For the exterior of the shelter I found that a smooth wooden panels would be suitable for the shelter as it would give more privacy from the outside and also it would represent the client and product the most.
The shape of the shelter will be a simple linear form, representing the formality of the factory style display of the doughnuts. Privacy for the client can be found in the structure at the end, where a bed and storage will be places.
For my initial idea for the doughnut shelter, I had to keep within the 10-12 square meter perimeter. The spaces requires for a doughnut stall to function and trade.
There would be space for the doughnut ingredients, proofer and cooker to make the doughnuts, display unit and also a sitting/sleeping space for the client, which will have to be comfortable for short term inhabitation. Over the holidays we were asked to collect a series of items: 4 broom stick, christmas wrapping paper, string and gaffe tape. Meeting at Glenn Howells Architects building we found out exactly what we were using these materials for. In groups we had to create a shelter using our folding task designs for inspiration, for a specific client and pitch our shelter at the end of the day. Within this activity we investigates flexible spaces, form making and the relationship to our chosen site. The end result of our shelter had good natural lighting inside, but didn't have good ventilation when sitting inside. The structure was sturdy and lightweight so it could be easily transported but could not be disassembled.
Overall we had a small design adventure of creating a shelter for a client and can now gather these experiences of construction and spending time in the shelter to gain an understanding of the scale and the interior atmosphere within our simple structure to help us with our pop up and sell project. Following our starter task we also had to experiment creating simple figures and our models in the Rhino software.
Our first task for Project 4 was to choose a selection of materials, ranging in different thicknesses. With the materials we had to fold them to make spaces. I then drew out simple line and tonal drawings from these models.
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