Post 13 "The Addition of Who..."

Who am I as a designer? That's a tough question to answer. I am a homebody, I love being at home with my friends or boyfriend and watching movies or playing on the xbox. Who I am as a person in general comes out when I think of myself as a designer. I just want a museum that will feel close enough like home to the people that walk through it, or somewhere that makes a person feel comfortable. I guess who I am as a designer is who I am as a person - I want what is best for people and I want to design a building that makes people feel comfortable. I want people to be able to rely on the building as a safe haven and a fun place to be, like people rely on me when they have problems. With that in mind, I believe my building will mean a lot to both the young and old citizens who visit it. The young will have a close and inexpensive place to hang out after school or see a movie, and the old will be able to walk into the building and go back in history. My favorite space in the building is the theatre. It's where my love of movies began and it was in a theatre where I came up with the idea of designing a film museum. It's a 3D theatre, and it will feel more like a cool cafe or restaurant because of the layout I'm planning. There will be regular theatre seats as well as tables if people want to order food.

Goals for Perspective Drawings

For my perspective drawings I plan on including color, like rich reds, blues, greens...because those are the colors people would normally see when they walk into a theatre. I plan on communicating light through the drawing by adding windows and showing the shadows the light casts, and maybe show some artificial light too. I plan on communicating a path through the museum in some way. I plan on finding a really good movie to base my museum design around and the rooms will be based on a emotion shown in the movie or characters, and as people walk through the museum it's going to be like watching the movie and seeing how it all plays out.

Reflection for Bubble Diagrams

There are a few of my bubble diagrams that I really like. On two of them I had a sunken theatre (sort of in ground), and I really like that concept. I also, on two of them, have an elevated gallery area on the second floor, and that idea is cool too. The theatre fits my concept because it IS a film museum, so it makes sense to have a theatre area to show films. The sections don't really show any creativity in the buildings, except a little here and there with the sunken and elevated galleries. In my head I picture the museum being very cool and dynamic, but for some reason those thoughts and ideas did not transfer well onto paper.

Goals for Bubble Diagram

Bubble diagrams are a good tool to use when trying to plan your building and the rooms. I haven't found really any connections yet, except one thing. I like the idea of part the second story floor being lower than the other part of the second story...like the floor will go beneath into the ceiling of the first floor, and people can see up into that part of the second story, but can't get up there, expect by way of the stairs. Fitting everything was challenging at first, but then I made the layout so everything could fit somehow. I just need to make another bubble diagram so that everything fits better with the space I will have in my museum. I made my plan so that I will have a theatre in my museum, maybe even two. It depends on which direction I want to go, and as of right now I'm not sure of what that direction is.

Reflection on Presentations

I thought the presentations were really interesting. There were a lot of new things I learned, from graffiti to cubism to engines. I learned that graffiti is not just words, but can be pictures too. It all depends on the artist. I came to the conclusion that architecture is your own perception of reality, you can distort it to your liking and make the building your own piece of art. After I gave my presentation I got a lot of good feedback. I have some new ideas about how to design my museum...I want to show different films on the blank walls in the rooms and I want spotlights when people enter the doors showing movies. I want bright colors and I want people to interact with the museum in some way...Like I kind of want to film them and then showcase the video of them on the walls or something. I'm not quite sure yet. I'm just really excited to start designing!!!

My Narrative

OLIVER STONE NARRATIVE

When I woke up on this bitter and cold day I could think of nothing else but having a cigarette and coffee to help me prepare for my day's work. I got out of bed, and immediately wanted the day to be over. There was no use in my work anymore - the world was becoming too artificial and superficial to even WANT to go places, meet people, talk to others... As I added some whiskey to my coffee and lit my cigarette, I pondered what this cold and dark day would bring. Would I meet new people? Would they be just as fake as everyone else? Probably. Would I see or experience new places, emotions, feelings? No doubt. As I took the last drag of my cigarette, I cursed the world out loud. What was this society coming to? Nothing seemed real anymore, the world was becoming too hell bent on technological innovations and never pays any attention to what's REALLY there. Poverty, homelessness, addiction, war... Still thinking about the carelessness of modern society, I put on my shoes, scarf and hat and headed out into the frosty cold of the Aloha area in the afternoon.