Peer Review #4; TPW.
Plant room studio.
What was expected:
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2x plant room models, scaled.
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Some supporting
drawings/documents of plant room/atmosphere.
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Matrix.
TPW presented two plant rooms for the peer
review, and a minimal amount of supporting documents to reiterate their design
ideas. However, the two plant rooms were very well crafted, and illustrated two
different types of atmosphere and experiences. It is clear that one plant room
seemed to have some more attention and detail then the other, but nevertheless,
both were completed to a good standard.
The first plant room was a rectangular room
made out of clear perspects with a wooden slat ceiling/roof. This ceiling hung
an array of perspect shapes that were delicately held together by tiny precise
joinery. This created a cluster of layered perspect shapes that were
intricately held together and tied up by nilon strings. This attention to
detail and consideration to light and atmosphere, significantly contributed to
this plant room’s success. It was easy to identify the type of atmosphere it
would provide just by looking at the model, thus it was very effective. The
fine detailing made the plant room model look a lot more feasible and was an
interesting moment of the model. Architecturally, it was simple in its form,
but the ceiling details really contributed to this plant room’s mesmerizing
effect.
The other plant room created was just made
out of MDF. It was a teardrop like shape in its form, and was created in
decreasing layers – creating a dip in the plant room. The group’s explanation
of this plant room was a little confusing; they didn’t narrow into any
justification or specifics of the design. The atmosphere and other elements
such as light, comfort and composition, felt like it wasn’t sufficiently
considered, as the design did not reflect any of these ideas.
However, the form of this plant room was
aesthetically very fluid like and was a nice contrast to the other plant room.
Scale was also another aspect that wasn’t explained, thus it was difficult to
determine what kind of space this plant room would provide for people.
In the media agenda, photo shop and
illustrator files were used. Illustrator for the laser cutting, and photo shop
for extra material. They used perspects and MDF boards; therefore it provided a
nice duet of material that mutually harmonized with each other, rather then
clustering the design with too many different types of material.
Over all, TPW’s plant room designs did have
some very strong ideas, in correlation with models that were lacking
justification. The first plant room was indeed very strong, and illustrated the
atmosphere and logic behind this studio very clearly. However, the other didn’t
quite show as much. More work could’ve potentially been included in drawings –
there were no sections or plans that supported these models. This made the
plant room design feel out of scale, as there wasn’t a human model in the
model, nor a scale drawing of the plant room.
The Tricycles.