In this project we were asked to design our ideal “sacred space”. A public place where we could go to relieve our minds and de stress. It was my first chance to design my own space from scratch, learning how to do technicals flats, and the techniques required to make a clean and professional architectural model. It was a great learning experience for me, and overall I am extremely happy with my work. Below, you can view the various steps I went through in the 2 months it took to complete this project.
Brainstorming:
Dreaming up ideas of spaces I would like to make.
Exploring roof pitch, and potential dimensions for the space.
Dream space evolving throughout the pages.
Work in Progress:
First draft of drawings.
First go at putting the space together. Had to work further on attaching the walls, finishing the roof so that it covered and sealed over the edge, adding doors, and modifying the stairs to include a hand rail as well as more realistic rise and run.
Franz Kline inspired art piece to match the modern aesthetic, and repetition of structured lines.
Final Drawings:
These were my final drafts of technical flats. To get to this point of having clean, clear, and concise drawings with measurements and lines that made sense, I went through about 2 other sets of drawings before these.
Final Piece:
Final Mood Board:
On my mood board I wanted to create an aesthetic that clearly matched the one within my piece. I did this by repeating the same natural tones such as brown woods and forest greens. I chose not only to display images of my own work, but to show a vast amount of images that inspired me, and the direct images of Mies Van Der Rohe’s work that I closely worked from throughout the whole process. Mies is my biggest inspiration when it comes to design and architecture, and I really wanted to pay an homage to his work throughout each step of the project. I also chose to include an image of a Hans Wegner chair that I imagined within my space. I feel it matches the aesthetic of the model and also the mood board.
