WEEK 1:
Our next project involved designing and creating a place to exist. This is a place where I can live, work, play, sleep and eat, therefore function as both a private house and a public space which allows my business to grow. Alongside a workspace I will need to design a display space which will showcase all the objects I have produced for the public to admire and purchase. This brief allowed us to choose our own location for our building however it must abide by 2 rules; has to be situated on a beach with a cliff/mountainous setting behind it. I chose to place my building in Dorset, specifically in Durdle Door. This is a location which I am very familiar with as I live within that area, this made it easier for me to analyse the location, sun path, entry and circulation as I know the location well. For this project my workshop and display space will be used to produce sea glass jewellery, I found this fitting for this brief as the location I have chosen is known for having large amounts of sea glass and therefore if perfect for the products I want to produce.
Once I had chosen a location I completed a host building analysis which allowed me to identify the opportunities and restrictions of the building as well as enabling me to identify the main features of the building. I found that completing the host building analysis was easier and more efficient for this project as I understood the requirements needed to complete one successfully. Alongside this we had to produce an accommodation schedule, this is something that I wasn’t familiar with at the start however once I understood the concept of it I was able to produce one relatively quickly. This helped me to identify what I would need within each space in order to work and live within the building efficiently. (E.g. work bench for the workshop) I believe that I have worked to the best of my ability within this first section of this project and therefore has provided me with a good understanding of what the host building has to offer.
BUBBLE DIAGRAMS:
I was particularly inspired by a new technique I learned within this project, this was producing bubble diagrams to allocate different spaces within the building and provides a more detailed analysis of the entry and circulation between different rooms. I found this incredibly useful as it enabled me to visualise where I should put each room and also allowed me to experiment with different layouts. These can then be placed into zoned diagrams, these are when the bubble diagrams are placed within the scaled plan of the building therefore giving me a better idea of what the space with eventually look like.
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