FINAL PRESENTATION.

BEAUTIFUL WORDS.

A multi-scaled exploration into the creation of atmosphere using light, colour and texture. Particularly focused on experimentation with various systems of [offset] paneling, their relationship to the user and the sense of atmosphere they evoke.

This investigation exists within context of the spatial beliefs of New Zealand architectural theorist Julieanna Preston, especially those regarding the architectural envelope. Preston believes that architecture should be considered to be porous: a sieve; a valve; a facilitator. Allowing the envelope to become a riparian edge and blurring the ideas of wet and dry; hard and soft; in and out; and reflective of both those who inhabit it and the landscape in which it is situated.

THE JEWELLERY

Prototypes were composed of various forms of paneling connected using thin rods in the form of manipulated curtain pins. Of particular interest was the way in which light reacted to such forms and the different relationships between the paneling.

THE JEWELLERY BOX.

Intended to appear simple and ambiguous from the exterior, giving only clues as to its interior. A level of porosity is achieved through varying density levels, visible when light travels through the plastic. The box is customized for each item of allowing them to become lost within its box reflecting the dissolving of the traditional relationship between body and landscape as occurs when a body is submersed in water.

THE ELEVATOR SHAFT / ATRIUM SPACE.

A large scale building influenced by both the interior space created by its envelope and the site in which it is situated. It gives the impression that it extends to infinity, this being achieved through the refractive nature of fragmented glassand  the constant movement of the individual components, traced by the elongated steel cables and rods on which they are suspended. Visually the experience for those both inside and outside of the building is blurred, allowing some understanding of the world on the other side although remaining mostly ambiguous. The façade panels have been designed to concertina and slide past each other allowing movement of elevator cages whilst retaining a completely weather-tight exterior.

THE ELEVATOR CAGE.

A more in-depth investigation into the occupiable spaces within the atrium. The forms of which are determined through the extension of prominent lines within the rest of the façade.