Week 3: Clients Work on Arbitrary Shape

Heston Blumenthal -- Oak Moss and Truffle Toast

Revival Cycles -- Pyro Ducati Sport Classic

Week 3: Video Inspiration

Week 3: 36 textures

Week 3: Client Activities (In class)

Steinway & Sons

1. Showcasing
2. Designing
3. Carving
4. Testing
5. Tuning

Revival Cycles

1. Storing
2. Customising
3. Sculpting
4. Researching
5. Repairing

Heston Blumenthal

1. Cooking
2. Serving
3. Theorising
4. Testing
5. Experimenting

Week 2: Drafted Model #2 with Stairs

Revival Cycles Spiral Stairs

The spiral stairs have been designed to allow the customer a slow transition into the dark and atmospheric motorcycle exhibition space that forces them to wrap themselves around the internal motorbike lift. The intended materials for the spiral stairs are a dark concrete within a concrete cylinder and polished concrete lift platform.

Heston Blumenthal's Cone Stairs

The Cone Stairs are juxtaposed with the spiral stairs below through a use of contrasting light. Whilst the spiral stairs lowers a viewer into a dark and gloomy space, the cone stairs look down upon the space through the transparent cone, rising up into the well-lit, partially transparent upper floor that undoubtably reflects the quirky and unpredictable side of Heston's cooking. The intended materials for the Cone Stairs are wood panelling wrapping around a glass cone.

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Week 2: Drafted Model #1 with Stairs

Revival Cycles Stairs -- Brass

The inspiration for the 'Brass Stairs' was drawn from the popular 'ramp/stair' which is prevalent all over Asia, particularly in third-world countries with a high proportion of motorbikes to population. Essentially, there is a central ramp that is flanked by steps on either side. In the Brass Stair, I have chosen to sink the ramp to heighten the mystery of a bicycle driving up the stairs when viewed from profile. The intended materials for the Brass stair are polished metal, dark stained timber and concrete, evoking the clean-cut, classical designs indicative of Revival Cycles' designs.

Heston Blumenthal Stairs -- Dysfunction

The 'Dysfunctional Stairs'  are designed to reflect the mysterious nature of Heston's cooking; that which draws most senses one way whilst surprising the tastebuds. Physically, Heston's stairs have to inhabit his lair below the datum, and thus have been designed with bulky simplicity, designed provoke an inquisitive and even frightened air in the customer who marvels at the scale of the underground restaurant, which in turn heightens the 'all-in experience' of Heston's cooking. The intended materials will predominately be polished concrete, wood panelling and stainless steel.

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Week 2: 4 Stair Sections/Plans