Thursday, October 29, 2009

Second Draft and final submission

Thursday, October 15, 2009

The Vitra Design Museum showcases collections of furniture and on its own is a piece of architecture that attracts many people. The architectural piece is designed by Frank Gehry and portrays his deconstructive style in the building. This style that Gehry is consist with throughout his work has inspired the re-envision of the Vitra Design Museum. The abstract and curved elements of the exterior of the building created an aesthetic look that evoked a relationship with the lifestyle of the nightlife scene. It evokes similarities such as the nature of the building being ‘out-there’ and ‘untamed’, which relates to the experiences and journeys that occur in a nightlife lifestyle. With this relationship provoked the idea to transform the museum into a bar. The exterior design of the building would stay the same, as this becomes the connection between the bar and people with an outgoing lifestyle. With the exterior being the first point of contact with people highlights that it is the first encounter of the nightlife experience to interact with the attitude of their journey. The inspiration for the re-envision of the interior of the building was the popular Ivy Bar in Sydney. The bar was interiorly designed by Hecker Phelan Guthrie and was given a 1950s glam feel but with a modern approach.

The Ivy bar has become a major aspect of today’s society with its increase in popularity for its modern design architecturally, therefore has inspired the Muse Bar. This portrays the major role the structure plays in this particular lifestyle as it creates the mood and plays a large role in the overall experience of the nightlife. Therefore, this particular design style is integrated into the Muse Bar for it can further provide current generation the energy needed for the ‘outgoing’ nature and experience to continue, as this has made the Ivy Bar such a popular night scene attraction. By integrating this certain style has given the re-envision of Gehry’s architecture into an architectural attraction that can be experienced at night.

The main purpose for the re-envision Frank Gehry’s Vitra Design Museum was for the power and the untamed attitude of the building to emulate throughout the entire building. This is achieved by transforming the function of the building from a museum into a bar. By transforming the audience of the building to people who live the nightlife lifestyle allows more of the energy’s attitude to be released on the one site. The function of the bar and the people would reflect the exterior attitude of the building by the nightlife community experiencing the full potential of the architecture.

First Draft Layout

Interior & Exterior image captures

Exterior Rendered Images

Interior Rendered Images

3D Warehouse Referencing:

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Textures

Mixture of dark and light wood

Range of Glass Opacity

Crackly Glass

Concrete

Grid Layout

First A1 Poster

Second and Third Poster

Montage & Inspirtation

For the interior, i wanted to make it modern, therefore i will getting design inspiration from the ivy bar in sydney.

Image References: http://4bars.com.au/web/2009/05/05/ivy-sydney/

Changes to the Building

The transformation that i want to apply to the Vitra Design Museum is to change its function from a museum to a bar. This idea arose from analysing the building itself. The abstract and curved design of the building to me looks a bit wild, crazy and breaks from the typical square building. This observation suggested that the buildings energy and attitude reflected the nightlife and clubbing scene. Therefore, i wanted to re-design the museum into a bar. By creating a bar, a lot of interiors needs to changed and a range materials will need to be added such as glass, marble, wood, metal and concrete.

Interior & Exterior comparisons

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Basic 3D Model

Building Research

VITRA DESIGN MUSEUM

VITRA DESIGN MUSEUM

"The inception of the Vitra Design Museum dates back to the early 1980s. With the aim of documenting the history of the Vitra company, Vitra CEO Rolf Fehlbaum began collecting the furniture of designers who had influenced the company's development, such as Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, Alvar Aalto, and Jean Prouvé. As the collection grew, so did the desire for an architectural venue in which the objects could be displayed.

Back in 1986, Fehlbaum developed the concept for a design museum and in 1987 contacted Frank O. Gehry as the architect for the planned museum building. That same year, Fehlbaum met the later director of the museum Alexander von Vegesack through Ray Eames. Together Fehlbaum and von Vegesack developed the idea of a publicly operating museum from the original idea of a closedprivate collection. "

Reference: http://www.design-museum.de/museum/ueberuns/index.php?sid=d3adef9e17892606c8fd509ade71fdaa&language=en

http://blog.smow.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/800px-vitra_design_museum_rear_view.jpg

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Case Study Building

WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL

The Walt Disney Concert hall, designed by architect Frank Gehry, was not only designed as another piece of amusing architecture but is tailored to effectively convey orchestral sound.

This piece of architecture consisted of a large amount of materials to construct an ideal piece of architecture. This consisted of 12,500 pieces of primary steel, which weigh over 11,000 tons to build the halls. Also, 18,000 cubic yards of concrete were poured, including two roof slabs 15 inches thick. In creating a sense of bringing some of the outside nature into the concert hall, 8 skylights were designed with glass three inches thick to keep the interior naturally bright. A great 300 tons of simple but necessary materials of bolts and welds were used.

“From the stainless steel curves of its striking exterior to the state-of-the-art acoustics of the hardwood-paneled main auditorium, the 3.6-acre complex embodies the unique energy and creative spirit of the city of Los Angeles and its orchestra.”