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MA INTERIOR DESIGN STUDIO
M A 2 1 Featuring the work of MA Interior Design Studio UEL - August 2021 Published in the United Kingdom in 2021 By University of East London University Way Royal Docks London E16 2RD MA interior Design Programme leader Anastasia Karandinou 2020-21 MA Interior Design Students: Atefeh Sargazi Cherine Shawa Dalal Abdullah Georgette Wilthew Gozde Tuncbilek Maria Gradinar Mohammad Farahani Omnia Al Temnah Siclania Barroso Sonia Nohemy Medina Munoz Teinane Chibuike Jesse Warekuromo Yesim Yumrutas Get in touch Instagram : @uel_mainteriordesign Website: urbanlivingroom.tumblr.com
ABOUT US
MA INTERIOR DESIGN STUDIO Exclusion, social isolation and loneliness have been reported to be increasing in urban environments. Although things get worse with the current pandemic, social isolation was already a major issue, deteriorating people's health and quality of life. Governments, campaigners, designers, amongst others, have raised such concerns and efforts are being made to interrogate and address the issue. With more than half of the global population living in cities, and with this number increasing - according to predictions - to one third of the population, things can get worse. Architecture, planning and design can create conditions that enable social inclusion, communication, empowerment, and allow people to connect with others. This year's design projects addressed this issue through design experimentation, as well as through specific design proposals, that we developed during the first and second semester.
COMMUNITIES, SOCIAL ISOLATION, LONELINESS AND NEW DOMESTICITIES The Displayz The first exercise we started our first semester, was Displayz, a creative playful exercise, during which we explored the juxtaposition between places, activities and people, and the meanings emerging through these disjunctions. Through photography and collage, we aimed to communicate different meanings and narratives by the means of critical juxtaposition.
The Egg & The City By Sonia Medina We live in loneliness, inside our eggs. When we crack our shells it's painful, living in loneliness there is pain but trying to leave our comfort is more painful. The Egg represents states of depression, loneliness, social anxiety that cause us to shield ourselves from the outside (the city). We adapt but the process is never easy or painless, the egg must be cracked.
The Egg & The City By Sonia Medina
Heal By Maria Gradinar Through this image I think again about tolerance, and kindness, kindness to ourselves and others, of embracing the flaws and failures and making the best out of them.
Brainwash By Maria Gradinar A reflection on the amount of information and news we are bombarded with, which could be tiring and misleading at times; it is also a reflection on acceptance and tolerance, of embracing the diversity and flaws, In a time where certain standards of beauty and success are promoted.
Locked By Georgette Wilthew
Psychological effects of technology By Siclania Barroso Juxtaposition photography of the technological influences it has on kids which can be interpreted in different ways.
New Paths By: Omnia Al Temnah & Dalal Abdullah
New Paths By: Omnia Al Temnah & Dalal Abdullah
Together By: Omnia Al Temnah & Dalal Abdullah
Make new places By: Omnia Al Temnah & Dalal Abdullah
Human in an Empty World By Yesim Yumrutas Juxtaposition. I have created the photograph making use of patterns and juxtaposition. The gap in the puzzle breaks the pattern since we expect to see another car. And the person appears in contrast between humankind and the manufactured.
Stereotypes By: Mohammad Farahani They are so powerful that they might turn your mind blind! It's not about the vision; it's about cognition and awareness.
