Week 1 lecture// sensory design
“design judgement”
Design judgement is a key element as a designer, this is what separates good to great.
The idea of “home” is more than just separate spaces. The human experiences one has with a location.
Personal thoughts:
When i think of a home, i think of a tidy home. If I’m to dwell in a place for a long time, i prefer things to be tidy. There is something about a tidy and clean home, that feels welcomed.
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SENSES IN INFORMING OUR DESIGN JUDGEMENTS- developing an emphatic imagination. Tuning a space to support and enhance human dispositions and.
What it means to be human.
Senses and living in an ordered life
Senses and living in an ordered life
I like to think of communities, how we’ve come to be a closed community.
By the way, i love the sea salt breeze, i love that smell
Another thought, know one can ever create a perfect space,
Design Future//
What would be an odd norm in the future?
Perhaps memories might be an odd norm in the future, we have a finite brain. We lose our greatest memories, good ones and bad ones. Occasionally our memories are triggered by different sensors around us. “oh how could i have forgotten about that memory, that memory was so dear to me!’
In my first investigation i first started with the word "sensory" on YouTube and i bumped into the topic “sensory deprivation”. The sensory deprivation, was referring to the sensory deprivation chambers which exist somewhere in America. Its a chamber that you stay in for 2 hrs, water and salt, you lie there deprived of all senses and it gives you the affect of floating. The candidates who decided to try this were all anxious and worried of being alone with their thoughts. Once they where out they almost felt reborn, it almost looked like as if they were enlightened, another interesting result was the fact that their bodies were numb and where struggling to respond, you could tell they were in a deep state of relaxation.
Sensory deprivation as a good thing
The second video was the video above ! Stefan the speaker begins how humans understand what we do and don’t like. Funny enough he also mentions the term sensory deprivation but this time in a negative way. The sensory chambers used by the CIA are just as bad as the buildings and skyscrapers, like submarines, buildings are completely sealed of , with the right temperature, yet it affects eyesight and just in general their mental well being. All in all we become dull and I would argue perhaps more stupid, incapable, weak and difficult, if buildings and spaces continue to be constructed this way, what are we going to become? Humans desire change with our sensory experience, varying sensory stimulation: alliesthesia. This made sense to me because at uni I do not like to stay in one spot, sometimes I go for a walk around Southbank and even to the city and back, why? Because i enjoy the experience, its relaxing to me. He also mentions that there is this emergence of scientist, psychologist, architects and other departments coming together, which I thought is quite amazing because perhaps the role of designer rather than learning in one area perhaps there will be more courses and years filled with different teachings in physcology and such, you never know?
Brisbane city is in its early stages of urban development, we the future designers have the opportunity to change the course of our cities future.
Our design must integrate the outside!
I had been tasked to read 20 pages of the book 26-46
The author at this point discusses that we from the western world solely rely on our eyes, in fact because of this it has grosely affected our way of living. Everything we think of, everything we perceive with is about our eyes, and because of our “ocular bias” we have lost the art of plasticity.” the quality of easily being shaped or moulded” but i believe the author is referring to the biology definition “
the adaptability of an organism to changes in its environment or differences between its various habitats.
the adaptability of an organism to changes in its environment or differences between its various habitats.
Designing wit the body . The body is what guided how they build, just like birds.
The author than goes on to discuss about materiality and how the material compositions of the now do not reflect the sense of history, story and origins. “Architecture domesticates limitless space and enable us to inhabit it, but it should likewise domesticate endless time and enable us to inhabit the continuum of time.”
Our perceptual experience has changed over time.
The way we think about design needs to be more than eyes. But the flow of movement and the multi sensors it comes with it, for example how the swimmer senses the flow of water on their skin. Lets try to re- sensualise architecture through a strengthened sense of materiality, hapticity, texture and weight, density of space and materialised light.
