Montre for the Body

Assignment: Pushing and Pulling The Envelope - Phase II B - Bending the Light

I have called my result in impact B "Montre for the Body" because I have created a frame around the shower action. Basically the idea is to have this light constantly and when the action bathing is in use the steam and water will interact with the light. That interaction will give the user some kind of artificial shower curtains and the montre will appear around you.

The montre

The light beams to create artificial shower curtains 

The montre seen from above

The process

Technical drawings of the result

Pictures of the result

Impact B - Bending the Light (investigations)

Assignment: Pushing and Pulling the Envelope - Phase II B - Bending the Light

These models are some of my investigation models. Models built to see how the opening can control the behavior of the light in the room. The selected room for this assignment is the bathroom. The light becomes visible when it hits something. Therefore the bathroom is preferred because water and steam will appear when the action is in use, which I thought was an interesting thing to work further with.

Impact A - Framing the View

Assignment: Pushing and Pulling the Envelope - Phase II A - Framing the View

This is the room to relax in which I especially have worked with the framed view. The room is divided into two zones. One zone to asocial relaxing with its own view and another more social zone with the greatest view.

Drawing of the Relaxing room - 1:20

Adjustable slats to further investigations according to framing the view

Adjustable slats to further investigations according to framing the view

Adjustable slats to further investigations according to framing the view

Drawing for Manipulating the Opening

Assignment: Pushing and Pulling the Envelope - Phase II A - Framing the View

These pictures are the technical drawings of my envelope with the new openings designed after intuition to create the best context to the actions and my "program of intent"

Technical drawings of the envelope (complete)

Technical drawings of the envelope (plans)

Technical drawings of the envelope (sections)

Manipulating the Opening

Assignment: Pushing and Pulling the Envelope - Phase II A - Framing the View

In a time interval of 24 hours I worked by intuition to create different types of openings for every action. The opening should suit the action and frame the view of the newly given context. These models were my result.

3D Rhino model of the new developed envelope (South and East elevation)

3D Rhino model of the new developed envelope (South elevation)

3D Rhino model of the new developed envelope (West elevation)

Positioning the Envelope

Assignment: Pushing and Pulling the Envelope - Phase II - Manipulating the opening

In this phase I was given a site in Aarhus Botanic Garden. My site is no. 4.

Map of the lower part of The Botanic Garden, Aarhus. 

Position in the context

The block next to my site, which I consider as a weakness because it blocks the sunrise

Panorama view from the site towards "Den Gamle By" in Aarhus, which I consider as a strength in my site

Panorama view with total view over my site