5/08/2008

ITDN411 -- Stage 3: Furniture and Fittings (2008)

Stage 3: Furniture and Fittings

One of the key roles of an interior architect is to develop the furniture and fittings of the project. the key challenge of this stage is to develop the funitrue and fittings in a way that reinforces and deepens the conceptual ideas that you attempting to manifest.











3/31/2008

ITDN411 -- Stage 2. Concept (2008)

Stage 2: Concept

A design concept must clearly resolve the requirements of the project in a way that disciplinary, personal, and poetic objectives are met and can be articulated with clarity and credibility. The concept underlies the remainder of the project. It is not a generative idea expected to evolve into something else, it is a commitmnent and however diagrammatic it needs to be thoroughly thought through and checked for feasibility at every foreseeable level.









3/12/2008

ITDN411 -- Stage 1. Predesign (2008)

Making room for the public intellectual
Stage 1: Predesign

Stage 1 is devoted to investigating the contextyal, spatial, environmental,political and programmatic requirements and conditions of the project and producting a reverse brief. Complex projects require rigorous research at the outset to ensure that the conditions of the project are understood before concepts are put in place. Inevitable, some of this research occur by testing various conceptual ideas against the existing conditions to raise issues and highlight problems and oppotunities.

Site: Civic Square
Buildings: City Gallery, Capital E, Michael Fowler centre, Old town hall, Council Chambers, Public library

1. Micro - conditions
a. 3D computer model and 2D existing drawings
b. Exsiting sturcture, ordering systems, existing architectual language
c. Primary circulation routes, capacities, neighbouring infrastructure

2. Macro - conditions
a. Contemporary design issues
b. The role public intellectual
c Music and performance in the city