Social isolation, Communication &Loneliness By Atefeh Sargazi
Hope, Life, Aging & Care By Atefeh Sargazi
Rise Again By Cherine Shawa
COMMUNITY WORKSHOP SHED-LIFE PROJECT The "Shed life" interior exercise, involved the design of interior elements, furniture and lighting for a small community meeting space in East London. This project is part of an ongoing research and community engagement project, aiming at battling loneliness and social isolation through designing and creating a place that welcomes collaboration, creation and interaction between locals. Shed Life initiated in 2018 by the Thames Tenants Residents Association, local resident Pam Dumbleton and Humourisk Artistic Director, Susie Miller Oduniyi. Their aim has been to design a space where people of different ages, including older men and teenagers, who feel lonely and isolated can engage in meaningful for them activities and become part of a community. The site of the Shed life is within the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, and more specifically in the open space on the South side of Sue Bramley Children's Centre. The specific site has been underused over the past few years, and Shed life aims to revitalise it with activities addressed to the local groups. The Unit 4 UEL Masters in Architecture (MArch) programme, led by Alan Chandler has engaged with this project over the past year, has conducted several consultations with the locals and the Humourisk partners, and has designed the exterior, which has already acquired planning permission for building it in 2021.
Shed Life community workshop North wall - Multifunctional gallery and storage with movable work surface Desgin: Group work by the MA Interior Design students. Render: Dalal Abdullah and Omnia Al Temnah.
During our first consultation with the locals we have initiated an activity that might open up some conversation. We started to draw on the floor with chalk, exploring different scenarios for the space. By now we knew that we have to create a space that would fulfil as many functions as possible, yet keeping it very clear and easy to move through. The people shy at first, started to open up as well, and become part of the drawing on the pavement activity. One of the men suggested the idea of creating some kind of modular furniture, that would fulfil multiple functions.
Photos of the meeting and conversations with the locals Desgin: Group work by the MA Interior Design students.
Shed Life community workshop Desgin: Group work by the MA Interior Design students. Axonomentric by: Sonia Medina.
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Shed Life community workshop Multifunctional Gallery + Storage with movable work surface and dedicated work area by southwindow Desgin: Group work by the MA Interior Design students. Render: Dalal Abdullah and Omnia Al Temnah.
The concept behind our design was the result of multiple consultations with the group of locals. We have conducted live and zoom meetings, and also had organised a mini internal competition as part of the design process. The concept behind the final proposal, was based on the multiple needs of the people, who expressed diverse passions. Because of this diversity we wanted to create a space that could fulfil as many functions as possible, it is flexible and adaptable in time. We took inspiration from the external grid of the shed, the U-build system modularity, and we proposed our own grid for the interior of the space. The scheme of the interior is supposed to change functions, depending on people's needs, from a workshop or cafe area, could transform in an exhibition gallery. The design itself it is aimed to encourage interaction between the locals, a game in itself, of learning together and express their creativity. The materials are consciously selected, natural and sustainable materials, such as plywood and cork, and natural tones with greenery, for a relaxing atmosphere.
Shed Life community workshop Multifunctional Gallery + Storage with movable work surface and dedicated work area by southwindow Desgin: Group work by the MA Interior Design students. Plan layout render: Siclania Barroso Render: Dalal Abdullah and Omnia Al Temnah.
Shed Life Community Workshop North wall elevation Desgin: Group work by the MA Interior Design students. Section Render: Siclania Barroso
Shed Life Community Workshop South wall elevation Desgin: Group work by the MA Interior Design students. Section Render: Siclania Barroso
URBAN LIVING ROOM Community building, participation and social inclusion in the times of the pandemic In the second term,the theme of social inclusion, participation, empowerment and community building was explored further through the Community ,Living Room, project , developed and run in collaboration with Brunel Museum and its director, Dr Cathy Putz, as well as the local communities. Following rigorous research of the history of the site, of the local communities and everyday life, consultation with the local communities and representatives of the Museum, we had to map the site and create a sociable "living room" to facilitate community engagement, empowerment and interaction in the times of the pandemic and beyond. This communal had to be made out of a number of designed interventions; design elements. Our research and mapping were aimed to reveal the programme; activities adequate to this context, and in consultation with the locals and their representatives we designed spaces for certain events to happen. The approach was to conduct a thorough research, through which we had to identify the nature of the spaces we design as well as their function. These interventions did not necessarily have to have a conventional use; on the contrary, the use, the function of the intervention could be invented by us.The function could, for example, be a
new kind of activity that does not comply within the conventional design programmes. These "living rooms" could be created by bigger or smaller designed interventions, and some of the elements should be mobile/ able to be moved elsewhere if needed. The interventions should not be seen as generic pop-up pods for different activities to happen but rather as a meaningful, provocative, participatory installation project. In the time of the pandemic public spaces has acquired new uses and meanings, so this had to be considered. Apart from final designs, the aim of this module was also to develop strong, rigorous, poetic design processes and methods, which would drive and communicate our design thesis. The design exercises addressed the themes of displacement and disjunction, performative mapping and participatory processes.