PART 2
the author begins and makes a point that the body is the centre of our experience. How? Well because we remember how our body felt like in a location. How it was affected. Architecture is meant to reflect how the world touches us, specifically nature. We should capture a sensory experience in a space. Use the knowledge we have about natural and raw materials and implement them in architecture
the author begins and makes a point that the body is the centre of our experience. How? Well because we remember how our body felt like in a location. How it was affected. Architecture is meant to reflect how the world touches us, specifically nature. We should capture a sensory experience in a space. Use the knowledge we have about natural and raw materials and implement them in architecture
The term of the week is “HABITUS”
the role of the senses in feeling in place and out of place.
What must we understand with sensory spaces.
Sonic relationships. What produces exclusions in a space? It starts with cultural capital, a set of dispositions that benefits us. Picking up habits when ur living in a new cultural space?
Exclusions , we always exclude ourselves from situations or even from spaces. The spaces we make, make other either comfortable or scared?
Habitus and dispositions originate from how we are brought up. The experiences of our lives will affect the prejudices we see in life.
PERSONAL QUESTIONS
What is my habitus? WELL i believe its important to first start with the place i reside in, where i live. When i think about my home, my first emotional responses are to feel calm, clean and relax. Living and growing up in my family home naturally comes with habits, these habits are influenced the way my parents want their “habitus” to be like. A clean house is vital to our habitus. Cleaning daily is a must, i suppose that’s why the space feels relaxing. I was blessed to have a loving functional family, the way we interact with each other in a shared space is usually in peace. Perhaps one of the influences i have had in our habitus is the lighting, i hate strong white light, but i also hate tv light, soo that’s why we have lamps with soft orange light. Ultimately our house is dimly lit at night? When I’m busy with assignments i usually migrate to my room, where i sit on my swivel chair and ikea desk, if my but gets sore i stand and continue to work on my standing table. When I’m just relaxing i like to sit on my bed and watch a movie on my laptop. My room has an orange feature wall. The colour scheme on my room is mainly, orange, white, black and of course the exception of other accessories. Naturally i also have a lamp that gives off a soft orange colour, i barely ever use the room light. And that’s just a snapshot of my habitus.
By reflecting on about my own habitus i have come to realise just how complicated it is. If my habitus is intrinsically linked with different influences from all areas of life, how much harder it is to develop a public habitus.
What is your disability?
I am death in one ear
I am death in one ear
How long have u had disability?
For around about 10 years
How did u gain your disability?
Working in industrial places that have heavy machinery, without wearing ear muffs. What was strange was that they didn’t give a work and safety course (1989). The employer didn’t provide earmuffs. It was a slow process. What made it deteriorate was an ear infection, and lack of action on my part. I’m the type of persons who don’t like doctors and hospitals and i don’t like to visit clinics unless I am in pain. The environment i don’t like it, there’s something really depressive about waiting in a hospital and clinic. Also losing hearing is a painless process.
Working in industrial places that have heavy machinery, without wearing ear muffs. What was strange was that they didn’t give a work and safety course (1989). The employer didn’t provide earmuffs. It was a slow process. What made it deteriorate was an ear infection, and lack of action on my part. I’m the type of persons who don’t like doctors and hospitals and i don’t like to visit clinics unless I am in pain. The environment i don’t like it, there’s something really depressive about waiting in a hospital and clinic. Also losing hearing is a painless process.
How did you feel before you had lost your hearing?
I felt normal. Hearing loss is something that is not... Well because its not painful its something you don’t really bother, ones mindset can think its just the process ageing.
I felt normal. Hearing loss is something that is not... Well because its not painful its something you don’t really bother, ones mindset can think its just the process ageing.
What was challenging about losing your hearing. and what is the most challenging part about being hearing impaired?
It wasn’t really challenging it was just neglect on my part. But now that i am a hearing impaired person it is challenging to interact and talk to people in public spaces ( noisy places among other people/church/training at work, i have to make sure I’m seated closely to the trainer otherwise i cant hear/ queen street mall/restaurant/the gap). I also don’t like telling people I’m hearing impaired
It wasn’t really challenging it was just neglect on my part. But now that i am a hearing impaired person it is challenging to interact and talk to people in public spaces ( noisy places among other people/church/training at work, i have to make sure I’m seated closely to the trainer otherwise i cant hear/ queen street mall/restaurant/the gap). I also don’t like telling people I’m hearing impaired
How has this impacted your social life?
