EXP3: Elevator for Prada(Sketchup draft)

This is a Prada skirt (from PRADA TRANSFORMERS 2009), the style of "layer"is a stimulation to my design of this elevator. These layers are not dead there, on the contrary, they are rotary and floating, which correspond with the movement of elevator.

below are inside-the-elevator shots(in UT)

EXP3: elevator for obama（sketchup draft）

EXP3：36 textures

linear
rotational
scalargradient
flow
disrupt

6 SETS OF “H"(TWO POINT PERSPECTIVE)

EXP3：WEEK1——PATHWAY

EXP3：6 SETS OF “F-SHAPES”(ONE POINT PERSPECTIVE)

FIRST SET: POTENTIAL+COMMUNICATE+ABSTRUSESECOND SET: RECIPROCITY+HIERARCHY+INTERPLAYTHIRD SET: PROGRESSIVE+STRETCH+FIRMNESSFOURTH SET: VIGOR+MASSINESS+RESTRAINTFIFTH SET: COMPLECT+COMMAND+DOMINIONSIXTH SET: DYNAMIC+VERVE+MIGHT

EXP3: THE MASHUP

CLIENT1：MIUCCIA PRADA
POWER KEY WORDS：DISREGARD\LUXURY
ARTICLE REFERENCE：http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,993332,00.html

CLIENT 2：MADONNA
POWER KEY WORDS:MATERIAL\MULTIMEDIA
ARTICLE REFERENCE:
http://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/20/arts/madonna-makes-a-60-million-deal.html


CLIENT3：BARACK OBAMA
POWER KEY WORDS:political\milestone\possibility
ARTICLE REFERENCE: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/us/politics/05elect.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2

THE MASHUP:

Maverick, which was a dusty luggage company, turned into a luxury conglomerate in 2002. With the charge of Pop music's Material girl Madonna and the curious, independent and thoughtful fashion celebrity Miuccia Prada, Maverick then had revenues of about $1.9 billion. One key to their success is “the flat-out disregard--in some cases, the open contempt--for the dictates of fashion.” Prada says “Fear and power do not peacefully coexist”. Another key is the “desire to have more control”. Madonna said that she wants to turn Maverick into a multi-media entertainment company, which not only a fashion-brand company but also consists of music, television, film, and book-publishing divisions.
However, the company has not been immune to the economic downturn and has some challenges ahead. So they called Barack Obama for help. Obama, at that time, was just elected the 44th president of the United States, sweeping away the last racial barrier in American politics with ease as the country chose him as its first black chief executive. He responded by laying out a number of clear promises including to cut taxes. Obama said “If there is anyone who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still questions the power of our democracy, now is your answer.” Then, one thing those two women is unafraid of is a good fight, with the help of Obama, they will have “Success across the Board”.

EXP2: FINAL SUBMISSION——5 images

This is an overall presentation of my UT model:

the Alfred Nobel's labs is front of the vertical surface, and the Keith Campbell's lab is behind the vertical surface.

The key word for Nobel is "annihilate" where the idea of separate labs comes from. instead of building a big lab, I devided it into 3 separate labs which connected by the spiral solid stairs and circular ramp. The ramp appears to be detour at first glance, but it is the most interesting thing in this design, through those ramp people can go from one lab to anothor by very different routes.

The key word for Keith Campbell is "understanding", so i decided to use a simple box shape as Campbell's lab , and plenty of transparent textures were applied in his lab.

As to the meeting place, it seems to the amalgamation of complicated geometries. there are 4 pairs of ramps connecting with meeting place(one outside connected with Nobel's labs; one connected with Campbell's lab; the other two are interconnected meeting place itself).

Below is the three textures applied in my model.

Below is the 5 final images:
Comment relate to "electroliquid aggregation" quote: this pair of sculpture-like ramps in meeting place has an equal strength in both practicality and aesthetic value.
Comment relate to "electroliquid aggregation" quote: technical implications are critical in building such dramatic curved ramps. Comment relate to "electroliquid aggregation" quote: the application of transparent textures and the visible division of different levels provides a clear sense of what is in process in this lab.

EXP2: DOWNLOAD LINK

http://files.filefront.com/DM+ARCH1101+Tianyuan+Fanut2/;13700114;/fileinfo.html