My client was Isamu Noguchi. For this project I really tried to create a space that would speak to him as a person and be a place in which he would like to be, rather than make my project simply a representation of his work. When I was researching what exactly the definition of a "wall" was, I ran with the idea that walls create space, and thus the project was very backwards; I created a space to create a wall.
These are preliminary concept sketches. I chose to work with these because they showed the most promise for development
There was one more iteration before this one, it did not have the turned roof plane and was basically an exact model of the sketches above. I forgot to take a picture of it however and realized this by the time I had this model completed by adding parts to it
The slats on this model were an original idea I had to use water running down the sides for a calming visual and audio effect. It's way too boxy though, too much like a room.
This is not a new model but just turning the above version on it's side, the atrium-like feature at the top was very interesting to me and basically I used that and cut the rest of it away.
Using the little hut idea, I revamped it to abstract and lend itself to ancient Japanese temples.
The final model. A further reduction of it's features and the addition of pale, blue and green (on the underside of the panels). I chose Japanese style colors for a relaxing and calming effect on the ihabitant.
Throughout his life Noguchi had estrangement issues with his father, as well as had to put up with a lot of anti-Japanese sentiment during the world war II era. Thus with my project, in design it is directed at creating a sense of identity and security.
These are preliminary concept sketches. I chose to work with these because they showed the most promise for development
There was one more iteration before this one, it did not have the turned roof plane and was basically an exact model of the sketches above. I forgot to take a picture of it however and realized this by the time I had this model completed by adding parts to it
The slats on this model were an original idea I had to use water running down the sides for a calming visual and audio effect. It's way too boxy though, too much like a room.
This is not a new model but just turning the above version on it's side, the atrium-like feature at the top was very interesting to me and basically I used that and cut the rest of it away.
Using the little hut idea, I revamped it to abstract and lend itself to ancient Japanese temples.
The final model. A further reduction of it's features and the addition of pale, blue and green (on the underside of the panels). I chose Japanese style colors for a relaxing and calming effect on the ihabitant.
Throughout his life Noguchi had estrangement issues with his father, as well as had to put up with a lot of anti-Japanese sentiment during the world war II era. Thus with my project, in design it is directed at creating a sense of identity and security.
