Second Design Idea (Continued)

From the sketches we proceeded to make a model of what this installation would look like. We thought a simple box would keep the internal layout simple because with the sheer amount of things that were going on any other shape would had made things very confusing. A square help give our ideas structure and gave users of the space ease with direction around the space.

In terms of materials used we thought we would naturally try, as students studying Architecture, to keep the budget to a minimum. The frame needed to be structurally stable and sound and with one of our members having experience with wood, timber was the best option. The envelope needed to keep the internal space dry, we thought we cud cover the structure with black bin bags. Overall this would have been relatively cheap and easy to do.

The basic wooden structure for IDEA 2.  It is made using coffee sticks.
The wooden frame was then covered using black card.

Aimee cutting acetate sheets which were used as the
windows of our model

For experimental and investigational purposes we took pictures of a member of the group with the colored acetate sheets in-front of the camera to see if the sheets were translucent enough.

Final IDEA 2 model

IDEA 2 would have been very effective because the way light hits the floor and surrounding walls of the internal space strikes off a calming mood in my opinion. The space could therefore also have been a place to relax from the everyday rush and hectic working environment and thus serving more than one purpose. We did not finish with this idea however we felt that there was room for further development.

IDEA 2 was all about playing with natural light and subtly suggested that maybe a camera was the way to go. What was the first camera and how did it work? It is the camera obscura. The light goes through the lens bending it. The light coming from the flash bulb gives the picture tone. This information helped us develop onto IDEA 3.