Material Modelling

Situated on a hill, close to the UNSW, my chosen location was the lounge room/dinning room/kitchen area of my first floor apartment. Although surrounded by other apartments, the location has a great view, catching the sunset on the Western side, while the morning sun is allowed entrance through the Eastern side. However, the apartment is, as apartments are, small and does not have a balcony.

I made the original model from boxboard and used balsa for the transformations. I transformed my model my slicing it down the middle and slightly elevating the dinning room and kitchen from which I extended a balcony to enjoy the sunset and for entertaining. I linearly rapped the balcony with the aid of a balsa stripper, which also created privacy from the surrounding apartments. I cut quadrilateral shapes into the linear strips of balsa to let in the view. I also opened up the lounge room to the morning sun further with new large glass windows. The openings in the linear rapping around the balcony and the lounge room windows represent the theme of linear elements and various quadrilateral shapes my model transformation was based around. I opened up the kitchen to the lounge room/dinning room by removing the separating wall and installing a breakfast bench in its place. In making these changes I also slightly extended the floor space and ceiling height to create the illusion of space while still remaining a relatively small apartment size floor space (a limitation I self-imposed on my work).

My photomontage followed my exploration of the space. How the space flows together is connected to the final model through the transformations I made, particularly their linear nature. I built the photomontage by finding connections between images and creating a path that clearly narrates the process I undertook in transforming my model.