Final Design

 

For my final design I decided to combine the ideas of designing a tiny house and  a duck vehicle. I liked the idea that the house will be able to sail in water as well as drive on land.

This design can be used for natural disasters like a flood.

 

I would like these houses to be located in places that are near a river. Looking at recent news updates of the flood in the River Thames, houses like this will be perfect. Many people complained about losing their homes and their valuable possession, however if they live in a mobile home like this, issues and concerns like this will not be a problem.

 

 

 

Looking at Jay Shafer's designs of tiny  houses, I considered using a similar floor plan in order to consider every main elements of the house. using the idea of having an open plan house apart from the bathroom fits well with this design and gives us more space for everything else.

 

Instead of having  wheels like the duck vehicle, I have only used three ion order to make my design more unique.

 

I personally feel that my final design was very successful and original, however I feel that I should of looked more into the creative aspect of it through the works of Atelier Van Lieshout.

 

I liked the look of his creative and unique approach to mobile homes and would like to look into that a little further in order to make my mobile home look more appealing. However overall I like my design, as it is plain and simple and fits its purpose which is to respond to floods.

Design ideas - Mobile home

Looking at the structure and form of the Dukw, I would like to combine this technique within my final design. I like the way that it is a combination of a boat and a car, this enables it to run on land and float in water. this would be useful for natural disasters like floods.

 

Looking into the tiny house project I decided to take on board some of the aspects. Many are stick-built homes permanently attached to trailers for mobility. Jay Shafer, founder of the tiny house movement believes that people should be allowed to live as simply as they choose. This is the same message I would like to put across. Tiny houses are luxurious, because they are easier to take care of and allow their owners to spend more money on pleasures.

Tiny houses are built on trailer platforms and typically, they are between a hundred and a hundred and thirty square feet.

 

I have been looking at combining a tent of some sort with the DUCW vehicle features.

I have been looking at combining these two techniques as I really think this will be a good design for a mobile home as it is unique.

Mobile home

 

Project Description:

 

You have each been given an outcome appropriate to your specialist field within the pathway. You are to use the knowledge, experience, processes and techniques learnt during the course to fulfil the criteria of your given brief.

As a starting point you should research existing objects/spaces/structures that exist which meet or are similar to the given requirements, annotating this as to how other designers have dealt with the subject, whether successfully or not. Formulate your own ideas and opinions as how to approach your designs and decide what intrinsic elements you should incorporate. For example, if you are designing a piece of furniture, the human body’s proportions have to be taken into consideration. If designing space the scale and function could dictate the appearance.

The design process must include a variety of ideas represented both graphically and in 3D form. The outcome whether it is fully functional, in model form or made as a prototype, should challenge the conventional conceptions inherent in the given outcome. Basically do not reproduce existing examples. Use your imagination, think laterally and out of the box!
 

 

 

Looking at the London duck and the way in which in designed made me want to dig deeper into the designer. I was interested in the fact that this vehicle was able to successfully sail in water as well as drive on road.

 

Here is a unique and abstract design by Atelier Van Lieshout. I love his work! They are both exciting and unique. Looking though his works, I was intrigued to know the meaning behind it. so I done a little bit of research and found that he wants the role, questioning the usefulness of art.

The Art Atelier Van Lieshout has frequently a function, such as a mobile accommodation or sanitary unit. The work of Atelier Van Lieshout extends from machinery to sculptures, from furniture to buildings, installations to draft utopian and dystopian cities. His work shows a recurring fascination systems: economic and political systems, society and the role of humans in this, self-sufficiency, the human body. 

Here is a tiny house designed and built by Jay Shafer, founder of the tiny house movement.

Final Design for my client

 

I feel that the final design for my client turned out very well. She mentioned that she would like compartments and or shelves for storage so I was able to insert this in the art studio.

 

The bathroom is a decent size, not too big and not too small. The bedroom is placed next to the bathroom and just outside the bedroom there is an open plan both combining the kitchen living room and the art studio.

 

As you can see the apartment already comes with built in storage for my client to use straight away. the table tops for both the kitchen and the art studio are already inserted too.

 

My client is satisfied with the final design.

I was able to edit on Photoshop some of the colours that my client recommended. She said that she would like the apartment to consist of neutral colours like whites and beiges. I was able to incorporate all of her needs into this design.

I also attempted to do some work on Google sketch up to help enhance my designs. I was able to get a rough outline of the structure.

Deisgn ideas for my client

Before designed I prepared a list of questions to ask my client so that my design is successful and fit to her needs.

1. How much time do you spend in the living areas, bedroom, kitchen, art studio etc.?
2. How much time and energy are you willing to invest to maintain your apartment?
3. If you are thinking of extending, what functions or activities will be housed in the new space?
4. What kind of spaces do you need, e.g bedrooms, bigger kitchen, family room, bathrooms, etc?

She said that she would like her art studio to be the largest place as she spends most of her time in there.

She I willing to invest a lot of time to maintain her apartment.

I she is willing of extended her apartment, she suggesting that the living room be more spacious.

She would like to have a medium sized bedroom, a small living room, a kitchen, a bathroom and an art studio. To make the apartment look more spacious she would like it to feature some sort of open plan.

 

As you can see in the plan below I have considered all of my clients needs. There is an open plan through the kitchen, living room and the art studio.

 

 

Here I have designed a floor plan of he house. My client would like it to keep her apartment basic and simple. She would like her art studio to be combined with her apartment, so we both discussed ways in which we can join these two elements together.

 

Our initial design idea was to simply knock down the walls of both sides of parallel apartments to combine the space into one.

Our second design idea was to attach the art studio either side of existing buildings. However this idea seemed too complex, so my client preferred the initial idea.

She would like her apartment and art studio to be situated in Brooklyn, for the reason that she has always wanted to live there in the future.

Individualisation

Project Description

You are to make a commissioned 3D object or socially interactive internal space (maximum
2 floors) for a client. Your client is a fellow member of the 3D group who will hopefully remain unknown to you until halfway through the project. Your outcome should be based on a set of questions that your client will have answered.

The questions asked will be formulated with the production of an object/space/structure in mind. This will enable you to hopefully explore the diverse range of interests both socially and culturally that are inherent within the Pathway group. The form(s) and the material(s) used should arise from the research you do about the information you have been given. This research should be the starting point for further exploration of subjects appropriate to the client. Use the knowledge and techniques accumulated during the previous projects in producing your outcome.