Unitec School of Design: Lotte Wotherspoon: March 2007
INT 5201: SECOND YEAR STUDIO
PROJECT 2
SON ET LUMIÈRE
HAND IN: 03 MAY
INTRODUCTION:
You have been chosen as both the Interior designer and curator of the New Film Gallery situated at the heart of Auckland’s CBD. The film gallery is to house both historic and contemporary film footage which can be selected and viewed by the public. You will create a gallery where filmic space meets a space for film.
“By using all the possibilities inherent in film, and all of its technology, the medium could offer the architectonic potential to allow us to look far into the future by enabling us to immerse ourselves in previously unimaginable spaces.”
(Fantastic Combinations in Film. Architectural Design – Architecture and Film II. Vol 70, No.1, Jan 2001)
SITE:
• Cruise Lane (Between Shortland and Chancery Street Alleyway, CBD, Auckland)
CONSIDER:
• The Walkway; The entrance/exit walkway for the public from the street to the theatre. This space could potentially be developed as a multi-media interactive space, temporary or permanent. Think about how this space will incite public interest, it should help draw the public off the street and into the gallery.
• Reception desk: This is the public’s first point of contact with staff at the Film Gallery.
• Viewing Gallery; Think about how films are viewed, conventionally films are screened within a darkened theatre with rows of seating facing a screen. Consider how and where you want people to view films within your film gallery.
• Bar/Café; This area is a transition zone, a meeting ground for visitors.
• Archive Library and Film Storage; The film gallery is a valuable resource for students, film makers, actors, enthusiasts, and anyone generally interested in film as well as a safe-house for historic and contemporary film footage.
• Amenities; public and staff toilets
* Note: Your Film Gallery can accommodate multi-functional spaces
“The possibilities open to film and the methods by which it works are in themselves architectonic potential. Instead of analysing what is being represented, we should look more closely at film methods and techniques, as these are the board on which the game of space and time is being played” (Fantastic Combinations in Film. Architectural Design – Architecture and Film II.Vol 70, No.1, Jan 2001)
PRESENTATION: Final hand-in will consist of
• Workbook : A workbook that includes all research & investigations
• Drawings : sections, elevations, plan
• Model : scale 1.50 or 1;100
• Conceptual statement
• Light models : Exploratory models that investigate light and space
• Photographs : Photos that document your light models
Your Film Gallery must include:
- Walkway
- Viewing gallery
- Bar/Cafe
- Archive library/film storage
- Reception desk
- Toilets
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- To investigate a public space within a urban context
- To consider the art of film making and its relationship to interior design
- To continue to develop an architectural language that effectively integrates spatial, formal,
material, environmental, functional and conceptual concerns.
- To concentrate on a design solution for cinematic viewing through a critical response to
exploratory work and visual research
- To engage in class discussions and critique
ASSESSMENT: The project will be assessed to the extent that it
- Investigates form, light, materiality.
- Explores a pubic building, in terms of the occupation, space, site, functions.
- Is conceptually strong and innovative, with a foundation of visual and written
research.
- Successfully synthesises ideas into a coherent, engaging built form that considers
its
relationship to the whole.
- Clearly communicates design intentions through drawing, presentation and model making
PROGRAMME + TIMETABLE
Week 1 / Wednesday 21 March:
HANDOUT: - MAIN BRIEF: SON ET LUMIÈRE
SUB-BRIEF (PART ONE) : LIGHT STUDY
Thursday 22 March
SITE VISIT
Week 2 / Monday 26 March :
INDIVIDUAL TUTORIALS
Tuesday 27 March
PRESENT EXERCISE 1A + EXERCISE 1B: RESEARCH INTO LIGHT
SHARE YOUR FINDINGS WITH THE REST OF THE CLASS.
Wednesday 28 March
INDIVIDUAL TUTORIALS
Thursday 29 March
INDIVIDUAL TUTORIALS
Week 3 / Monday 02 April:
INDIVIDUAL TUTORIALS
Tuesday 03 April
INDIVIDUAL TUTORIALS
Wednesday 04 April
INDIVIDUAL TUTORIALS
PRESENT EXERCISE 1C. : LIGHT MODELS AND PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION
Thursday 05 April
INDIVIDUAL TUTORIALS
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
HANDOUT – PART 2
MID-SEMESTER BREAK / EASTER
Week 3 / Monday 23 April:
INDIVIDUAL TUTORIALS
Tuesday 24 April
INDIVIDUAL TUTORIALS
WATCH 4TH YEAR CRIT
ANZAC DAY Wednesday 25 April
SELF DIRECTED
Thursday 26 April
INDIVIDUAL TUTORIALS
Week 4 / Monday 30 April
PRESENT YOUR :
- STATEMENT
- LIGHT STUDIES THROUGH DRAWING
Tuesday 01 May
INDIVIDUAL TUTORIALS
Wednesday 02 May
INDIVIDUAL TUTORIALS
Thursday 03 May
INDIVIDUAL TUTORIALS
Week 5 / Monday 07 May
INDIVIDUAL TUTORIALS
Tuesday 08 May
INDIVIDUAL TUTORIALS
Wednesday 09 May
INDIVIDUAL TUTORIALS
Thursday 10 May
INDIVIDUAL TUTORIALS
Week 6 / Monday 14 May
INDIVIDUAL TUTORIALS
Tuesday 15 May
INDIVIDUAL TUTORIALS
Wednesday 16 May
INDIVIDUAL TUTORIALS
Thursday 17 May
PRESENTATION AND FINAL CRITIQUE – HAND IN
