Design Idea 1: Curves

Curves have been used to design both interior spaces and complimenting furniture. It looks somehow futuristic as it moves away from the traditional linear style. The image to the left illustrates a desk, which I used as a source of inspiration. I combined two of these to create a new joint structure that is reminding of the ancient Chinese myth of Ying and Yang – putting everything in perfect harmony and balance. The original picture displays two separate objects with a narrow base and wider top. I have taken these two and combined them because I wanted to see how they would work together.

Interior designers, just like architects, use curves to create something new, more stylish and sophisticated in appearance. Sometimes it works. For example, the news paper benches on the left or the wooden table in the top right corner. However, there are occasions when these ideas proved impractical, like the undulated table in the middle and the skeleton-like chair that is probably uncomfortable to sit on.

I haveused theupsidedown tabledisplayedhereas inspirationand developedit further by designinga similarstructure in SketchUp. I also addedfunctionalityand more designaspects to it (such as adding materialto it – metalaluminiumanodized).

Second floor

I have shown here all the levels as drawings to consolidate how it would look like from the architect’s perspective when designing this structure.

First floor

Ground floor

Curved lines combined to create this model.

Afterwards, I used SketchUp to design the layout of the building. Then, I decided this building will be taller – to represent the shape and style of the table above. I achieved this by adding two more floors that were offset. This created the impression of layers being stacked on top of each other just like the table again.