A big part of being an architect, as well as creating schematics, blueprints, and computerised drawings, is to create models of your proposed buildings. I really enjoyed using clay for my 3D model of Mr. Squidge to prepare for my GIF and wanted to take the skills I had developed earlier in the module and apply them here. I really like the sustainability and recycling / up-cycling aspect of the college and how there is a big bin of recycled clay that can be used for free - offcuts of people's projects that are grouped together into sausages for others to use in test pieces. This allows me to go out of my comfort zone again, as is the theme for this week, at no additional cost.
Heydar Aliyev Center (Back View)
Heydar Aliyev Center (Front View)
Riverside Museum
ReflectionI have really enjoyed my tactile session of creating three-dimensional forms and found it very therapeutic. There is definitely something magical about being able to put my small amount of vision to the side, close my eyes for a while, and just focus on how something feels rather than how it looks. My thoughts, feelings and emotions are all embedded components in my model making responses and there is a unique power to that!
It was challenging to be able to translate diagrammatic drawings into three-dimensional objects so I let go of being representational and accurate and instead created simplified versions and cross-sections of some of Hadid's work. Even though she uses basic shapes and forms, there is a complexity to some of her structures and I don't want to get bogged down with them at this stage. The clay won't be able to defy gravity with some of the installations she has made! I need to be able to identify limitations early in the process.
What is next for these clay models? I will let them all dry overnight - rather than baking as that presents the possibility of cracking - and may take them to the wood / metal workshop (which one is it at this site? I will need to find out how to get to it!) to be vac formed. I used vac forms last year in my final major project when creating embossed prints of Tami's paws and really loved the plastic and neoprene outcomes for different textures and aesthetics. Experimenting with different materials could be somewhere to go to next. Could I use the laser cutter to create engravings or 3 dimensional wood pieces?
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