Week Two - Concept Development

Folie Design / Concept

Upon meeting with my group for a good 4 hours on Sunday, many things changed from where my initial design thoughts were coming from.  There was definitely a strong desire to make this Folie fit well within its immediate context.

Through site analysis, and consideration of the users of the site, many diagrams were drawn up and brainstorming in terms of the Folie concept started.  We decided to focus on the views from the site, in particular framing certain pivotal ones, with the concept being of learning about the immediate context.  To provoke thought by framing parts of the city, would thus be the learning experience.  Large panes of glass cutting through the wooden planks were decided upon as the medium for the construction, which created quiet a dramatic effect.  Olafur Elliason used coloured glass in an installation piece in Denmark called 'Your Rainbow Panorama' which used laminated glass with internal colour tints.  At night they create a dramatic effect, and we hoped to achieve a similar effect with our glass panes.

The diagrams below show our analyis of the site, the views we hoped to frame, and the use of a compass for initial inspiration.  We hope to design a glass-like version of 'Stonehenge' or something similar.  Something striking that will be visible from the cliffs, story bridge and city during the day, and that will light up the site at night.  We aim to activate the space in this way, by having it as an experience that you view the city and surrounding areas through during the day, and that you view from all around at night.