The Egg & The City By Sonia Medina The process of creating layers, strata coming from The Egg & The City revealing texture and fleeting moments.
The Egg & The City By Sonia Medina The concept of shell, egg as an embodiment of isolation translated into interventions, as a result of the performative aspect of the egg.
Color Study Mapping By Sonia Medina The shades of an environment reveal atmospheric tone and historical accent. Brick tones and grey tones are present throughout the site, muted tones, and textures.
Soundscaping By Sonia Medina A 'space' is a location with area and volume it becomes a 'place' once people attach meaning and value to it. Using sound waves to represent intangible or unseen qualities of a site. Recording Rotherhithe Station's sound and playing it through embroideries metaphorically coming in and out the floor, following the sound wave mapping.
Foldable Cake Pop-Up By Sonia Medina Foldable structure for pop-up / mobile cake stand. Brunel Museum volunteers bake cakes and the museum sells them. The proposal is a movable stand, bicycle-drive.
Distancing Together By Sonia Medina and Georgette Wilthew City Bench proposal for Petticoat Market in London. Concept design is based on loneliness due to isolation and forced separation. Parametric bench plywood profiles cut using CNC.
Locked in shared spaces By Georgette Wilthew
Undisclosed spaces By Georgette Wilthew
Tracking movement By Georgette Wilthew and Sonia Medina
Mapping Embroideries By Georgette Wilthew and Sonia Medina The thread is the people who live, walk and navigate spaces wrapping the nails.
Tunnel Eyes By Maria Gradinar Collages depicting different activities around the Brunel museum area during the pandemic.
Piano Stairs By Maria Gradinar Collages depicting different activities around the Brunel museum area during the pandemic.
Performative mapping By Maria Gradinar Close observation of the everyday activities taking place on the site.
Cinema in two By Maria Gradinar Social isolation
The Stage By Maria Gradinar
Shell Collector Wearable machine By Maria Gradinar
Design installation is a a sculptural piece that developed gradually, and it is the result of the creative process I have developed. The final shape goes way back to an initial observation from the site, which was the activity of collecting shells. The stage fulfils multiple uses in the public sphere, it is whatever the audience wants it to be. It is aimed to be a seating area, or a stage for performance at times. It could also be used as a playful installation for children, or a romantic spot to admire the views. The stage is comprised of a "path" and "two ends", which represent the connection between the Brunel museum and the waterfront. The stage is open to interpretation, and is up to people imagination and spontaneity how they want to approach it.
Duality, disjunction & harmony contrast By:Dalal Abdullah
Locked possible impossibles By:Dalal Abdullah
Visual field performative mapping By: Omnia Al Temnah & Dalal Abdullah 3-dimensional performative map represents the visual dialogue process. Sticks are the windows columns in building facades, and/or an interesting view that are linked by the threads which are the connection and visual contact between those elements.
Panoeye Wearable body machine By: Omnia Al Temnah & Dalal Abdullah Satisfy the desire to stare beyond the possibilities
Leaving traces, Skate markers body extension By: Omnia Al Temnah & Dalal Abdullah Mark making: leaving traces through everyday activities. A Performative experiment mapping human movement through markers attached to custom-made roller skates.
