Whilst consolidating the work I have created so far, I decided to combine the dome structure (exaggerated form of the tape measure) and the 'measurement' print aesthetic. I would use the tape as dividers throughout the ground floor of the seating area. This would result in much of the seating area to resemble booths.
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Each booth would have a measurement number, which would correlate with the order system at the restaurant.
The globe shaped dome would be in the centre of all the surrounding booths. This means it would act as a piece of sculpture for the diner's experience.
[sketch]
Additionally, I revisited the anamorphic urban art that was created in Brazil and found that there was an anamorphic image in the toilets of the Victoria and Albert Museum. The interactivity of having to move to a specific angle to view the correct perspective of the image is a characteristic I wanted to integrate into the booths as well. From this point I discovered Felice Varini, who had created these anamorphic illusions on very large scales.
Materials.
As I began to look into materials for my structure, I initially thought it was a tensile structure. I then discovered a book called 'New Tent Architecture' by Philip Drew. From this book I found a steel structure that I wanted to incorporate within my 'globe'. The structure came from the 'Dynamic Earth Centre', Edinburgh (Hopkins Architects). I really admired the aspect of it being interactive in an unusual space. From seeing this structure I realised that it was possible to create the outer layer of the structure in steel, and using a fabricated tent material would not be ideal to have long term stability.
[sketches]
Each booth would have a measurement number, which would correlate with the order system at the restaurant.
The globe shaped dome would be in the centre of all the surrounding booths. This means it would act as a piece of sculpture for the diner's experience.
[sketch]
Additionally, I revisited the anamorphic urban art that was created in Brazil and found that there was an anamorphic image in the toilets of the Victoria and Albert Museum. The interactivity of having to move to a specific angle to view the correct perspective of the image is a characteristic I wanted to integrate into the booths as well. From this point I discovered Felice Varini, who had created these anamorphic illusions on very large scales.
Materials.
As I began to look into materials for my structure, I initially thought it was a tensile structure. I then discovered a book called 'New Tent Architecture' by Philip Drew. From this book I found a steel structure that I wanted to incorporate within my 'globe'. The structure came from the 'Dynamic Earth Centre', Edinburgh (Hopkins Architects). I really admired the aspect of it being interactive in an unusual space. From seeing this structure I realised that it was possible to create the outer layer of the structure in steel, and using a fabricated tent material would not be ideal to have long term stability.
After finding this 'steel cage', I then experimented with different types of compositions that could could be created with the steel.
[sketch]
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As I struggled to find much information on typography/graphics on buildings, I visited the British Library, where I found a book called 'Forms in Modernism A
Visual Set – The unity of typography, architecture & the design arts.' It didn't exactly present actual buildings that had typography printed on the exterior. The focal point of the book spoke about how architecture and typography both influenced each other in the Modernist period. Although it wasn't what I was looking for, it was interesting to read about these aspects of Modernism.
