architecture.
Look up the Five Petaled Rose Invasive. Gehry’s work is all around the world acting like an invasive flower, Do we really need a Gehry building everywhere?
Is more important the process of how you got to an idea and understanding the history of the person than the final product.
Don’t use Rhino to come up with ideas. The program should be used at the end when you have a clear view of what you want and when you have done sketches.
Use cardboard to create models.
Gehry doesn’t care about comfort as seen in his furniture line so you could make people sit anyway you want.

#2
Nicole De Feo
Masters of Architecture from Parsons School of design
Part Time-Lecturer

Don’t start with Rhino, start sketching and doing quick models so that you get all your ideas out and represent them faster.
Rhino is a hard program and that stops the creative process because you are too afraid to damage what you have done. Use it as a tool when you know what you want.
The process of how you get ideas should be the most important part of your research not the end result.
Look up good Architectural firms in New York like Stohetta.
Look up Steven Holl who is an architect that uses watercolors as an inspiration to design his buildings.
Use all your sketches and quick thumbnail models as part of your final presentation, that way you will show that the design you chose was definitely the one that fitted the project the best.

Frank Gehry Presentation seminar

Metal Lotus flower model: