Studio Brief 2 - 'Life's a pitch' Presentation

We discussed and thought about what was missing in this building, what makes us feel so trapped by it, what deters us from coming in to work here everyday, and what can we do to make the environment better.

We looked at universities and studios that we liked the look and feel off, ones which we are jealous of because we would want our university to look like that. We looked at what those things we liked were.

This quote by Paula Sher was something that really resonated with us, we wanted to create an environment that we love and felt inspired and motivated by it.

Initial ideas were about adding lots of plants, natural elements, light, wood and aesthetically pleasing textures and materials to our surroundings/atmosphere.

We thought our initial ideas were too weak and expected, so we wanted to take the idea of creating an 'outside-inside' to the extreme, and give the university not one but several environments.

We came up with the environments - Marine, Rainforest, Desert and Arctic. 

Main Entrance on the Rainforest Floor - has a memorable and impressive plant covered wall.

Cafeteria/ Main Hall on the Rainforest Floor - has lots of hanging plants, wooden/bamboo elements and light. This would be the socialising/eventful floor.

Study Room on the Marine Floor - has glass/water walls, coral/sealife elements, and a calming atmosphere. This would be the peaceful, private study floor.

Hallway on the Desert Floor - has cacti, sand/rock elements and textures, warm and fun atmosphere. This would be the adaptive floor, allowing lots of elements to be moved and shaped according to its use/need.

Hallway on the Arctic Floor - has snow/frost, fur, ice and a cold and soothing atmosphere. This would be the exhibition/gallery floor, showcasing student work.

Main Entrance Wayfinding Sculpture -glass sections contain materials to represent each floor.

Main Entrance - two set of barriers/entrances, one for students and one for visitors to control the flow of people traffic.

Floor Wayfinding - glass letters contain materials that correspond to each floor. Room naming also corresponds to each floor. eg. A100 on Arctic Floor, D125 on Desert Floor, M45 on Marine Floor and R301 on Rainforest Floor.

Room Naming Wayfinding - back-lit white board and marker pen that allows the information for each room to eb adapted for its need/use.