10 Textures

My 10 textures that relate to my idea are just a collection of bright, vibrant colours.

Each colour will be applied to each element of the construction.

    

Vitra Design Museum - Final model

150 word Concept Text

My idea for re-envisioning the Vitra Design Museum is to use the additive style of elements on the core structure to create a housing development. I plan to use the blocks and other shapes added on to the basic structure to create individual houses which are irregular and dynamic in their appearance

Manarola, Liguria, Italy.

This image is my inspiration for this idea. The main structure of the Vitra Design Museum will act in place of the cliff, and the additive elements will be the houses. I will attempt to replicate the use of colour in this image, as it gives a great sense of depth and individuality between each of the houses.

Portofino, Genoa, Italy

Frank Gehry

The University of Toledo Center for the Visual Arts

The University of Toledo Centre for the Visual Arts is a building by Frank Gehry constructed in 1993. The building is the main facility of the Toledo University's Faculty of Art, and compliments the older Toledo University Art Museum close-by.

The building is modern in style, based around the seminal glass box. The shape of all the elements of the construction are based around primary shapes and forms, a style which is common throughout most of Frank Gehry's works and which can be seen in his Vitra Museum of Design.

Both the interior and exterior spaces have been considered and designed for their use. The interior is largely a white space, with an even grid of support columns spread throughout each space. This highly modern style of interior space, along with the glass walls which surround most rooms creates a space which is conducive to the purpose and use of the building, that of creating and displaying art.

The use of sheet metal throughout the exterior of this building is typical of Gehry's style. Similar use of metal can be seen in his Gehry Tower in Germany, The Guggenheim in Bilbao, and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Calif. This style, as with all of Gehry's buildings, is used to great effect and contrasts well with the glass which is higlhy visible when viewed from the ground.

Vitra Design Museum - Initial model

Interactive poster

I had some trouble uploading my fully interactive pdf, but I will do so as soon as I am able.

Assignment 1 Poster

Re-submitted poster: