P R E C E D E N T S THIS CHANDELIER BY REFER
THIS
+ STAER SHOWS WIRE AND
INSTALLATION
GLASS USED IN A HIGHLY
STEEL
SUSPENDED,
FRAME
ORIENTED
VERTICALLY INSTALLATION
IN
GEOMETRIC BEAMS A
LINEAR
STEEL
BART
SHOWS USED
SIMPLE
HESS’S
INSTALLATION
TO
UNIQUE
SPACE
RUBBER
C O N T E X T E X I S T I N G
“FABRIC”
M E D I A T I O N
S P A C E
SHOWS TEXTURES
SUSPENDED IN A ‘FACTORY
COMPONENTS
LINE’
TYPE
SPACE.
I N T R O D U C T I O N THIS INSTALLATION IS AN INVESTIGATION INTO HOW ONE CAN MANIPULATE A SPACE.
THE
3 STAGES C H A
BY CREATING AN LARGE-SCALE “MOBILE”, OR INTERACTIVE CHANDELIER OF
M C
SORTS, OCCUPANTS ARE CHALLENGED
( WHICH, IN RESPECTIVE ORDER, CREATE...)
TO USE THE INSTALLATION TO MANIPULATE AND CHANGE THE SPACE
OF L
A N I P O M P
MOODS
THE
3
THEMSELVES, IN ORDER TO COME TO A COMPROMISE WHERE THREE PEOPLE
A S
W E
CAN BE COMFORTABLY ACCOMMODATED.
THEN...
C
O
MY INSTALLATION L E N G E U R
OF
L A T I O M I
MY
O S
INSTALLATION:
K W A R D N E S P A R A T I O N
N
E
N E
C
T
I
O
S N N
R U BB E R
STE EL
G L ASS
M A T E R I A L S GLASS
ITS
BECAUSE OF THIS, I CAN USE
TRANSPARENT / TRANSLUCENT
FROSTED GLASS TO FURTHER
QUALITIES. I WILL USE FROSTED
THE MOOD OF SEPARATION. I
GLASS, LIGHT IT
IS
VALUED
FOR
WHICH
ALLOWS
CAN ALSO CONSIDER GLASS A
PASS
THROUGH
MATERIAL FOR USE IN LIGHTING
TO
WITHOUT
REVEALING
AN
-
VERTICAL EMPHASIS LIGHT DIFFUSION CHANGE IN HEIGHT SUSPENSION
C
O
IMAGE OF WHAT LIES BEHIND.
STEEL WILL HELP FURTHER THE
IDEAL
STRUCTURAL
AWKWARD MOOD THAT I INTEND
INTEGRITY. MY INSTALLATION’S
FOR THE SPACE TO CREATE
FRAMEWORK
THIN
UPON INITIAL EXPERIENCE. THIN
STEEL BEAMS. STEEL WIRE WILL
STEEL PIECES ARE INDUSTRIAL
BE EXPLORED FOR INTRICACIES,
AND LEFT EXPOSED, WILL MAKE
E.G.
THE SPACE FEEL “NAKED”
FOR
WIRE
WILL
FOR
USE
SUSPENSION.
RUBBER WILL BE THE FEATURE
RUBBER
MATERIAL OF MY INSTALLATION.
CONNECTION, AS THE SOFTEST
IT IS SOFT AND MALLEABLE,
AND
AND WILL CREATE CONTRAST
MATERIAL IN THE INSTALLATION,
WITH GLASS AND STEEL’S HARD
AS
QUALITIES,
PROVIDING
VERY COLD AND INDUSTRIAL
COMFORT
FOR
SOME
OCCUPANTS.
WILL
MOST WELL
AS
ATMOSPHERE.
AID
IN
FRAMING SPACE HEAVY AND STURDY STRUCTURAL, SIMPLE, INDUSTRIAL
N
C
-
E
EMPHASIS ON ‘FEEL’ TEXTURAL AND SOFT SUSPENSION TELLS A STORY
P
T
OR SKETCH MODELS
HANGING RUBBER AND GLASS SPHERES (TOO PLANETARY)
OR
‘TRUSTWORTHY’ SOFTEN
THE
S
+
I
D
E
A
S
CHOSEN HANGING RUBBER RODS (SUSPENDED FROM THE CEILING TO CREATE AN INTERFERENCE IN SPACE)
FIXTURES.
STEEL IS VERY STRONG AND
-
HANGING RUBBER AND GLASS CUBES
INTRODUCTION OF GLASS AS LIGHTING, SUSPENDED WITH RUBBER RODS
GLASS LIGHTING INTEGRATED INTO DESIGN AS FROSTED GLASS RODS, MIRRORING RUBBER RODS
SKETCHED SECTION WITH PROPOSED INSTALLATION
ANDREW HOCKEY 300337821
THUS OCCUPANTS MUST WORK TOGETHER WITH THE INSTALLATION TO CURATE THEIR OWN SPACE, IN ORDER TO USE THE SPACE AND FEEL COMFORTABLE.
PULLING ONE ROD DOWN
EACH ROD HAS A
RETRACTS ANOTHER:
CORRESPONDING PARTNER
COUNTERBALANCE
WITH THE SAME DIMENSIONS
OCCUPANTS MUST WORK TOGETHER TO MANIPULATE THE SPACE TO THEIR NEEDS
600
N
A
L
D
E
S
I
G
N
A
THE SUSPENDED RUBBER RODS AND GLASS LIGHTS PROVIDE AN AWKWARD, CHALLENGING AND COMPLEX ATMOSPHERE, WHICH CAN BE B’
MANIPULATED TO COMFORTABLY ACCOMMODATE THREE, BY WHICH, A SENSE OF ACHIEVEMENT,
B
COMPROMISE, AND CONNECTION IS CREATED.
I
N
S
T
A
L
L
A
T
A’
I
O
N
800
OF RODS
700
OVERALL FORM OF BUILDING
500
UP TO 1000mm BETWEEN PAIRS
400
STRUCTURE THAT IMITATES
300
STEEL WIRE (VERTICAL) ADDS
200
RODS HANG FROM STEEL
I
FRONT ELEVATION
PLAN
SIDE ELEVATION
+
S
E
C
T
I
O
N
S
O R T H O G R A P H I C
S ECTIO N B- B’
TWO KINDS OF RODS: RUBBER AND GLASS. GLASS RODS ARE ALSO LIGHTS, TO ADD COMFORT TO THE SPACE
ONE CAN CREATE A NOOK FOR BY EXPERIMENTING WITH PULLING RODS UNTIL A HABITABLE VOLUME OF FREE SPACE APPEARS
F
S E CT IO N A - A’
D E V E L O P M E N T
FOLDING PROCESS: ROOF COLLAPSES, SUPPORTS TELESCOPE DOWNWARDS, RODS CAN BE UNATTACHED
E
R
G
O
N
O
M
I
C
S SECTION A-A’
SECTION B-B’
1800mm
I N T E R I O R
RODS ARE 50mm WIDE X 20mm THICK AND ARE
SUSPENDED
EASILY GRASPED BY THE HAND. THE COUNTERWEIGHT
PURPOSEFULLY OBSTRUCT A PERSON’S PATH,
SYSTEM MEANS THAT PULLING DOWN WILL CAUSE
BUT
A
WHEN MANIPULATED AND MOVED UP OR DOWN
CORRESPONDING
ROD
TO
RETRACT
UPWARDS
SHORT
RODS
ARE
ENOUGH
LONG TO
SIT
ENOUGH
S P A C E
SEC TIO NED PL AN
500mm
TO
UNDERNEATH ANDREW HOCKEY 300337821