The Vault 's Cold Spa BRIEF Design a successful commercial working environment centred on the user experience and their interaction. The design should be unique and innovative to the market and be fully functional. PROPOSAL A unique spa experience combining innovative cold spa treatments with the atmospheric vaults under Blair Street in Edinburgh. Cold treatments are very popular in treating sport injuries and more recently have become popular in the luxury spa industry. Cold treatments rejuvenate skin, release stress and have many physical and mental health benefits.There is currently no cold spa’s in Scotland and Edinburgh is the ideal location with a suitable target market of busy professionals. Many enjoy spending their income on unique experiences and trying new innovative treatments on the market, making a cold spa in the vaults a hugely unique experience in the perfect location. The contrasting traditional stone walls and slate finishes create an atmospheric feel. The rich yellow and reds used within the spaces contrast against the traditional stone walls creating a sense of luxury and comfort. The delicate lighting accentuates the form of the space and creates a relaxing ambience.
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TASTE LAB In partnership with Georgie Williams BRIEF Design a way to make healthy eating appealing to young people. PROPOSAL TASTE LAB. A cool, electrifying place for young people to experiment and create healthy food and drinks. TASTE LAB aims to make experimenting and trying innovative healthy recipe ideas appealing to young people. A variety of ages are welcome to TASTE LAB throughout the day. Activity sessions are scheduled daily and focus on different elements of production such as juice blending and recipe testing. School groups and activity clubs can book sessions at a discounted rate for an educational excursion that is also most importantly fun for all. Group activities can be tailored to different age groups requirements and be most relevant to their lifestyle. TASTE LAB technicians go out to schools and activity clubs to demonstrate the fun learning concept of TASTE LAB. This gives a glimpse of the action going on at TASTE LAB and makes the young people aware of the exciting opportunities in exploring healthy juices and food. Social media such as Facebook and Instagram will be used to promote the concept of TASTE LAB and broaden the younger generation’s knowledge of healthy eating and more importantly the fun that can be had whilst discovering new tastes.
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Napier 3rd year design students & Architecture and Design Scotland BRIEF A+DS are currently working on a proposal, which will see a change to the education system in Scotland. Millions of pounds every year are spent on developing or building new primary or secondary schools in Scotland. What if the kids learned in a brand new environment? And what if this was in their community? PROPOSAL Working as a Design Practice, we wanted to create an event which would research and showcase A+DS studies and allow individuals from the community, council or from the school to see how well this would work. We wanted nature to be a huge influence to our event. We designed multi coloured leaves, which would open to reveal an animal finger puppet. These would be brought along by the children to the event to use during story time. On the day of the event, both the invite and the finger puppet would be used to interact with the stories and the environment we are wanting to create.
We chose the four areas with our storyteller in mind. Daniel Allison visited prior to the event to discuss the possibilities of linking his stories to the space. With this discussion, we came up with four main areas tailored around the storytellers needs. A jungle wall, a swamp, a tree, and a river - with a seating area for the children to sit in. The children were highly stimulated by the space due to the colours of the four main spaces we had created. Overall, the event was a great success and could be applied with different themes in different vacant public spaces to ensure to revitalise our towns, cities, and communities. After our event, we invited several key members of the community who would be interested in this type of event to come along and experience the space for themselves. One of the main benefits of doing this was to get policy makers that would not normally be in the same room together to listen to our findings and have an informal discussion on what our results could do to the future of education.
Contemporary Scottish Crannog BRIEF I was asked to design a contemporary crannog for tourists to stay in for up to a month. The design had to be easily assembled, installed and maintained. The solution had to have a low impact on the surrounding area and use sustainable materials. PROPOSAL My site is on Loch Ness on the more peaceful side of the loch directly across from Urquhart Castle. The sleeping pods are made from pine marine plywood which is long lasting, thermally insulated and has sound proofing qualities to maximise guests comfort. Copper cladding, will be bolted to the plywood, which is low maintenance, durable and light weight. The decked walkway will made from decking panels that are made from 95% recycled material and are slip resistant to ensure safe access to the Crannog. The Crannog’s electricity supply will be provided by the Lochs hydroelectric plant. Water will be supplied under the walk way in pipes into each pod and the composting toilets can be accessed via a hatch on the outside of the pods. Composting toilets allow there to be no environmental damage and the compost can be used to fertilize plants and enhance the natural beauty of the surroundings.
SCOTTISH ART GALLERY BRIEF Redesign and select a new function for an existing building.
PROPOSAL A contemporary Scottish Art Gallery. On the first floor there is an art workshop where classes can be held. The two levels are connected by a curved staircase that is made from Cherry wood veneered plywood that is steam bent to create the curved form.
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bUZZ Pass In partnership with CAITLIN BAIN BRIEF Redesign and select a new function for an existing building. PROPOSAL ‘Improving the bus shelter information system to give greater access to public transport for all.’ The BUZZ Pass system supports both user and driver, giving extra information. Each user has their own individual BUZZ Pass. Users are issued with a BUZZ Pass which is loaded with personal requirements the user may have such as requires a wheel chair ramp, or lip reads. This information is then relayed to the bus driver when the BUZZ Pass alerts the bus terminal which the user wishes to board. The BUZZ Pass shelter is made of a stainless steel sheets, UV PETG clear plastic, LED light strips and will have an interactive screen. Solar panelled roof will be used to provide power for the screen and motion sensor. The motion sensor will turn on the lights to alert approaching buses that individuals may want to board from that stop.
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Directional buttons Numerical buttons with braille raised dots Loop available to attach to key chain
1 - Tactile paving 2 - Motion sensor illuminates roof edge 3 - Bluetooth technology transfers BUZZ Pass tracker information 4 - Live screen bus information with large font 5 - Advertising space 6 - Bus timetables 7 - Seating and space for prams and wheelchairs
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