Rooms By: Omnia Al Temnah & Dalal Abdullah The poetic meanings of social interaction through windows have been investigated through Mapping the visual connections, which leads to designing a three-dimensional sculptural cubical structure (ROOMS). The urban installation accommodates seating elements and a poetic reflection of interconnected rooms of closed buildings that offer various frames, views, and dynamic neighborhoods contacts and gatherings of the local community.
Rooms By: Omnia Al Temnah & Dalal Abdullah
Extend, a visual tie-up design intervention By: Omnia Al Temnah & Dalal Abdullah As a result of the performative visual mapping, this intervention is forming an installation that works as a window, a window of extension. A grand window, a harvest of all surrounded buildings, and the view's values communicate their intimacy, dreams, memories, and social culture.
Social Space By: Omnia Al Temnah & Dalal Abdullah Mapping of the visual connections - leading to the designing of three-dimensional sculptural installation that accommodate seating elements and a backdrop for popup performances, events and gatherings of the local community
Rotherthine site analysis By Siclania Barroso Analysing the key buildings, demographics and activities of the site and designing spatial interventions that encourage playfulness and interaction.
Rotherthine historical timeline analysis By Siclania Barroso Analysing key historical events that happened in Rotherthine throughout the years
Rotherthine COVID-19 performative mapping and body extension By Siclania Barroso Performative mapping that illustrates the affects and changes of the COVID-19 virus in Rotherthine, London.
Body Extension By Siclania Barroso Body extension visualisation of a wearable hat machine that detects the distance between users.
LFA City bench competition By Siclania Barroso, Maria Gradinar & Atefeh Sargazi Rendered site map and sections of the chosen location for the city LFA bench competition. The sound wave of the word care transcribed into a three-dimensional form, which became a seating element.
Making the invisible visible. By Gozde Tuncbile & Cherine Shawa This map demonstrates the transition between past and present. It consists of superimposed tracing paper layers that used invisible ink like a pen to create a secret mapping and abstract appearance. The first layer at the bottom indicates the present and the second layer, the past. Anyone who looks at the tracing paper layers will not be able to see any information unless they put it under a UV light.
Paradox between reality and imaginary By Gozde Tuncbile & Cherine Shawa While we are creating the body extensions and philosophy underneath, we sketched first then experienced with the black tape. we put the camera on the ceiling and started to trace our sketches on the floor included ourselves. Moreover, new ideas occurred to us and it helped to improve our ideology.
Association device By Gozde Tuncbile & Cherine Shawa Communicating each other from one side of the Thames River to the other side... This device has been revised numerous time and executed twice. First, it has been started with sketching and got some inspiration from rhythm, sea ears, mazes and pulleys as the sketches indicate on the next page. The left side of the device illustrates the maze, the front side indicates rhythm. Sea ears are for listening to the river and communicating
Crystallisation By Gozde Tuncbile The association device was converted into spatial intervention which includes an exhibition wall, coffee stand and, sitting area next to the Thames River view. This intervention creates a breath-taking atmosphere and allows the visitors to enjoy their time. As materials, cylindrical led lights are used for the structure to create an illuminative ambience. Then translucent elements and glasses are added to complete the design.
The collapse of time By Gozde Tuncbile "A clock that removes the right time restores the true time".The normal measurement of time that we use in our daily life is not accurate. It is showing the same numbers and revealed that every day is the same - a paradox. Or, we can simply turn the hourglass upside down to get the time back but it is a falsehood. This time tower indicates the real-time.
LFA Bench Competition By Gozde Tuncbile &Yesim Yumrutas The colourful, joyful, cheerful design will accommodate visitors safely and comfortably. St. Paul Cathedral is a historic and one of the essential significant religious building. The area has surrounded by significantly detailed and formerly structures. The concept proposed to build something the opposite playful, joyful and colourful atmosphere for the community. The design can bring up people enthusiastic childhood memories to this very formal environment. The puzzle bench also aims to get tourists attraction instantly. People, especially kids, can have fun spending time on this colourful puzzle bench.
