Presentation boards for The Royal Ontario Museum, Canada

For the Building Tech module at University, we had to find a museum or gallery , research it and make boards which we presented to the class. I chose the Royal Ontario Museum in Ontario, Canada designed by Daniel Libeskind. Here are mine.

 

 

 

 

Shop signage in Dublin

I love the simplicity of this sign, and the irregularity of the lighting behind the letters. Such a shame that the signage above the shop doesn't work..

KC Peaches Cafe & Delicatessen

 This a chilled cafe we went for breakfast one morning while in Dublin. Lots of fresh food to take out or eat in. They didn't mind that we stayed for over an hour and only ordered coffee and smoothies.. I love the high ceilings and the array of Tom Dixon lamps used flanking each side.

Uber funky Tom Dixon lights.

Tube Station in Lisbon, Portugal.

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While staying with a friend in the Algarve in mid August, we decided to take a trip to Lisbon for a few days. I had never been to Lisbon and didn't really know what to expect. I did not however expect to step out of a tube into this station, which was brand new! The vaulted body of the space is beautiful. It was tilled in white which reflected the warm orange and neon purple lighting perfectly.

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Information was projected up onto the tiled walls. This didn't work particularly well in my mind, as the white writing was difficult to identify on the reflective surface. Maybe if the lighting was not purple it would be easier. Or the colours could change due to times/new information.

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On exciting the station we to trekked up five flights of stairs. Thank god there was a escalator! The vaults flowed up the stair well.

Jim Campbell - Expolded Views

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 This piece of interactive art was suspended in the atrium within the San Francisco Art Museum. The balls of light were linked up to a camera which filmed people outside walking past the entrance. The shapes and movement were then changed into patterns of light which were played through lights changing within the piece.

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The Guggenheim, New York

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 This is the Guggenheim in New York, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright designed the building so that you took a lift up to the top floor and then walked down the slope to the bottom. When I was there this was not advertised that it was the correct way, and my family and I only found out about this after we had been to the gallery. The building is very different to my thoughts of Wrights work, Very light, with white render on the exterior and pale and light materials inside.

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 I personally don't think the widow letting the majority of the light into the stairwell matches the rest of the design. It does not flow, like the sloped ramp, or the ribbon window shaft going down the outside. It is very harsh and jagged. I do however love the idea of having lots of natural light, as it gives a positive feel to a space.

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Some boards from Arup lighting collabarative project - Sound Wave, Leeds

The Cosmplolitan, Las Vagas

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When I visited Las Vagas in the Easter Holidays, I fell in love with the wacky frontage to the Cosmopolitan Hotel and Casino. 

As I walked round the building, at first right past it and then across the road from it, I was able to get so many different views of design. The large posts, which hold up the frontage are lit by neon lights all the way up, which are tilted at different angles all along. It looks like a wave which has been changed by technology, but still has its fluidity. 

Walking past at a distance to this building was very interesting, as you can see what the architect intended it to look like, but walking just underneath it, to me was much more interesting, as you can look up, and walk beneath the lit poles.

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The frontage also adds a futuristic look to the other wise pastiche architecture of the Las Vagas strip. Because the Cosmopolitan opened only 2 years ago, and took 5 years to build, it is very modern in comparison to the likes of Caesars Palace, and I think much more interesting, because you can interact with the building, and it is just more unusual that the other Casino's and restaurants.

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Fiori De Como

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Situated in the lobby of the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, this glass chandelier called the 'Fiori De Como' adds to the grandure of the entrance. Designed by Dale Chihuly, the glass flower chanadd an interesting and colourful touch to the (in my opinion) disgusting decor of the Casino. The way the flower heads are placed creates the illusion that they are growing down from the ceiling.

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Morrocan Lighting for Sample Board project

For John's Sample Board project, I've chosen to have pretty Moroccan lighting. I particularly like the bottom image. As I will have quite plain furnishings and wall papers etc, I thought having a statement light would look quite impressive. The lights are modern, but also quite traditional because of the pattern.

Morph Chandelier

The Morph Chadelier designed by Alicja Wasielewska I think it stunning!

It looks to me, like dew covered spider webs. I love how its random, there seems to be no pattern, the coils sprout anywhere and everywhere. On the down side, I'm not so keen on the shade of light the chandelier emits. The neon colour does make it look very impressive, but its is more decorative than functional, but I still really like it because of its wackyness.

The Water Cube, Beijing

This is the modification of the Olympic swimming pool in Beijing. Firstly, its absolutely crazy! I love the giant jelly fish suspended from the ceiling. It's very playful, and Chinese people tend to like things like this, such as the world famous brand Hello Kitty, and this makes me think of that type of product. This is such a good idea to reinvent a very iconic space, so that it doesn't have the seriousness of the Olympics, but still keeps the importance, but adds a playful touch.

Below is a photo of the exterior of the pool. The lighting was done by Arup lighting, a large firm of engineers and designers who create weird wacky and wonderful lighting designs all over the world.