JENGA 3.0
Dajana Nedic + Blakeni Walls + Sharon Frazier
SQUEEZE meets BUBBLE meets LEVITATE
About Caravaggio
Drawing inspiration from the Baroque style time period, the ideas of movement, tension, and contrast of light and shadow were significantly prominent with the work of painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. The son of an architect, he tied physical observation with naturalism and chiaroscuro to provide a realistic style. Caravaggio’s name is derived from a small town in Italy, which embodies our ideas of working within a small community. With our conceptual ideas of lightness, compression and release, along with navigation, we will begin to defy our skills individually and advance to marry the separate ideas into a cohesive conceptual understanding with which to drive this project.
Theoretical Position
Translating the importance of language through stories and narratives helps us draw inspiration from architectural meanings. “It’s not the architectural sense of the buildings that captivates me, but the world they translate”, writes Jean Nouvel in the book The Singular Objects of Architecture. With this, we strive to extrapolate the truth behind the mystery of what shapes a space and how its connections can capture moments of lightness, floating, and compression.
“Photography is unclassifiable because there is no reason to mark this or that of its occurrences; it aspires, perhaps, to become as crude, as certain, as noble as a sign, which would afford it access to the dignity of a language” states Roland Barthes in his text Camera Lucida. Somewhat like Barthes idea of photography, we aim to translate our connections across the three spaces as those” noble signs” that begin to speak a distinct language of curiosity and intrigue.
Combining the three spaces, we conceptually recognize the advantages of pathways, destinations, moments of relief, and side trips. These spatial elements will aid us in linking and relating the three concept words of Squeeze, Bubble, and Levitate across all aspects of the project. “But for our purpose it is not the infinite variety of the religious experiences of space that concerns us but, on the contrary, their elements of unity” speaks Mircea Eliade in the work of The Sacred and The Profane.
Design Approach
Our aim for this design is to explore and examine the ideas of mystery, lightness, and materiality of the space. We believe that through both metaphoric and literal analysis we can begin to analyze how the use of words and strong concepts derived from previous projects can help bring our current design to life. We are prepared to include and enforce the use of materials, furnishings, and contrast of color to convey the connections that are evident within our concept as a whole. As our ideas are evolve over time, we ensure that our concept will be strong and prominent throughout the sum of the project.
Deliverables
In order to define our concept and present our collaborative process in a unified manner, we will start by proposing our ideas and developing a strong concept statement. As we begin to build a digital model, we will proceed to solidify the floor plans and sections, which will help generate the interior and exterior perspectives. We plan to utilize visual diagrams throughout our process in order to communicate the connections between the three spaces. Ultimately, we plan to realize the physical model of the entire space as a representation of our overall concept.
Team Qualifications
As a collaborative team, we bring an even balance of skills and innovation in order to provide a holistic perspective of three spaces coming together as one. These skills will help us to conceptually design and visually communicate an enriching space that tells a story and brings our ideas to life.
As originators we are confident that our design process will develop and further expand our knowledge in the conceptual, visual, and physical aspects of the overall project. Though we are close in relation to the design indicator scale, this can be seen as a positive trait for the team. Considering that we will most likely work in similar fashions, we can be sure that we will agree to do what is best and most important for the project. In addition to gaining a better understanding of our individual design processes, we will provide a healthy and creative variety to the entire collaboration.
Sharon, who is a 14 on the indicator design scale, brings ten years of experience in the field of European furniture, as well as working knowledge of the industries in that field. With a strong attention to detail, she shows passionate care for her work through clean craftsmanship and an inherent eye for balance, proportion, and harmony. She has a natural ability to abstract ideas develop them conceptually in order to bring the real and creative worlds together in a unique way. Her philosophical approach to design is necessary for understanding the underlying information that might otherwise go unnoticed.
Blakeni, who is a 20, shows advanced creativity and an eye for color ultimately bringing visual strength to the overall aesthetics of the project. Her detail-oriented style results in a profound attitude that is prevalent in not only her personal style but also in her work. With unique characteristics unlike any other, she embraces the ability to create a vision and conceptually carry it through with every aspect of her life. Her work is never without reason, which reinforces her love for design and determination for expanding her knowledge. Her ability to fabricate ideas into concrete forms helps to better visualize her design process.
Goals
The collaborative efforts that our design team will capitalize on are shaped by our personal goals as defined at the beginning of the semester. Our goals will drive our own area of interests and involvement in this project as listed below:
Blakeni Walls - focus on representation and proficiency of our design digitally using the program Rhino, a concerted effort to be organized in the design process and documentation, and an effort to mesh more as a team than working more on her own as a natural tendency.
Dajana Nedic- attention given to her time management skills in exploring the design process with the team dynamic to help reinforce this goal, explore further the research phase of the project, and improving her communication skills in presenting her work as a collaborative whole.
Sharon Frazier - giving emphasis on exploring different ways of approaching the design process from conception to presentation, gaining a better understanding of how to use existing design work of precedents as inspiration however moving beyond them in a more original way, and more concisely and confidently communicating the design ideas during presentations.
Collaboration
Our team brings a strong collaborative spirit in working seamlessly together. It is our approach to work side by side in a concerted way helping each other complete work as the other team member becomes available. It is our strength to listen well and to offer a helping hand as a team foundation. Each designer will bring her own strengths to the design process and we anticipate the final conceptual outcome to be stronger as a result of our collaborative efforts than we could have accomplished solo. We plan to meet together in the studio on Monday and Wednesday from 3:30-6:00pm, and on Thursdays from 4:00-5:00pm. On Tuesdays we will work individually to bring the ideas together on the following day.
Responsibilities
The whole team is involved in the concept development and overall collaboration throughout the entire project. The following responsibilities are led by the noted team members, which are to be cross-trained across the whole team. As we have realized our individual strengths, we plan to combine and employ as a team.
Dajana Nedic
· Concept statement
· Physical Model
· Public Space
Sharon Frazier
· Perspectives
· Diagrams
· Research
Blakeni Walls
· Digital Model
· Floor plan + Sections
· Ceiling Plan
We plan to meet daily from February 14th to the 23rd in the open space of the Maud Gatewood Studio Arts Building, with intention to explore, develop, and carry out the project conceptually, visually, and physically.
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