It kind of stop me to be with my friends in a public space, i know that ill be left out, because i cannot hear clearly. I have to make sure that we are in a more private space. I try to avoid locations that are loud?
It kind of stop me to be with my friends in a public space, i know that ill be left out, because i cannot hear clearly. I have to make sure that we are in a more private space. I try to avoid locations that are loud?
How does it affect on your daily activities
It doesn’t affect me too much on my daily activities, its more so my social than my daily. Because i still hear in one ear i can still work, and the place i work is in a house and i don’t need to have to go out. I wouldn’t be able to work if i lose both ears.
It doesn’t affect me too much on my daily activities, its more so my social than my daily. Because i still hear in one ear i can still work, and the place i work is in a house and i don’t need to have to go out. I wouldn’t be able to work if i lose both ears.
Have you encountered a situation that has made u feel alienated, please describe the location and event?
At church, when talking to people after church service. You cant hear them but you still are standing there being apart of the group but your not fully there during conversations. I have to make an extra effort to hear what they are talking about. Because its partial the person on my right might be talking but i cannot hear properly. Its like being half there.
At church, when talking to people after church service. You cant hear them but you still are standing there being apart of the group but your not fully there during conversations. I have to make an extra effort to hear what they are talking about. Because its partial the person on my right might be talking but i cannot hear properly. Its like being half there.
And with this event, how did u feel. Emotionally speaking. And what did u do?
Awkward, embarrassed, i suppose i bear the situation with friends or with people in general. It doesn’t emotionally hit me unless im meeting people for the first time and when i have to let someone know that i cant hear in my right ear. Self consciousness is the reason why i feel embarrassed.
Awkward, embarrassed, i suppose i bear the situation with friends or with people in general. It doesn’t emotionally hit me unless im meeting people for the first time and when i have to let someone know that i cant hear in my right ear. Self consciousness is the reason why i feel embarrassed.
Has it enhanced any other senses ?
It hasn’t enhanced anything really but, i have become more conscious of my health now, i suppose that comes with age. For some reason i realised it has affected my balance.
It hasn’t enhanced anything really but, i have become more conscious of my health now, i suppose that comes with age. For some reason i realised it has affected my balance.
Do u have any suggestions for improvements in public spaces for people who are hearing impaired?
I honestly cant imagine this, it sounds impossible. I honestly cant imagine such a thing. Because you cannot control how people talk. Supposedly improvements in technology in my ear. Better hearing devices, finding a cure for hearing loss. You cannot control external forces.
Why not a hearing aid?
because it can only help you if you are in the process your losing your hearing gradually. There isn’t a solution for my ear in this stage.
I honestly cant imagine this, it sounds impossible. I honestly cant imagine such a thing. Because you cannot control how people talk. Supposedly improvements in technology in my ear. Better hearing devices, finding a cure for hearing loss. You cannot control external forces.
Why not a hearing aid?
because it can only help you if you are in the process your losing your hearing gradually. There isn’t a solution for my ear in this stage.
Is there a location that you strongly dislike being in?
Stadiums/ a swimming pool, soccer field, really any crowded spaces where people are conversing.
Stadiums/ a swimming pool, soccer field, really any crowded spaces where people are conversing.
Do u see yourself as a disabled person?
No i don’t, i still function i still work i still have friends i still can be independent.
No i don’t, i still function i still work i still have friends i still can be independent.
If you could hear at 100% capacity, what would be the first thing you would do
i would invite my friends in a public space, with no worry of not being able to hear.
Part of the mentality is “its not going to affect you! Hearing is really important but its not seen as important, because its painless. Consequences become irrelevant. Not taken seriously
i would invite my friends in a public space, with no worry of not being able to hear.
Part of the mentality is “its not going to affect you! Hearing is really important but its not seen as important, because its painless. Consequences become irrelevant. Not taken seriously
What can you do as an interior designer? And when specifically designing for people who are either hearing impaired or deaf? Naturally a lot of research is mandatory. Getting to know the clients needs interviews. This process surely requires you to work with expertise on sound and electronics. In the light of “the eyes of the skin” how can we change minds or at least challenge them?
So I have decided to find an article related to this topic.
https://archinect.com/HCADDS/release/deafspace-architectural-design-support-should-adapt-to-this-emerging-diversity-in-architecture
This article shows an example of a building designed for Gallaudet university. On the subject of deaf architecture, the whole space is designed for the deaf students and what was most interesting was how it would look like. Materiality had to be thought differently, e.g The floors where made out of wood, so the individual can feel it when there is movement. A selection of colours had to be made so that a deaf person with wide vision range doesn’t get confused. Walkways are much wider so that there is enough space for communication, hand signs.
It almost sounds like when a person is deaf, visual cues and space is important.
ALEXANDRA-- distressed, shocked,fun// JIALE-- lost, shocked, fun// Marlene-- sympathetic, shocked, fun. We all shared a mutual feeling of sickness, soreness and awkwardness.
This week is about the presentation
LECTURE NOTES & THOUGHTS
Inclusion vs integration?
Lets view these subjects in social contexts. How do we design change with the NDIS.
There is another course that i'm doing that challenges us to think about design futures and one of the topics is decolonising design, the action to deconstruct complex systems that colonisation brought forth. What about the idea of decolonising design and designing with/ for people of disability? I had an interesting conversation about disability and decolonising design. The conversation went on the lines like this.
ME: I didn't know the concept of decolonising design was becoming an actual practise within design.
LADY: surprisingly yes! I was listening to a podcast and the term was brought up and they talked about stairs. Stairs is something we always use and never really think of, they are deeply incorporated in architecture without much of thought to anyone else. We don't think about it much but imagine if we thought about others plenty of years ago, stairs would probably wouldn't exist, slabs might have been the priority of walking to the next level.
ME: That would be soooo weird, i cant ever imagine that! That would mean that the way we build would look so different, our sky rises would different, our priorities would be different as well!
When it comes to design, think about it this way, there is a need in Australia for a change in the way people with disability are included in all sectors in life. If i as a designer had an understanding of this subject and therefore implements it in design, there is growth in services therefor a growth in jobs.
If Australia is ranked 21 - 29 with disability work integration, it would be interesting to see what other countries do? Each habitus is different, so naturally each country has adapted to their habitus accordingly. Australian culture, how are people with disability excluded in Australia cultural habitus.
AMARTYA SEN- an economist, philosopher and inclusive design
Person and environment as a crucial in design.
18th century mental asylum- look at that
The 8 goals of universal design
Body fit- whether you feel you fit,
Comfort
Awareness
Understanding
Wellness
Social integration
Personalisation
Cultural appropriateness
HOW DO WE CONCEPTUALISE A SPACE WITH A DELIBERATE FIT BETWEEN PEOPLE WITH DISABILLITIES AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT
Research the endeavour foundation/ NDIS
MENTAL ASYLUM RESEARCH
it's not easy for me to engage in reading so first i'm starting with videos to give me prompts.
I started in the deep end and wanted to see the worst. it was quite shocking and sad. Although an asylum is considered a place for the worst type of mental health but that probably wasn't the case back then.
I Then had the question " do they still exist ?" well technically no. At least not on that evil level but psychiatric hospitals exist. Anyhow i bumped into this article, which is Australian based and it talks about a local asylum and experiences in the 18th century. My previous thought was correct, people with a non high need care were put there. Ironically this asylum is close to where I live, I didn't know my area had such a dark history.
The article follows a couple of stories of people who lived in that time, a 17 year old girl.
It's interesting to read and find out about the problems with just general health and mental health problems the times faced and it's amazing to see how this treatment has changed. Now the next query i had was more about the architecture and the interiors because when you think about it there isn't much of a difference in exteriors in with 18th century architecture vs 18 century mental asylum architecture.
we would see the segregation in the interiors, according to the description presented in the videos.
These were the dominant textures and the textures that should be avoided out of respect. I mean these textures and colours put together are just depressive. Ironically 3 of those textures are actually my favourite textures. places of care and treatment give off a depressive vibe, it's a punishment in itself.
