Some spaces can be ‘staged’ to suggest a building or object in context. The use of disposable materials such as cardboard or polystyrene can create an impression of the intended design at full size and so allow a better understanding of its impact within a space. Such pieces can also be read as installations: as full-size pieces of sculpture in a space.
Generally, drawing or modelling at fullsize will be restricted to architectural details (such as a door handle or a piece of furniture, for example, see pages 42-43), where the type, texture and tactility of the materials used are important design considerations, or to specific fixing details that need to be developed from particular components, made full size and tested as a prototype.
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Project: The Architecture Foundation Summer House Location: London, UK Architects: 6a architects and Eley Kishimoto Date: 2005 |
Designed by 6a Architects and fashion designers Eley Kishimoto the Summer House explores the potential for using pattern in architecture, and it created a temporary public space and landmark for two months during summer 2005. The outside was clad with plywood laser cut with Eley Kishimoto’s pattern of Rapunzel’s hair, allowing dappled light into the interior of the tower. At night, the tower was lit from within to glow like a giant lantern. This project was modelled initially to scale and was effectively a full-size installation constructed in an existing space using panels of plywood, much like a set element for a theatre stage.