3 x A1 Interactive PDF Posters

http://www.filefront.com/17472713/VITRA PLAYGROUND INTERACTIVE.pdf

QR Codes

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Tiny URL & LAYAR 3D Images

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/24tqqlp


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My experience with Layar ended up running much more smoothly than the previous assignment - with this model actually showing up on the iPhone. Though I did have a few minor problems, regarding the texture, as they had disappeared when I converted the model into Layar3d. Another problem I had was the size of the model being very large, taking up much of the Village Green. All in all, it works - and I was able to actually walk around the model.





Yahoo Pipes:

rss link: http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=71da5a2a44e5621213af713e73a3ae14&_render=rss

Printable PDF Poster

"the VITRA playground" 3xA1 Poster in PDF. Format

http://www.filefront.com/17468570/VITRA PLAYGROUND PRINT.pdf



"the VITRA playground" 3x A1 Poster in JPG. format

Draft Posters

A draft layout of my poster. I am still unsure of whether to have the image of the playground to take up only half the page, or to have it take up the whole page as a background. The image I have used for now is just a progressive image.

Vitra Museum Progress

I have removed some elements of the Vitra museum and added some simple draft colours to some main elements. The colours represent simplicity and playfulness. I plan to make a couple more changes to this reinvention, by modifying, adding and/or removing other elements.

Poster Concepts & Ideas

Playground Ideas & Research

This Mcdonald's ad was being shown on TV recently - the idea of a 'blown up' playground for adults is kind of similar to my aim of redesigning the Vitra Musuem as an enlarged playground.





The following images are parts from different playground, which could be implemented into my idea...

10 textures

Ideas with Re-Inventing the Vitra Design Museum

Concept Ideas from Lecture Week10:

Skate Park
Ruins
Church
Stadium
Sculpture Park
Maze
Playground

My idea to reinvent Gehry's Vitra Museum is to restructure it as a playground for children. The geometries in the museum are reminiscent of those which can be found in child's playground out in the park e.g. the spiral staircase. This idea partly came from Gehry's Chiat/Day building in Venice Beach, California. The 3 elements shown in the facade of the Chiat/Day building almost looks like a bunch of toys lined up next to eachother, suggesting an idea of playfulness in Gehry's work. This idea of playfulness can also be seen in the Vitra Museum with Gehry's juxtaposition of simple and complex geometries. I am planning to reuse these shapes which Gehry has invented, and remodel them as playground elements and put them together again to create a new playground park.

Assignment 02 Progress

Case Study - Chiat Day Building by Frank Gehry

The Chiat Day Building, in Venice Beach California was designed by Frank Gehry, for clients, the Chiat Day Advertising company. The L-Shaped three storey office building sits ontp of three levels of underground parking, which is entered through the large binoculars. The main materials used for the building were precast concrete, steel, stucco and copper sheet metal.

The initial proposal by Gehry was a development of nine three storey buildingsm consisting of shops and offices at ground level, and apartment and artists studios on the upper levels. These earlier proposals differed from the eventual Chiat Day building – in program and materials, as well as site strategy.

The Main Street facade is made up of three distinctive elements.The most distinctive being the centrally placed binoculars, which were created in collaboration with artists Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Van Bruggen. On one side of the binoculars is a curved wall building, evoking 'maritime imagery', and on the other side, are a 'forestlike proliferation' of branching columns, clad in copper.

Due to height restrictions, and the overall configuration of the site, the building extends to the property line on all sides. The location's height limit was 30 feet, so the floor to floor height was limited to ten feet - requiring flat concrete framing and careful planning between services and trades.

Reference:

Frank Gehry: The Complete Works, Francesco Dal Co, Kurt W. Forster, Electa Architecture pp 318-321

http://www.carusostjohn.com/media/artscouncil/artwork/hist_chiat_map.gif

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/052607-006-Chiat-Day.jpg/250px-052607-006-Chiat-Day.jpg

http://www.treehugger.com/chiat-day.jpg

Assignment 02 Group Members

ben aquino
patricia javier
nicon sanchez

Week 1 activity - Folding and Modelling