DISABILITY TODAY
Looking at disability today, i continued by watching YouTube again to lead my research. This interview or shot documentary was based somewhere in Great Britain and it showcases cares and their PMLD clients. The carers in the video strongly express the importance of understanding their clients and one method they use is a booklet that contains all of their information, accessible to anyone who wants to get to know the client. One lady points out how if anyone who is wanting to create services for people like her client, they must get to know them, take action in reading about them. Another important notion was how things need to be activity based, a sensory experience. Sensory experiences are indicators of mood. throughout the video I also noted the environment, it was basic and practical, there was no trace of character and excitement.
It's important to design spaces in mind of the carer, for they do all the mental heavy lifting. You want them to enjoy the space as well, workplace environment can also affect in the quality of service.
I went to the website to check out their beliefs and goals.
these are the key points that I got.
- Understanding differences in individuals
- possibilities into a reality
- building skills and interests
Key words
- passionate
- development
- daily life
- learning
- community participation
WEEK 6 LECTURE NOTES
The socio - spatial experience of intellectual disability
3 main areas
Review the concepts of capability
The nature , history and experience of intellectual disability
Learning and lifestyle centres for people with intellectual disabilities
FIT AND MISFIT AS A RELATIONSHIP
Its important to avoid mis fitting and achieve fitting
" when the shape and substance of these two things correspond in their union they fit"
The idea of "JUXTAPOSITION" in design. "making people feel like they fit"
THE ERA OF INSTITUTIONALISATION
- Physical segregation, regimentation
- Recognising oneself in an activity"
PERSONAL THOUGHTS
" there has to be a connection between carer and client, a positive experience at that for an overall quality experience and sometimes that can start with just the work environment."
" I mean you can design a good space, a space that fit the requirements of a need, but if the outcome has the possibility of misfit and exclusion, the space is accused at being at fault, surely the systems in the way carer and client or client to client interact ultimately decided if the space is effective. Design structure and social systems must work hand in hand."
continuing my research and understanding of this project, i remembered a previous video/ interview with people who have a disability, and a couple of the interviewee mentioned the strong desire to feel independent, valued and equality.
when i think of equality in this instance, i certainly think back to exclusion and inclusion, but more so on resources and environment. My classmate Jiale, was kind enough to share her images of the Endeavour foundation in Windsor (which have not been posted here) and It looks nothing like the location from their website. It seems to me that there is an inconsistent quality in environment. The images that JIALE took almost suggest that it's just a normal house, a large house. Furniture is cheap, to be honest it looks like a regular disorganised home. But is that entirely a bad thing, perhaps in this context it is especially when you look at the needs of the brief. But we can so often see the negative sides of that type of environment, but we only think that way because we only see it from the glance and from an outside perspective but for the person who lives there, it could be comfy and warm, like that famous movie line, "she ain't pretty but she is home", there is a sense of comfort and often things function in their own unique way. It's what i call DISORGANISED BEAUTY. The best example i have seen of this has been in a movie, really unrealistic but for once i could understand this concept for one who cant sympathise.
Studio Ghibli often have scenes of this idea of DISORGANISED BEAUTY. These images are really beautifully artistically drawn, but it actually is just a mess, the artist have made mess look beautiful and desirable, yet despite the mess the space is its own character, there is a sense of this large history.
COMFORTABLE
PRACTICAL
HOMELY
INCLUSIVE
EXCLUSIVE
The endeavour foundation has re branded itself to fun, bold colours. You can see that there is a desire for a connection of their brand and their space via the use of colour. Personally i quite like this space, nice light, clean it has a bit of colour BUT its boring, it has life but no character, too professional looking, institutionalised. It reminds me of school, And when i think of school i think of restrictions.
People want to feel included but at the same time be a part of something exclusive.
DEZEEN - CO - WORKING SPACE
I did a bit of digging on co - working space. Unfortunately the examples are always professional workplace, the main reason for this search was to see the emotional response of the environment. Each space is its' own unique world, they all look so different from each other yet they still manage to evoke this feeling of piece or excitement. The more natural the colours and textures the more relaxing and peaceful i felt, simply by looking at the space. The spaces that used bright colours gave off a more happy and fun environment. The whole space looked interconnected in theme, nothing looked strange or out of place, furniture and texture complemented each other.
