PROJECT 3: SUPER LAIR (Beeconstructed Hideout)

Here is my post-assignment/semester blog about Project 3 for IDP!

We had to pin up our works by hook or by crook on Thursday July 14. On Friday, July 15, was presentation day. I was freaking out as I only finished up my board at 3pm (the pin up started at 2, but was shocked to see myself be one of the earlier ones to finish up.) Needless to say, the end result was worth it. I expressed to my tutor (Mr. Qhawar, who kept me sane and gave clarity throughout this project) that I was really worried about the board as I knew 3 days to work on it might be tough.

Me with my pin up on presentation day! I love the way it looked in the end.

My work:

My layout board, A0 size.

The infographic I designed for my model.

My critique:
I got mixed reviews for my critique. I am okay with this however, as I figured out that the moderators were the kind to give the good news and bad news sort of people.

• The bad: my form could use more exploration/extrapolation (in terms of making it more minimal), basically, the final shape of the whole thing. I will elaborate further below.
• The good: layout did its job and ideas/information were clear, Project 1 and Project 2 really impressed them, I sounded confident and had good basic knowledge, and did my research, my activities were interesting.

Reflection:

• What I have learnt: Miss Diana and Vickram (my moderators) gave really good advice. Firstly, they told me to never stop sketching and reading, which I intend to do over the break. They taught me to always explore a step further in terms of design because the process never really has a finish point. Even if you think the form is perfect, there is always something else to explore/extrapolate. As much as that is confusing, it's good to start questioning yourself at some points, just to test your aptitude as a designer.

• What I could have done better: For the form, they actually wanted me to remove all the components (but the plan/section would literally be a square, but it's clever design! Think: Apple design process) as the components seemed to be built to be accommodated by the form, but integration would have been much better.
  
  Firstly, as my form was simple (which to them was not a problem), I could have made it a spinning cube. Eradicate the running wheel and make the entire building the running wheel.
  
  For the trampoline, it could have been on the ceiling and floor, changing its orientation and features as the cube rotated. The climbing walls could be on the adjacent sides of the trampoline and integrated with the facade design.
  
  As for the openings/facade, it could be more dynamic in terms of deconstructionism. Maybe make more cubic forms inside and outside the building. Make it more similar to my Project 2.
• What I would do next time: Time management is something many designers struggle with, and my mom even chided me for wanting to sleep with final submission coming up (my body gave in eventually, though.) I somehow need to figure this whole thing out, but my next strategy would be to start conceptualizing immediately after the brief.
  
  I will keep a sketchbook and do more research, recording it into this. Mood boards, sketches, ideas, I need to materialize and document my thought process more, rather than eventually forgetting about it.
  
  I will also push myself to be more detailed and organized. Or perhaps, create clever minimalist designs because it's easy to add more, what if I tried to explore less is more?

IDP BIA Sem 1 post-presentation. Love these guys!