The ideas behind my design...

Original Design concept:

New design concept for spaces and elevators:
With more thorough research into my two chosen powerful people Zhang Yin and Carlos Slim my original design concept was scrapped and completely changed. With my new concept (below) i wanted to design the spaces to represent my clients rise to power inparticular the way in which they rose to power.

Elevator concept - Pathways
Final design of dining table

Newspaper articles on powerful people

36 Custom Textures

18 perspective drawings

Image captures from developed UT environment

Zhang Yins space (above): Zang Yins rise to power and wealth was through her Entrepreneurship with paper. She literally made billions of dollars through the recycling of American paper and producing boxes to export to China. So my design concept for Yin was to create a space that appears to have grown out of the bridges core through a paper like structure.

View of Yins space (closeup) and Slims space far away


Dining table. materials: aluminium structure with glass top. Creates ultimate reflectiveness.

2nd view of dining table in meeting room

Carlos Slims space (above): Carlos Slim is now the wealthiest man in the world, so his power is exemplified through his wealth. To emphasise Slims power through my design, i decided to exaggerate the roof structure. Thus, the roof seems to hover over the landscape symbolising superiority and strength, both characteristics which Slim possesses.

Aerial shot of Slims space

Slims space (above) aerial shot, in the distance skylights of meeting room and Yins space far right.

Carlos Slims space (inside)

Final Submission: FileFront

Final Submission
http://files.filefront.com/EXP3+V29ut2/;8874594;/f

Tips for entering my spaces.
The game will begin in Zhang Yins space, to move into the waiting room simply stand on the white elevator on the ramp and it will begin to move horizontally.

Once you are in the meeting room and wish to visit Carlos Slims space, the elevator on the right of the room will take you there... just stand on it.

Hope you enjoy my spaces.

MARKING SHEET

Elevator Paths

Yins elevator path


Slims elevator path

DRAFT UT Environments- 4 image captures

Final Submission

FileFront File:

http://hosted.filefront.com/aja88/

My design for both scientist spaces was inspired by a compbination of the axonometrics displayed below.

Electroliquid Aggregation quote: "Mathematical Practices such as equations are considered boring. Geometric Figures however, and the materials that form these figures have a physical affect on the observer and the way they feel."


With the combination of my Electroliquid Aggregation quote and inspiration from my chosen axonometrics the spaces below were formed:

The image above displays the connection between my two spaces through a ramp symbolising the links and similarities expressed through my two chosen quotes by Stephen Hawkings and Florence Nightingale.

The Ramp

Hawking's space

The image above represents the entry to Stephen Hawkings space. The use of extruded blocks in the entry is to express his admiration to geometric shapes and the use of light is to emphasise the tactility of these geometric forms.

The image above represents Florence Nightingale's space. It illustrates the power of materials and how lighting and angling of geometric forms can enhance the affect of materials on the observer.

Other images of space:

Ramp heading towards Florence Nightingale's space

Florence Nightingale's space

Florence Nightingale's space

Florence Nightingale's space

Hawking's Space