ART AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE FOREFRONT OF FUTURES AND LEARNING.
when searching about people with disability a popular topic was art. There is this push for the creative arts for people and disability. This push has encouraged workshops where people with disabilities can come together and express their own feelings to an extent where it becomes a new language in understanding them. This space has brought out positive outcomes, their smiles and attitude look like they are at peace and just simply having fun, a place where they can be independent and dedicated to their work.
I have also been thinking about the future and technology. Technology is constantly turned into an everyday norm whether it be for personal use and experiences or work related/ required. What is endeavour doing to engage their clients with this technology? Well it turns out they have introduced training learning modules with VR. The response of the clients was cute, like anybody they had the same reaction of amazement. For a somewhat confusing and possibly a little bit complicated piece of technology, they were able to use it really well, which is a feat for anyone really. Technology as a norm it is generational, yet it is something that can be taught. Evolving technology is our reality and it is something that EVERYONE should get well acquainted with so that the individual doesn't become somewhat ostracised or excluded.
technology has a lot of learning benefits.
E - learning mentions the 7 benefits of learning with technology
1. makes teaching easy
2. technology makes teaching easier
3. technology helps track progress
4. students enjoy learning
5. access information anytime
6. collaboration is more effective
7. good for the environment
Although this website might be referring to school education there is still is applicable to adults. I believe that there is an opportunity for the space to collaborate technology. How? that has yet to be discovered.
There is no denying its growing presence in education and work, it helps evoke thoughts, feelings, ideas and innovation in away we could never have thought, we can see that in interactive art. Is it possible to design spaces for Endeavour, that seamlessly integrates textile and technology? Google did it with their VR headset, and it's true they made an intimidating piece of technology look a bit more homely. There are 3 areas/spaces that could possibly incorporate this idea of "interacting digital spaces".
1. core activities
2. office space
3. chill out rooms
Interactive technology such as interactive walls are great for sensory experiences. It's fun and engaging, it can incorporate sound and touch. There is also an opportunity to use it to change the scenario of an area e.g the forest, the beach. there is a sense of wonder with this type of technology. It could be embedded into one of the spaces, possibly.
TEXTURES AND SENSORY EXPERIENCE
I have seen changing led light bulbs, smart bulbs and scent dispensing products but not the other products that were mentioned. I did try to search for the scented sofa but i could not find it. I did find scented furniture wax that can be applied onto wood and it gives off a gentle fragrance to the furniture. It would be interesting to see this incorporated to the design if i use wood elements.
*side note*
Jiale interviewed people in endeavour and one of the interesting questions was
Are there any special requirements for the visitors that the Endeavour Foundation doesn’t provide for?
Chill out room not really being used as chill out room as it looks dark not much light and full of storage, visitors need more private room to rest take a nap etc. although there is total 3 exist however there’s only 1 ramp visitors can use
perhaps it can be assumed that darkness is not really welcomed and perhaps a need for a better storage room ?
2. woven fabric
3. sunflowers to bio based materials
This glue extracted from the seeds can be used as an adhesive to assemble the different bio-based materials, which can then be coated with sunflower varnish to make them resistant to water.
"The sunflower crop offers a unique range of bio-based and biodegradable material," said Vailly. "Entering the realm of bioplastics, a vast number of applications of what was previously considered waste becomes possible: from a tiny bolt to a large insulation panel, from a bio-board to an smartphone case."
DISABILITY IN SWEDEN
The first thing to pop up was the Sweden disability policy and to me what was really interesting was its' IT service, which kind of encourages my previous research on technology and design. Unfortunately i could not find any examples of the quality in design decisions, the inclusion of design and disability, more so their systems than design, which great to some extent.
