Final Presentation

 This week we submitted our final presentation of our kiosk.  Overall we were pleased with the outcome.  In the final, one thing we learned was that if we would have glued all the components together it would have made for a better presentation.  We added little balls to act as the lighting, which in reality would be hanging candles in glass jars.  We had the lattice serve as the ceiling with veins going everywhere.

The pumpkin wall was suppose to be a longer version of the fence for cohesion.  The cashier stand was trying to mimic barn doors.  All in all it looked great.  One of our critiques was that it was too country and not modern enough.  I think this is a lesson learned in how to apply critiques as we feel that we were swayed in the direction we ultimately chose by the professors.  We thought we going in the path they wanted but there was a little misread.

More Study Models

This week we began to make more 3D models but trying to use more of the materials that actually mimic the real materials to be used.  We used a lot of bass and balsa wood.  We wanted to make some variations in the wood so we white washed some of the pieces as well as stained some a darker brown.  Another one of our ideas was to randomly place pumpkins on different heights on pedestals to show how you have to reach down at a real pumpkin patch and grab the pumpkins.  

To play to all the senses, we would also like to display carved pumpkins for visual appeal and to sell tools to make some of the things displayed.  We would also serve pumpkin treats and sell recipe books for customers to purchase.  After our critique we were told to stick to one simple module.  We decided to put the lattice wall on the ceiling and to make the fence and the pumpkin wall more alike.

Study Models

This week was our first time actually putting our ideas into 3D models.  We decided that our concept would be to bring the outside in and the idea would be the "urban pumpkin patch."  Being that this is a free standing kiosk, we would like to do away with the walls per se.  There will be a wall of pumpkins that will be visible from the inside and the outside of the kiosk, a lattice wall, as well as a picket fence to bring the country/barn aspects in.  The flooring will be an old worn wood floor.  The cashier booth will be approached in the same way, using recycled, used, wood pieces in a simple square module.

Group Project

Myself and my group are in the fruits/vegetable category, as we all were tired of working with our object we decided to collectively pick something new.  We decided on the pumpkin.  It is appropriate for the time of the year and we thought we could have fun with it.  Here are some pictures which I found inspiration.  My assignment was to draft out the floor plan.  Here are some sketches and drafted images of our proposed floor plan.

Display-Final

Here are a few images of my final display model.  I ended up using a 3"=1'-0" scale. Overall I was satisfied with my final submission.  There were a few things I would have liked to work more on, which is always the case.  For the roofing I was pleased with how I got the chipboard to curve.  I was undecided on what material I wanted to use to wrap the chipboard with.  I made the decision to use black contact paper.  It worked extremely well with the smaller scale and with less curvature of the roof.  When I used a larger scale and the curve became more defined I encountered problems.  I went through a whole roll of the contact paper to find that it kind of didn't work.  As a last minute decision I chose to lay the paper over the chipboard without wrapping it as that looked the best of all the other alternatives. 

Above you can see some aerial shots of the roofing.  I made twelve miniature bok choys out of clay.  I used left over pieces of basswood to make little signs to lean against the Pagoda.  The purple and gold one is just a couple of Chinese symbols.  The black and red one has some Chinese symbols as well the word eat in English.  The one at the bottom just says bok choy. All in all I like the display, but every project I think I am progressing and there is always room for further improvement.

More Display Work

I am starting to feel really confident about my display.  I have picked most of my final products and have started with the construction.  I have not glued anything together yet, I am still using tape because I will have to paint or stain the basswood before I can do so.  Above is a picture of my first tier of the Pagoda.  Tomorrow I will have to go get more chipboard to make the roof hangings.  I would like to wrap the chipboard in a colored paper.

Here is a picture of the first and second tier without the roof.  At each corner is where the bok choy will be placed.

This is an aerial view of how all three tiers look together without the roof.

This is an image of what the total construction will look like.  The pieces of foam board are acting at roofs.  Of course the final roofing will be curved as they are in my study models.

Display-Progress

As I began to work on some ideas for my display, I had to figure out where exactly the bok choy will sit on the display.  I first thought to have an opening on the bottom level and insert them in a rectangular cube with circle cut outs for each.  With this idea the bok choy would not really be displayed, so I thought to place them as columns surrounding the house.

I still may have to think of other ways to hold up the bok choy.  I was also thinking maybe to just place them directly up against the walls to really play off of them acting as true columns to the structure.  Another idea was to have the bok choy sitting in planters surrounding the house, as shown in the sketch above.  I also have to figure out what medium I want to use to show the vibrant colors displayed in Chinese architecture.