A 4 Architecture: Testing the Camera Obscura

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

Testing the Camera Obscura

We made a model of the camera obscura using black card, tracing paper and masking tape. On the front of the box there was a hole which light travels through and the back of the box consists of tracing paper which was kept in the dark to allow the image to be inverted. The image was hard to see and therefore this model was unsucessful.

We placed a sheet over the camera obscura to keep the back
of the camera in darkness and the front of it in light. It was
important to do this to achieve a clear, focused image.