A3 board for BRIT

In the lesson we were told make a small questionnaire again but this time go around the school asking students and teachers alike what they thought about the BRIT school on a whole and what they'd like to see encompassed in the design of the new building. We were also told to collect images of the BRIT schools buildings and create a mood board like A3 page on what BRIT was like.

Quick concept design sketches on new Selhurst building

Here are just a couple of quick sketches i did on what i thought the new building should look like. My teacher told me not to worry about making it realistic as such now, but to just elaborate on initial ideas and come up with a couple of creative concept designs for the building. Heres what i came up with quickly.

I took inspiration from Igloos, the Ghirkin tower and Arsenals Emirates stadium when creating this concept design. The top two levels of the building would be made of glass panels, allowing views over the rest of the school site and allowing maximum daylight to pass through lighting up rooms considerably. on the bottom level though the building has an opaque out layer because i took into account the large proposed theatre stage and that it would make more sense to have that place be dark. 

Heres an idea for way-finding inside the building. It would be to have giant arrows on the floor and ceiling with the place name you need to find scrolling down digitally inside it. Also each arrow would be colour coordinated with the the place of interest and so would be easily more recognizable with the viewer as they navigate their way round the building.

Visuals For Initial Ideas

My Questionnaire

We were told to come up with questions to ask students on what they'd like to see in the design of the new interior of the building. We had to make sure that our small questionnaire was 'small' and that it had a few simple straight to the point questions in it as apposed to a large number of detailed complex questions which would probably loose our target participants interest.

Your Opinions On What The New Building Interior Should Look Like

1) What kind of style do you want the interior design to incorporate? Eg abstract pattern, urban

2) Is there a preferred medium you'd like to have used? Eg. Video, Paint, Interactive

3) Do you want to have a consistent design throughout the building, or different designs for the different strand blocks?

4) Finally, would you prefer the design to be up tempo and high energy or more subtle and subdued on a whole?

Thank you very much for your time,

Visual Arts & Design Strand

Plans for new school building project

On tuesdays lesson, one of the key architects for the new school building project briefed us on what was in store for the proposed plan. He told us that our part in the project was to come up with visual designs for the signing of the foyer and corridor parts of the building, making sure they were aesthetically pleasing and original but also easy to understand and navigate around the building using them.

Here is a copy of the blue prints of the 1st floor, the grey shaded area is what year 12 art strand will be working on:

Empire State Building, New York

Architect: William F. Lamb of Shreve, Lamb and Harmon Architect Firm
Structural Engineers:  H.G. Balcom of H.G. Balcom and Associates

The Empire State Building was completed in 1931 and is greatly seen as one of the seven wonders of the modern world. while it was being built it was in stiff competition to be the worlds tallest building against other projects like the Chrysler building also of New York. For more than 40 the Empire State stood as the tallest building in the world until it was surpassed by the twin towers (temporerily) however in recent years projects in dubai have topped it and the empire state is now ranked the 15th tallest building in the world. The building was officially opened on May 1, 1931 in elaborate fashion, when the United States President at the time Herbert Hoover turned on the building's lights with the push of a button all way from Washington, D.C. Coincidentally, the first use of tower lights atop the Empire State Building, the following year, was for the purpose of signaling the victory of Franklin D. Roosevelt over Hoover in the presidential election of November 1932. Today the Empire State is a large tourist attraction New York, with its incredible 360 degree views of surrounding Manhatten.

Sydney Opera House, Sydney

Architect: Jorn Utzon

Structural Engineer: Ove Arup & Partners

The image on the left is an original blueprint of the actual concept design of the Sydney opera houe. The architect Utzon recieved the Pritzker prize in 2003, a prestigious award in the architectual world. Completed in 1973, the Opera house is a multi purpose building mainly based on hosting events of performing arts. Its architectual style moves it more towards modern expressionist design due to its abstract look which consists of those incredible enormous shells that make the roof. the Opera  house took 14 years to construct starting in 1959 and finishing in 1973; it is today one of the iconic images and buildings of the 21st century bringing millions of tourists to sydney every year. the building is a cultural attraction for people as its many shows are diverse and some of the most well known in the world.