THE CURRENT SPACE
VISITING ENDEAVOUR AT IPSWICH
today on the 17/04 I visited the endeavour foundation, I called a day prior to my arrival. The space was large and quite accurate to the floor plan. The space wasn't as bad as I anticipated, but what was a surprise was the height to the roof, it was certainly higher than 3 meters, i would argue 4 1/2. It is Wednesday and there were around 8 clients and 3 coworkers, at the time i arrived most were engaging in the kitchen 1 was engaging in art and the others were just seated at a table quietly. It was slightly untidy. The back space felt really awkward, commercial floor, commercial partition walls, there were no doors other than the bathrooms and showers. There was something really boring about this space. There were tv's mounted on the wall, untouched even a virtual reality headset, gaming equipment and seating areas. But there is a lack of connectivity to the space. Another important note to remember is that the materials do need to be durable and somewhat easy to clean.
In contrast to JIALE'S visit to Windsor, there is quite a big difference in design. It would be hard to design a space that would transitional? one in a house and the other in a building, is that even possible?
THINGS TO RECONSIDER
After looking at some of my other classmates research, i have come to realise that there are further consideration that should be met for the benefits of the client. On Vivienne's weekly booklet she shares her information on her visit to Windsor. Here are some of the few points
1. movement of furniture
2. no smells (could cause a trigger)
3. space for movement
4. shelving
5. visual impairment need to know movement of furniture
DESIGN FOR THE VISUAL IMPAIRED
product designers have designed kitchen utensils to assist those who are a younger age to feel a bit independent for an everyday task. Their goal isn't to radically find a solution but to simply ease off a load, subtlety would probably best describe their result.
in their words--
"If somebody has sight loss, it's not black and white," said the designer. "If someone has hearing loss, we don't have to make huge iterations to our environments products and services, but actually we can give subtle cues and people can work with those."
These subtleties though are useful but personally restricting and dull, but supposedly for the user practicality is what matters but for millennial as sad as it is, colour is a dominant cue to almost every choice. Personally as awesome as the motive is for this design and its usefulness i cant help that there is a design sacrifice. practicality over aesthetic, which isn't entirely a bad thing, especially when they made their point in subtlety, it just feel like it lacks a bit of joy and excitement and i personally believe that is also a really strong vitamin for anyone. But props to the designers who are trying! For any result trying is IMPORTANT !
SPACIAL PLANNING AND CONCEPT
GOALS
"state of the art" was mentioned in the brief, and that is what i would like to achieve for the clients. I must admit though would it be realistic.. no, in the sense that my proposal would be too expensive i believe.
my original statement was
- " This assessment is theoretical and has no budget restrictions. My goal is to create spaces that cover the full scope of the brief and push my concept to a new environmental, technological state of art facility."
Looking at where my design is now, there are some areas that I believe could be improved, especially technology wise, finding a way for some technology to be integrated with furniture has not been entirely possible, It's a lot harder to develop and a lot more time consuming.
i am still trying to achieve my 3 goals
1. spaces for quite engagement
2. textural spaces
3. spaces that encourage technological expression and experimentation.
Unfortunately I have had to leave out the idea of moving furniture, at this point in my skill and understanding space and furniture, i have yet to improve on, especially knowing what is available to me in the real world.
METHOD
For the first time I will not be rendering by hand but will attempt to render via 3DS Max. Having to render in max.
I am currently undertaking a course called 3d modelling for interactions. One of the tutorialist was encouraging me to try to use FUSION as a way to construct furniture together instead of using revit, since revit can be a bit tricky to manipulate when it comes to casework and such.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
*CLASS 1B type of building*
The space has incorporated 2 more doors in total of 3
walkway space or spaces have a minimum of 1200mm
IDEATION
The space that i'm designing
One of the main ideas for my design is to create a balance of technology and environment to create a sort of emulation, controlling an interior environment into some extent.
The environment goal is to create a space that is relaxing and natural and of course all the statements above. I don't want the space to have a lot of light bulbs or lamps, but instead i want the space to simulate similarly to as if your lying down in the grass and when you look up you see sun light piercing through the trees?
TEXTURES AND TECHNOLOGY
by just simply browsing the internet, at one point of time I found textures and interactive tiles and i thought that they would benefit the the space and the idea of sensory design.
Helios touch, are LED tiles that are activated by touch, if the tiles cover a large space, one can draw shapes by touching the tiles, touch activated.