"Linked in" Playing with a Line By Cherine Shawa
Self Isolation & Limited Circulation By Cherine Shawa
Projecting the history of Brunel By Cherine Shawa
Carriage Bench Design By Cherine Shawa
Collages on how the current pandemic affects our life By Yesim Yumrutas
Looking from different Perspective and Drawing Machine By Yesim Yumrutas The perspective design aims to connect and interact with people. In this ideology, I located an interventional design on the edge of the River Thames. The perspective frame within a particular strategy to the Rotherhithe area to capture attention to the other side of the river. This approach can precisely create an interaction with the site. I have designed a robotic mechanical arm that draws itself without touching the pen. I made the imprint of the movement with the arm intervention design. This experiment of a robotic mechanical arm that draws itself extruded a created 3D dimensional space differently. I also overlayed the drawing machines line over the top of the map to show people intervention in the area.
Creating a space with Pattern By Yesim Yumrutas I have created a wearable body extension. On the dress, each fan represents space, and I mainly aim to show these images of body movement into space, similar to Tschumi and Wigglesworth. The focal point was how Tschumi transcribes film into space, exploring his montage technique and Sarah Wigglesworth dining table ideology. I was influenced by how they have transcribed those methods into spatial design. I used their method of transcribing, tracing, mapping the pattern to design a place. The design consists of a sitting area to connect people, especially locals.
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Creating a space with Pattern By Yesim Yumrutas My primary aim was with this pattern to create the method of transcribing drawing into a spatial design to show what I learned from Tschumi and Wigglesworth designing ideology. Therefore, the square pattern and isolation body extension with a box on my head allowed me to transcribe pattern drawing to create a spatial design.
Visible and Invisible, Present and Past, Inclusion and Exclusion By Atefeh Sargazi
The library pod's design was inspired by the idea of social distancing body fan, and its location was selected based on the most popular pedestrian routes. By Atefeh Sargazi
Verbal and Visual Connection with the Communication machine By Atefeh Sargazi
Verbal and Visual Connection with the Communication machine By Atefeh Sargazi
Sound map analysis By: Mohammad Farahani By conducting a semi-scientific research around the site location, the 3 busiest locations of the site, were determined through the use of a decibel meter. A respective map of the following findings was created, which was the method for determining the location of the spatial intervention(Benches).
LFA - Bench Design By: Mohammad Farahani The concept behind this bench is a sense of community and growth, The Tetris-like style was implemented. This bench will appeal to every demographic and its highly interactive feature makes it a multifunctional piece of art.
Loneliness By: Mohammad Farahani Sanitizers are the new friends during the pandemic.
Wearable Machine By: Mohammad Farahani During this pandemic majority of people preferred to have minimal social interaction and distanced themselves from other people. As a result, the concept of the wearable machine (body extension) was born.
The idea for the bench was formed through the refinement of hedgehog-inspired body extension notion, and the creation of a larger model as well as rotating it. By: Mohammad Farahan
Collage through time by Teinane Warekuromo Visual analysis of the evolution through time and the contrast between Victorian Rotherhite and the early Thames tunnel and modern Rotherhite and the Brunel Museum.
Atmospheric representations of the Brunel Museum area by Teinane Warekuromo
Petticoat Lane Market by Teinane Warekuromo Collage of the petticoat lane market area, showing the vibrant colours juxtaposed with the concept of the proposed bench.
Exercise in Masking by Teinane Warekuromo Experimenting with Masks as body extensions, considering their various functions aside anonymity.
M A 2 1 MA Interior Design Studio August 2021 Published in the United Kingdom in 2021 By University of East London University Way Royal Docks London E16 2RD MA interior Design Programme leader Anastasia Karandinou Editors: Dalal Abdullah Omnia Al Temnah Maria Gradinar Get in touch Instagram : @uel_mainteriordesign Website: urbanlivingroom.tumblr.com
MA INTERIOR DESIGN STUDIO 2021