Progress Report 1
This week we set a focus on finding a strong basis to set our ideas upon and therefore instead of practical work, shifted our direction towards the thought process that we felt should logically be done prior to any sort of physical or visual creation. It was important to analyse the current area of COLAB since we were looking on ways to improve and in particular what aspects of the area were to be changed. Through consideration of how the learning space may ‘influence’ those who are using the facility of COLAB, we brought over the idea from our proposal that it should be a learning environment that encourages students to collaborate and feel more willing to merge with the other classes. It has been noticeable throughout the year that very few times do students cross over to at least inspect what the other classes are doing, thus suggesting that there is the lack of connection that is presumably desired by the teachers of COLAB. In our design it was necessary to understand the sort of audience we are dealing with and understand the context in which we are recreating an area. Certain ideas of design which arose included a modernism within architecture. The idea of uniqueness heavily resonates from work throughout the COLAB department and is woven throughout the work that we do, strongly encouraged, however it is also important to be careful with the extent to which we express this uniqueness. Thus we have decided that it is essential to work within boundaries and not entirely change everything, also preferably meet the needs of functionality over aesthetics. We ‘could’ create a really unique and interesting COLAB environment, but it may also likely cause more problems for example distraction within the learning environment. If we were to implement lots of vibrant colours it may pull a lot of attention, however if we use softer tones as such we may be able to produce a functional area that is modernistic yet remains as environment that supports positive learning. Ultimately we are striving for more collaboration for students and will attempt to do so through the design. Therefore a lot of attention needs to be allocated in particular to materials and construction - “How can we make this environment more collaborative.” To be blatantly honest the current area of COLAB is already a reasonably nice environment to work in all respects, however there is nothing that is necessarily very inviting to cross over to the other side and work with the other classes. This therefore could be an issue of other factors, but I feel as though in essence COLAB is very dependent on the willingness of students to collaborate. I think perhaps if we were more within vision of each other (class A à class B) it wouldn’t be as awkward. I myself, only know 4 people from the other class and that is because they are my brother’s friends. Our idea of partial resolution to this issue is creating inevitable connection between the students of different classes within a special environment could potentially change this sort of issue, at this stage we are still generating concepts as we are still defining whether we should completely combine the classes and entirely live up to the name of ‘COLAB,’ or should we increase the transparency, also moving the classes closer together. Additional to consideration of the idea of making COLAB a more collaborative environment, we also want to apply some level of creative flair to the environment, careful not to rule out the functional side of the design. I guess you could say through we will incorporate a sense of ergonomics into the design, overall comfort- (mentally, encouraging and physically in terms of accessibility). By applying ideas of architectural modernism ‘form’ should follow ‘function,’ thus “collaboration” should be placed as a central, key aspect of influencing the visual outcome of what is produced. This further links onto the ideas of simplicity within the design and subsequently branching off into structural/functional + aesthetic judgement There is a lot of pre-search and consideration required as this has proved to be a relatively difficult task to balance out. Based off discussions with classmates there in fact is almost nothing besides the aspect of collaboration which can be considered to in some way enhance the current area. Therefore, while we look forward to the side of freely engaging with the task to develop this special design, there is pressure to void regression in comparison to the current status of the COLAB environment. I think what we may be seeking deep down is ‘unity’ through design. Our next step is to start the visualisation through digital means process where we will initiate with our design. Structural design will be followed my texturizing as appropriate. References of research: Unknown. (2003). Simplicity and clarity of forms and elimination of "unnecessary detail." Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Modern_architecture Charlotte.J. (1995). The issue is the relationship between objects, or parts, of a whole. Retrieved from http://char.txa.cornell.edu/language/principl/principl.htm Ines.H. (2013).Some of these products have been around for ages but were previously used in different contexts or environments; today's production techniques have helped simple materials achieve sophisticated designs. Retrieved from http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/13107036/list/10-unusual-interior-materials-for-high-end-custom-appeal -Note: Further information and research was also obtained through classmates, essentially treated as stakeholders that withhold important opinions and feedback. Ryan Sue - 14872198 Progress Report
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