My final outcome directly relates to my project proposal title. However it does differ from what I originally set out to do. At first having researched greatly into the benefits of light and how it can be used within buildings, I expected to use light in many different ways to create many outcomes. For example using solar panels to generate artificial light. However I quickly discovered that natural light had so many beneficial properties and thus wanted to transfer natural light to areas scarce of this. My final piece therefore is a spa with the lower two floors underground being lit by solatubes. The progress I have made is what I have learnt about the beneficial properties of light. As well as this I now no more about the building process as I tried to make my model structurally viable.
By using blogging, sketchbooks, asking others for feedback, and being self critical on my work I have been able to reflect and develop. The two most important methods of leading to developing my ideas have come via other peoples feedback as well as my own. For example much of my experimentation phase came from my own ideas having been talked through in the weekly critical analysis sessions and then being developed. By listening to other peoples ideas and opinions I have been able to thrive of comments I have found useful. Moreover being self critical has allowed me to refine any ideas which have been a success, and by recording those which haven’t been I have been able to learn from them. For my final piece the idea of having a spa came from when one of the tutors said that my original idea of having it as a house was not demonstrating the purpose of the light tunnels well enough. Therefore this inspired me to find a better use of the space in order to convey my concept.
Originally I set out to create a space in which I could pass light into. This soul goal as I researched and developed created many more targets. For example in order for my project to have any substance to it I felt that I needed to find out the importance of natural light to humans. This therefore lead to me discovering how essential it is and that a lack of it can lead to major problems. This then created a new target for me. Finding a way to get light below ground by more than one story. This has not yet been done using light tunnels as far as I know. Once I found a solution to this problem I had created I then needed to give my project some purpose. This again new target I created lead to me designing an underground spa as this utilises the beneficial properties of natural light. All of these targets came with progression and thus my original targets where quite vague but became defined.
All of the development process has contributed to my final outcome. This is because despite not all of my experiments being a success they have all been a learning curve. Starting of with a simple experiment to find out which kinds of material amplify light best I discovered that reflective foil did this job. Moreover I also discovered that if a tube is coloured one colour, the same colour will be transferred into a room. My second experiment lead me discovering a way in which I could pass light into an already existing building. This therefore lead to my building becoming more realistic. My third experiment allowed me also to discover how to transfer light multiple stories underground. However from this I learnt that in order for this to be done most efficiently a house could not be in a block formation. This lead to the development of my final piece and thus the ‘staggering’ idea.
The most useful of all advice I was given was during either one to one tutorials with someone, or when I would actively seek help. Often fellow students would give good advice. For example the idea of of testing weather I should try out if internal walls could simply be cladded with reflective material was given to me by a student. After testing this idea I discovered that it worked. This may have become useful had I decided to have a location where the building would have been a block rather than staggered. Another useful piece of advice I was given was when told to try and change my final piece from a house into something which resembled my concept better. This then lead to me to redesigning the floor plan and making my final piece into a spa.
Next year I am going to do an architecture degree here at Ravensbourne. This course has helped me develop skills on the adobe suite which I never knew anything about before. For obvious reasons this is a very useful skill to have. Moreover I am now able to reflect better upon my work and be more self critical. One of the most key skills I have learnt though is how to interact well within a group regarding my chosen field of work. I used to be uneasy when having to be critical of other peoples work in a group. However now I can see that this process is of great use and that many minds can come to a much better conclusion than one mind. I will carry on building on both of these things will always seek an outside opinion on how my work is developing. Most importantly seeking to find problems and solve them early on with the help of others will always be key to creating a well thought out and developed outcome.
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