Portfolio 20/25 by Batoul

Portfolio

Batoul Baataa 2020-2025

Istituto Marangoni

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Interior Design

Istituto Marangoni London

MOOD BOARDS

P A T T E R N

T U D Y Development / Sketch

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The basic design study and pattern structure of moroccan tiles. One of the common ideas of revealing the moroccan vibe to the interior design.

HAND SKETCHING

ILLUSTRATOR

Tile Design

Furniture Design

In the first term, we were asked to produce preparatory studies of things that inspires us, then design a board for the architectural space of our choice. Considering all surfaces, soft furnishings and furniture to be included within the room.

Collage Design

Interior design

Inspired by Bees

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We were asked to base our independent project on creating an interior style. Considering a number of things which inspires us such as, a postcard, a plant, a designed object, a pattern, etc. Cataloguing these inﬂuences in a short research analysis.

Why Bees?

Since I was young I have always been inspired by bees. Bees are an essential part of the natural world, helping to pollinate plants so that we can not only enjoy all of those incredible ﬁelds of ﬂowers. I am fascinated by its shape, colour, texture, pattern, honey comb, etc.

MOOD BOARD

Furniture Design

I was recently intrigued to try out the paper marbling, so I thought to give it a go when I saw the Japanese marbling technique also known as “ Suminagashi paper marbling”. I was fascinated by the rapid movement of vibrant ink onto paper and the colors that get mixed together, giving the camouflage feeling to it.

I started using the oil-based paints for marbling. unfortunately the only colors available were light blue, green, and brown. I will be creating different shapes with different colors of paper marbling to develop my ideas of creating wallpaper pattern.

Photoshop Process

Inspiration Route

2 Sketches

3D FORM

Interior & Spatial Design 3

UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS

LONDON

Project:

LadyWell Play-tower

UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS

LONDON

Interior & Spatial Design

Introduction

LadyWell Play-tower

The former Lady-well Public Baths in Ladywell Road, Lewisham, generally known as ‘Lady-well Playtower’1 was built in 1884, to the designs of Wilson, Son and Aldwinkle for Lewisham Board of Works. It was listed grade II in 2006. It has been disused since it was damaged by fire in [DATE], and since then it has been included in the annual Historic England (formerly English Heritage) Register of Heritage at Risk. The site is within the London Borough of Lewisham’s St Mary's Conservation Area, designated in 1976.

Location

Ladywell Playtower is located approximately 1km to the South West of Lewisham centre, and is situated roughly halfway between Lewisham High Street and Ladywell’s bustling village centre. The site is in close proximity to strong transport links

Location and Site plan

Lady-well Play-tower, located on in Lewisham, South-east London. Ladywell Rd, London SE13 7UW

HEALING

‘‘Healing is a holistic, transformative process of repair and recovery in mind, body, and spirit resulting in positive change, finding meaning, and movement towards self-realization of wholeness, regardless of the presence or absence of disease’’

The idea of my design proposal is mainly focuses on how I could consider Healing to help refugees heal from humanitarian crisis. In this project I am using Art therapy to help many people that went through humanitarian crisis.

How we use space to heal and how we use space to connect ?

Art therapy can help uncover and understand feelings and memories in a different way. This self-discovery is one reason therapy is such a crucial element. It can also improve self-esteem by providing clarity and purpose, while reducing stress. Space could help refugees to feel like home, our surroundings really affect our feelings and emotions. This could improve their selfesteem

When do we need healing? What are we trying to heal? Is healing a transition or a temporary state?

Mental scars

Temporary ? Immediate ? Permanent ? When we don’t feel particularly strong or resilient

As soon as we feel safe and comfortable in a specific place. Our emotions and feelings immediately change.

SITE ANALYSIS

THE ART OF HEALING

How can refugees heal from humanitarian crisis through Art ?

Virtual visuals

The freedom with expressing feelings and emotions

Help with Mental Health Feeling Home Safe Social interaction

Collecting memories

Objects Photos Clothes Paintings

Videos\films Painting Portraits Posters

Space

Pool Hall

WHY ?

I chose the space as I thought it will add a goof effect of the exhibition idea, where it is surrounded by Art such as graffiti.

Concept

Words and visuals are part of collective memory; they create a mental image of the environment. The communal use of Art has the potential of bringing together refugees with a different economic, social and cultural background.

Sketches

Space flow

DESIGN PLAN

Peckham Road Project

MAP COLLECTION

BUS EXHIBITION

UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS

10 Mins Walk around Peckham Road

This map shows my 10 mins walk around Peckham Road.

Harris Academy Peckham

Peckham Road - Camberwell

Why I have chosen this Bus Stop ?

While I was discovering Peckham Road, I passed by a street called Southampton Way, which is 3 mins away from UAL campus. It grabbed my attention where it was full of plants and trees. Then I found this bus stop ( Stop C ), it was in the middle of an urban space ﬁlled with plants and trees. At that moment, I thought of how I can redesign this Bus stop and make it eco-friendly and can compliment what’s surrounded by it.

I have collected some information for this project using online resources and visited some places around Camberwell. I have chosen one bus stop near Central Venture Park.

First Impression and Early Thoughts :

My initial thoughts was to look at the areas that are surrounded by nature, and look at the area through different times and seasons. Also, I would like to investigate more in urban spaces surrounded by the area.

COLLECTION

Starting from Peckham Road Stop C, I started collecting pictures of plants, trees, and urban spaces next to it. I decided my collection will be all about urban spaces surrounded by the area.

Bus Stop Collage ( 4 Seasons )

I created a collage of the 4 Seasons of the same bus stop.

Collection Map

This is the first collection Map I created. I have gathered all the urban spaces such as parks, gardens, etc. surrounded by Peckham road. Then I thought of how I can develop it in a creative way.

While creating it, The overall look o the map reminded me of the artist Roberto Burle Marx and his painting “ Plan for the roof garden of the Ministry of Education and Health”.

Development : Collection Map

Inspired by The Living Art of Roberto Burle Marx

The Burle Marx design, part of the original scheme for the building, represents the artist's first experiment with organic forms, intended as much for the visual pleasure of the workers on the floors above as for the users of the garden itself.

Burle Marx was responsible for some of the most transgressive elements of Brazil's seminal modern monument: decolonized, 'open-ended' tropical gardens of pleasure, dominated by the sensuous curves of the Brazilian landscape.

Burle Marx’s gardens are works of modern art, not only because they make use of ﬂat planes, abstract shapes, and bold color.

I started taking inspiration from Marx’s designs and created a Map with the same style of his landscapes, using the same design elements, such as the curvy shapes and colours..

Plan for the roof garden of the Ministry of Education and Health, Rio de Janeiro, 1938. Gouache on board.

Collection Map

Residental areas

Public spaces

Urban spaces

Exhibition Ideas Mood Board

Bus Exhibition Ideas

I started thinking of how I can develop my ideas to design my bus exhibition and make it eco-friendly. I started designing a piece where it can help watering the plants inside the bus stop, since London city is known for its rainy weather all the time, in all seasons.

Aesthetically, from a front view, the water will be stored inside this pole for 24hrs which then, after the rain stops, the water inside the pole will start falling directly into the plants in the bus shelter and will look like a waterfall.