MY MEMORY OF POPO

Site: Tania’s Cafe, Hampstead, London

Year 3 Design Project

October - December 2022

BSc Architecture, Bartlett School of Architecture

Tutors: Daniel Wilkinson & Ifigeneia Liangi

This project explores the etymological connection between weaving and narrative. work between drawing & knitting to create a 3D drawing, like lines being woven. With tactile moods, memories and materials that leave a sensory impression on the viewer. I have knitted and drawn a moment and memory that my grandmother ‘Popo’ and I shared at the fabric of the village in Hampstead, Tania’s Café. You will see designs generated through my working process from knitting, crocheting & modelling to drawing & photography.

“Reality”

a. Entrance #1 b. ntrance c. Antiques d. Public View down walkway e. Seating Areas f. Planted Pots edusa’s Garden g. Smell o ood & Co ee from Tania’s h. Parking Area for lower ood trucks Wa e an i. etal Sca olding a.

We e plore the world with the naked e e rom walking through the entrance o the emporium into the cafe and sitting at the cafe.

We e plore the world with the naked e e rom walking through the entrance o the emporium into the cafe and sitting at the cafe.

3.3 ‘Tania’s Cafe’ - Process Site Photo (Working Method)

“The Dressed Cafe”

“The Dressed Cafe”

Welcome to Tania’s Cafe! Teas, Cofees, Chocolates, Toasties... Everything! Simmering in the moment.

Welcome to Tania’s Cafe! Teas, Cofees, Chocolates, Toasties... Everything! Simmering in the moment.

Poetics of Colour

Blue and Green: Cold & Untouched

Pink: Popo’s Zone

Yellow: Popo & Shan’s Zone

Orange & Red: Warm Hot Objects

3.7 ‘Site Elevation’

Popo: (cantonese) - “lei sung yum yit zhu gu lik?”

Popo: (cantonese) - “lei sung yum yit zhu gu lik?”

(english) - “do you want to drink hot chocolate?”

(english) - “do you want to drink hot chocolate?”

3.4 ‘Tania’s Cafe’ - Process Drawing (Working Method)

57 Key Views

57 Key Views

Ghassan:

Ghassan:

“Ah!! Shan my princess! What would you like my dear? Try my new peppercorn chocolate.”

“Ah!! Shan my princess! What would you like my dear? Try my new peppercorn chocolate.”

Popo & Shan: *sitting & relaxing*

Popo & Shan: *sitting & relaxing*

3.5 ‘The Knitted Cafe’ - Developing Set Up according to Sketch

Practical Space planning according to what objects & spaces were touched by my Popo & I

3.6 Diagrammatic Sketch - Spatial Analysis of Colour Symbolism