Architecture A4

Group A4:
Aimee McAvoy, Mark Glover, Diarmuid Porter, Darragh Sherry, Sean Heffernan & Callum Black

Project Title:
P2 Intervention of Making

Introduction to the Project:
We have been asked to make a meaningful intervention that improves the experence of a selected activity space.

The last project we carried out was in Nick's Warehouse in Hill Street, which is situated in the Cathedral Quarter of Belfast. This is an award winning restaurant which is opened for business throughout the day and evening. The building was formally a bond store for the famous "Bushmills" whiskey company. It then became a derelect pigeon loft before being transformed into one of Belfast's most popular restaurants.

After completing P1 assignment we were of the realisation that we would have to limit our intrusion into the daily activities within Nick's Warehouse. Therefore we decided to transfer our P2 assignment to an outdoor alternative location.

Sunday, 24 October 2010

Final Design

For our final design we developed the camera obscura idea.  In order to attract people to our creation we decided to design a "maze".  This would allow people to become more inquisitive about the area and be intrigued about what is in the centre of our space.

This sketch shows the 2D mdf cut outs surrounding the camera obscura box.
The shape of the exterior walls reflect the path of light as it passes through a lens.
The users must walk in the path shown in order to reach the camera obscura box.  When they reach the box, they will be able to see an inverted image of the other users walking along the path through the maze.


Yet we then realised that the mdf cut outs of random shapes had no context.  We wanted to change this and so we changed the design to allow the cut outs to become 5 of the main sites and landmarks in Belfast.  This fulfilled what we first initially wanted...to allow people to see parts of Belfast in the enclosed area of St. Anne's Square.


Final design: Mdf objects include The Waterfront Hall, H &W cranes,
Cavehill, The Albert Clock and St. Anne's Cathedral.

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