Nanoleaf, small LCD panels that create a digital mood. The panels can be controlled via a smart device, you can change the colours. You control the mood.
I do believe that this idea is achievable by using several LED panels on the ceiling and decorative ceiling pattern. I must consider what type of LED light the space would need and the strength of the lights.
EXTRA THOUGHT*
thinking of sensory design, it would be a good idea to embed speakers around the space playing nature sounds or sounds that the clients and visitors can use. Just remember that the space is designed so that they can somewhat manipulate the scene that they're in.
I suppose the best choice to closely match direct sunlight/ colour temperature. The 4500k or 5400K. From what I know, LED lights are cheaper to run, yet out of suggestion having solar panels would reduce the cost in the long run, If they have the money for it.
PROCESS
I have not entirely re-designed the endeavour space (Ipswich) The way i have approached this task was to improve what is already there, how the space could flow, so I left out moving the centre wall, kitchen and bathrooms. I mean why would i move those items if everything is all there, the plumbing, electrical outlets etc, But by doing that my brain thought linearly, unfortunately. I did try to things a little asymmetrical but it was tricky with that middle wall, kitchen, bathroom, shower in place.
Now I have somewhat managed to somewhat create the furniture/accessories/ panels in fusion, it was much easier to create what i had in my mind, BUT there is a big BUT and a catch.
The biggest problem was exporting the items out. Out of all the things I've tried the files in fusion do not flow easily into revit, 3ds Max and other, once i had placed all the furniture in the SAT. file does not allow me to add parameters let alone add materials, therefore exporting the entire REVIT file anywhere else is a no no. 3DS MAX does not recognise individual components and it recognises furniture as one entity therefore you cannot add materials separately.
The images below (pre- render) show the problem (import) . The grey items/furniture are the items i have made, but as you can see, there are no textures or materials, because you just cant add materials as a SAT. file in revit. The closest i could get was going back to fusion exporting via a cloud as a DXF. file with materials added and import it into revit, which helped and i was able to see materials on the file.
+ i don't know how to use Sketchup
RENDERING
Rendering via another output is not an easy task, it takes a lot of time. Most outputs have there own material library therefore you have to start again to add the materials, which is fine if you can add the materials the only problem is, is that it didn't let me, rendering has not gone to well for me, I'll have to try a new method again in the future.
REVIT RENDERS
ENSCAPE RENDER- PLUG IN
This render plug in could have been the best plug in ! BUT, it didn't reconginse the wood texture from fusion?
SOLUTION
I ended up giving a go in rendering in the Revit Cloud, which turned out to be way quicker and better. Once rendered, post production proceeded in Photoshop. Some renders were rendered at a lower render setting.
PRESENTATION
ALTERNATIVE FLOOR PLAN
Reflecting on the current design, I was worried about the ability to rearrange the furniture, since the space leans to a more sedentary way of moving, yet with the ability to re purpose the space. If the client is still insistent in pursuing its current space arrangement or similar furniture I do have an alternate floor plan for a possible re arrangement of the furniture for the benefit of the ability to rearrange the space. This would need to be further discussed, requested by the client
The idea is to keep everything else the same and rearrange and re adjust main components. The first being the giant LCD panelled roof space, that space would move to where the LCD cylinder space were. The front half would still be sedentary, fixed furniture. But with the cylinders moved, the second half now has a large space for normal, loose furniture to be placed. If the cylinders are still wanting to be kept, they can be cut in half like a semi circle and attached to a wall or simply reduce the diameter of the cylinders, they are currently 7000mm wide, though with the reduction of the diameter, it does mean that there is teaching number size restriction.
ANOTHER RECONSIDERATION
With more time, i would strategically place normal and decorative ceiling a bit better than what it already is, i would think about how the light affects and assist the people who are visually impaired depending the placing of the lights, it could help them understand where they are going in the space, like a sort guide light guide or cue, since they can still sense the light from the dark.
It would be cool if some of the LED panels be at 4500k and others at 3000k for an evening sun option, interchangeable environment. I don't exactly know how it would work, but maybe using mirror in intentional spots to control where the light lands?
THANKS
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