selina

Recent drawings

Fri, 16 Jun 2006 05:07:05 +0000

Perspective 01:

Top Plan:

Section AA - Front_to_Back:

Section BB - Back_to_Front:

Section Model

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 02:19:27 +0000

Spent the weekend building this model - have run out of piano wire so haven't been able to do the PROJECTION surfaces - so it looks very open at the moment. It's a chunk from the middle of the building.

Concept Model

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 02:10:40 +0000

Bit of a late post but here's the completed concept model.

Tri-surfaces

Mon, 29 May 2006 23:58:12 +0000

Three surfaces are at play in the gallery -

Enclosure

Projection

Sequence

Gallery elasticA

Mon, 29 May 2006 23:46:04 +0000

From static to elastic... the new gallery typology surface transformation.

Top view:

Front view:

Side view left:

Perspective:

Surface modelling .05

Mon, 29 May 2006 23:42:12 +0000

More work in progress images...

Surface modelling .04

Tue, 23 May 2006 09:10:13 +0000

Work in progress... the last 3 days have been filled with welding a modelling frame for Gallery ElasticA -

The idea being to design the gallery from the inside-out.

Surface modelling .03

Mon, 15 May 2006 13:53:02 +0000

OK, so using the free-standing surfaces I began to experiement with forming sequences of space that would correspond with lighting requirements for projected art...

S1 Open space_Ambient light
S2 Circulation space_Orientation light
S3 Semi-controlled Exhibition Space_ Restricted light
S4 Fully-controlled Exhibition Space_Focused light

Sample configuration - Fully-controlled + Orientation

Surface modelling .02

Mon, 15 May 2006 13:25:02 +0000

So my initial designs were a tad random, so I've picked one surface from my light form and set about a physical model to determine how this surface can be employed to ENCLOSE space and light.

First I used PVA - thought it might fast fix the surface so I could do away with the perspex box and have a free-standing surface element to play with...

It was quick and cheap but floppy so decided to go into production with resin...

Surface modelling

Sun, 14 May 2006 13:07:10 +0000

This follows my initial experiments in surface forms... there are 3 surfaces at play here - Light, Sequence and Enclosure.

Light:

Enclosure:

Sequence:

Graphics.04

Fri, 12 May 2006 17:48:16 +0000

Further developments on a graphic line... portfolio logos / layout

Graphics.03

Wed, 10 May 2006 16:08:18 +0000

Throughout the year I have revisited my manifesto and adapted it as the program developed.

I created posters to capture key statements during this process.

Static space - Elastic space

Wed, 10 May 2006 15:26:11 +0000

The concept of two complexly connected architectural units is a result of the striking inter-woven situation of the building site.

The eighteenth century stately, stuccoed buildings of the ICA on The Mall can be read clearly as an institution. It stands for all that is known in the everyday world. In contrast to this 25~8 reveals insights into the future; it is an elastic space of undiscovered realms and countless transitions.

Within 25~8 the present and the future, the known and the still unknown and the still unknown are conceived in a spatial arrangement configured to provoke public curiosity. As an extension of the ICA, located on the 1st floor terrace, a new urban art space is expressed; a terrain consisting of access ramps and light diffusing surfaces merging the inside and theoutside and resulting in a dynamic sequence of spatial events. In this way, an energised complex is created which corresponds ideally to the diversity of creative exchange.

This drawing represents my starting point for 25~8. The light of my elastic.LIGHT is enclosed within the form, and through a combination of surfaces, light and shadow is woven through the structure to create an intimate and dynamic environment.

25~8 will be designed from inside out, beginning with light

Graphics.02

Wed, 10 May 2006 15:21:58 +0000

Continuing with graphic explorations and alternative forms of communicating my programme of elastcity, I developed a series of booklets. The narrative is not sequential but uses snapshot references from my elastic.LIGHT architecture manifesto.

The spreads and application of physical devices such as elastic constraints and french folds aim to encourage the reader to interact more closely with the media to decipher the message within. This reflects the programme - curiosity and interaction with the light form reveals the intricacies of the woven structure and releases the textural impact of light and shadow.

25~8 Gallery Agenda

Wed, 10 May 2006 14:55:37 +0000

The future society will be a society of 24x7 data access. However, this information can hardly be split into clearly defined fields. Innovations develop within interspaces, within indistinctness, within the overlapping and hybridising. Questions regarding the future will be decided within transitional fields situated between technology, media and consumers.

Morphology of form, infiltration, permutation, spontaneity, transmission and transient variables have an affect on architecture. The resulting architecture is characterised by the interactions, fusion and mutation of different entities constituting a new shape.

The concept of the design of the new gallery is based on the ideology of redefining the meaning of gallery in the 21st century. The 25~8 gallery dies not consider itself as an exclusive temple for the intellectual bourgeoisie but as a public hub providing access to the media innovations of our age.

Stimulating a direct and active use, it is not only a gallery site but also a venue in the city. The architecture hybridises the typology of a gallery with the typology of an urban public space.