Studeo_Studio Grid

The grid has arrived, and we're now filling it with out studios! A futuristic housing complex perhaps?

Final Studeo Model

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Stills from the 1920 film 'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari', one of the earliest horror films made. The small interior spaces and odd angles in the walls and windows reminded me of what I was exploring with my studio model. These images also gave me some great inspiration for photographing my model, which you can see in the next post.

 

Focussed Inspiration for Studeo

 

Athfield Architects

 

City Sights

 

Really enjoying the opportunities I now have living in Auckland to practise my photography of architecture. This is a view from my balcony, planning on heading out with my camera one afternoon soon and taking on the city.

Fun with ArchiCad

My first go trying out ArchiCad. We were encouraged to 'mess around'.
I think I show a lot of promise.

 

 

 

Swedish Prefabs

Claesson Kovisto Rune: Tind Prefab Houses

Really great example of pre-fabricated homes, something I'm thinking about with Studeo_Studio. I think the recessed windows are very visually interesting, and I always love the lightness of Scandinavian interiors. Great to be able to see the drawings at the bottom as well.

Studeo Models

My first model to explore the studio. I have been focusing on the different ways to allow light into the space and the casting of shadows to create geometric shapes inspired by Eliasson's Reimagine.

 

Studeo_Studio

The first workshop I'm doing in Design 1 is Studeo_Studio. We were asked to 'spatialize' a 2D image with sketches and models, to work towards designing our own interior space. 

Olafur Eliasson, Reimagine, 2002. 

Installation view at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art on the occasion of Take your time: Olafur Eliasson; 

photo: Ian Reeves, courtesy SFMOMA; © 2009 Olafur Eliasson

The image of Olufur Eliasson’s Reimagine, grabbed my attention very quickly because of its illusion to perspective. The two dimensional projection seems to perfectly capture the concept of turning 2D to 3D, by arranging trapezoidal shapes into the suggestion of a room.

The main response I had to Eliasson’s image (other artists including James Turrell, Dan Flavin, Chillida) was my fascination with the light defining spaces within a space. Does a room feel larger or smaller, when separated into specific segments and/or defining each wall from the others? The smoke of Eliasson’s Your Blind Movement would surely feel claustrophobic, yet the border of the space you are occupying is unapparent.

S. Maria Annunciata, in Chiesa Rossa
Dan Flavin, ‘Untitled’, 1996.
Photo: Daniele Aulenta

The differentiated spaces lead my thoughts to kitset construction, each wall or shape could be seen as a component. Further research into the Reimagine installation showed me that the shapes constantly moved, appeared and disappeared, therefore continually forming different spaces. Perhaps a great benefit of a kitset studio would be the ability to control and create the space yourself.

Finally, many of my drawings focus on the cut out in the internal wall, suggested to me by the Reimagined image. This feature explores the idea of aligning lines and views within rooms to create optical illusion. I am currently unsure of the effect this would have on you perception of space while standing static, but would surely make for more dynamic movement through the studio.