In order to understand how my design interventions will alter and compliment the existing building I have transformed the objects I made to represent the building focusing on natural growth and biophilic design and how these aspects can seamlessly fit into the buildings.
Inspiration For Transformations-
This is a collage I made as part of my Major Project concept development. The point of the collage is to show how the addition of biophilia into an industrial building can encourage growth and enjoyment into a community project. It focuses on how natural growth encourages human growth.
Transformation 1-
(Roots and Growth)
Precedent
This project was part of a royal event in Abu Dhabi where the designer Edoardo Tresoldi aimed to show how nature and architecture connect and contrast. The design includes a complex accumulation of spheres, cubes and pillars that cover 7,000 square meters all of which are constructed out of wire mesh. The space is then populated with vines and plants that have over time become part of the structures. The quote below embodies what I aim to replicate in my design project and aligns with the biophilic design theories I have previously researched.
"Architecture and nature dance together in continuous connections and contrasts" Edoardo Tresoldi
First Attempt
Unfortunately my first attempt at growing wheatgrass didn't work as the weather was too cold for the seeds to properly germinate. While it was an unsuccessful attempt it shows just how delicate the natural world is and how gentle we have to be to protect it. It also made me consider how the project will need careful consideration to how to keep any plants alive and healthy in the project itself.
Second Attempt
As the weather got warmer as the year has gone on I attempted to grow the wheatgrass again this time it was more successful and I was able to fully grow the grass to fill the structure and create the outcome shown below. Further to the outcome of the grass growing through the object showing how my intervention aims to weave its way into the existing building the roots also weaved themselves together to create a strong fabric like layer.
Final Outcome
Alternative Approach
Rather than using wheatgrass as it was very dependent on the weather and needed a lot of time to grow I decided to try alternative materials to simulate natural growth. I started off with fabric to simulate flowers and leaves The outcome was effective but they had no structural integrity so the outcome was just a bunch of fabric on the bottom of the floor. This was remedied by using wax to give the fabric some rigidity.
Transformation 2-
(Biophilic Design)
Precedent
The 2022 Munich Flower Extravaganza not only explored how flower's can be used in spatial design but it also aimed to bring the whole community together in the process. Locals where invited to dry and then donate their own flowers to the exhibition whether they had brought them, grown them or picked them.
The outcome was over 100,000 dried flowers all connected by hand to create door ways and paths through the flowers.
Final Outcome-
After cutting out acrylic sheets of the section of Boat House 4 I took a variety of flowers that I found around Portsmouth and first pressed and then dried them out before layering them in-between the acrylic sheets.
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