Week 7: Refined model

ONGOING PROCESS

Overall I was inspired by modern, industrial-themed homes and living spaces which used simple colours and shades with a combination of natural landforms such as rock faces and trees. 

Images which I used as inspiration for my designs.

Week 6: TUE 24/03/2020

During this day I decided that I wanted to work with a range of different materials to show the consumer my desire of making a modern small living space with some complex details and simple details to add interesting features, textures and light sources.

I began by purchases large paddle pop sticks to use as the floor.

I decided to cut the ends of the sticks and laying them down on the flat surface. I decided to use packaging foam as the base as it's lightweight and stable to hold the entire model together.

Week 6: WED 25/03/2020

During this day I worked on deciding which ceiling design I wanted in my final model. I wanted to create one which can direct light through its folds, have an interesting design and one which can have small openings to resemble skylights.

Range of ceiling designs using different folding techniques

Ceiling design

Week 6: FRI 27/03/2020

I didn't just want to use the materials as they are as it wouldn't resemble my ideas and style I wanted the model to resemble. I initially tried using coffee and tea to stain the sticks to make them a darker shade but this ultimately failed. Therefore I resorted to use a blow torch to slightly burn the sticks to create a dark tint to add a more industrial and modern design to the room.

Laying out sticks to organize what they would look like before glueing them to the packaging foam.

Week 8: TUE 07/04/2020

In my final design, I decided to discard the folded ceiling idea as it disrupted the flow of the space creating too much chaos. To keep it simple I removed this element to allow the lighting to create detail through both of the levels.

Glueing stairs: holding up with random objects

Glueing sticks to stairs.

Creating details to add elements of comfort to the living space.

FINAL REFINED MODEL

Light Movement

Entire Model

Feature wall made from 210gsm black card and folding techniques.

Pillow and figure sitting on the window sill with the silhouettes of vines and plants from outside.  

Light from skylight directing light to the bottom floor.

Roof made from foam board.

The yellow paper represents rocks. The entire room design was inspired by homes which are built upon cliff face and rocks. Wall and stairs are built upon the rocks.

Wall built on rock face.