Y3 Route Plans / Non-Traditional Method of Presentation

The type of architecture i have created under the brief for this final project of mine doesn't lend itself to the traditional plans, sections and elevations type of presentation. It also has issues with an axonometric drawing or a big impressive render because of the nature of the beast. Being a self-organised arrangement of pods surrounding a central core building it tends to look a bit messy and labyrinthian.


The solution was to draw a series of unfolded plans of routes through the labyrinth to shed some light on what goes on, but importantly to not show everything. Leaving some up to the imagination of the viewer was important to me, because it adds mystery and opportunity and it becomes something more than just a drawing, it becomes a personal investigation when you look at it
"This leads down here, but what happens down this route?"


With dimensions of 2400x1500 to fill on my display with these routes, and a limited time in which to get them finished to print i managed to achieve something along those lines. A few points:


1. I was happy at the time with the work i produced. After a week of looking around the exhibition and back at my own work, i feel i have done ok, but there is room for improvement which i will explore over the coming weeks and post up the results here. So these are by no means the final product.


2. Colour and texture control in these images aren't as good as they could be, and over-laid hand drawings weren't as crisp as i'd like. These were all because of the time contraints and had i had another week at my disposal they would have been sorted. However, time was against everyone int he year and i haven't spoken to anyone who said they couldn't improve upon what they have done.

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First up is the route which would normally be from Bromley-By-Bow to the tube station on foot. This is a ground level route only travelling north to south [displayed east to west respectively in this image]. And the end of the route is the ground floor of the forum space, where community discussions and meetings can take place to ensure the growth and safety of this community. On the way it passes past people's homes and where they have set up ad-hoc gardens and entrance ways to their houses in an effort to once again make this space their own.





The next route takes place as a potential escape route out of the labyrinth where the occupant can climb onto the roof of Bromley-By-Bow underground station and run around the housing pods which have begun to creep over the top of it. They can then get out of the labyrinth and make a quick get away. Alternatively they can use it to run into the labyrinth and then get lost amongst the maze, evading potential capture.





The next route is a more casual route through onto the tops of a set of housing pods, and it's where people have set up a roof space for them to use, utilsing the cover that the surrounding housing blocks give them they have the luxury of being a bit more free with how they use this space, and creating an outdoor area on top of the labyrinth is what they have chosen to do.

Y3 Project 3 Exhibition and Future Thoughts

First i will begin by saying that at this point, my third year is over [well, not quite but i'll get to that shortly] and so now of the next week or two i plan to update this blog with an in-depth look at project 3 and also improve upon the drawings i produced for the exhibition after a short time to reflect upon my work. After all, it's through critical reflection that we learn so much more, and i plan to take that knowledge to further work into what i have produced. 

For now i will present some photographs of my work in the exhibition, and in the next blog post i will post up the main drawings on the exhibition panel as they were when i pinned them up. After which i will work back into those drawings and hopefully elevate them to a higher standard of work to show my project off even better. 

Comments on the project itself, the backstory, the architectural thought process and of course where i intend to take it will be attached to one of the later blog posts or in a post of its own because it will be of some length.

So, for now here are some photographs of the exhibition stand: