I forgot that I did these - part 4

I actually cannot remember what this project is about... but I saw these photos, I remember making them and how much fun I had playing around with different media to make these cocoon-like structures. I just wanna know what I was thinking at that time!!

I forgot that I did these things - part 3

Ah, I remember this. An illustration I made inspired by Barbara Hepworth. We just had a school trip in St. Ives where her house that turned into a museum honouring her work.  Just check the link below, she was a brilliant sculptor. If you're in London and next time you go to Oxford Circus look out for the John Lewis department store, outside their building is  a sculpture made by Barbara Hepworth herself.

http://barbarahepworth.org.uk

I forgot that I did these things - part 2

I have forgotten about my photography skills. Oh, seeing these photos has brought back memories. 

I forgot that I did these things -part 1

Browsing through my computer...well more like panicking that I have lost a file for my presentation tomorrow so I was digging through every folder in my computer and came across to some of my old work. I have found a few in which I will publish in different parts. I am trying to collect my thoughts what these projects were about.

Like the image above, it's one of my anti-animal testing photography for my art project when I was doing my A-levels. Let me just say that I am no heroin addict and that my mother is a brilliant nurse and has given me a few syringes for this project. This image is pretty straight forward. The feather itself symbolises the animal that was used for an experiment. I played around with lights and shadows to create a contrast photo, I wanted to highlight the feather as soft and delicate while the medical equipments are dark and almost opaque.

The writing, I wish I could find the original file, right now I'd prefer it without the writing. As I said earlier the image itself is straight to the point. I guess I could've quoted it better but hey, I believe I was 17 at the time *shrugs* I was trying to be deep and really express what I strongly care about - ha.

The Library Room

Here are some hand drawings I made for the Library Room in the Soane Museum, showing details of the furnitures and the concept of the room. Soane witnessed the excavation of an ancient interior during his stay in Rome in 1778, he then visited Pompeii in 1779 and chose the Pompeiian red and it has inspired to design this room. I will be designing a console for this room, I'm still in the process so watch this space. 

The British Museum

The drawing above is an exploded isometric drawing of the British Museum. The museum was established in 1573 hugely based on the collections of Sir Hans Sloane, a physician and scientist. The British Museum opened to the public in 1579. The building was designed and built by an architect name Robert Smirke. His brother, Sydney Smirke then added the Reading Room right in the middle of the Great Court.

Every book that was ever written was placed around the Reading Room, it was later moved into the British Library. In the 1990s a competition all over the world was held to re-design the British Museum. Norman Foster won and kept the original structure of the building and added a layer to it, and of course the glass roof that takes everyone's breath away as you walk in. They consulted a mathematician to calculate the glazing of the roof in order for an average weight of a person can stand on it without breaking the glass. 

This is a scale model of the Museum we have created using plywood, mdf and plaster. Long hours and hard effort was put in to this project and coming out with this result is overwhelming. We had no floor plans or measurements so we had to start off with an image and research in order to produce this. It is definitely the most beautiful architectural piece I have seen so far in my life. 

London Borough Market

One of the places in London to hang around in. If you are a foodie this is definitely a place to go. This is London's most renowned food market filled with British and international food. But it is not just about food that makes this market so special. It is also the people and the place. It is located next to the London Bridge tube station and the individuals that populate this market are from all over the UK, Europe and all other places around the world. This is a place to explore, discover new flavours and be absorbed in different cultures and unique atmosphere. 

Barriga llena, Corazón Contento

This is something I have come across while walking around Southbank, London. A Pop-Up architecture of a Mexican restaurant called Wahaca. I was so intrigued by the design and the whole concept of it. Industrial looking, and what I like about it the most is that, it's out of place. It is located next to this beautiful architectural building; The Royal Festival Hall. The contrast of being all formal into industrial is a clever way to attract new costumers.

People are queuing up for this. I wasn't hungry at the time but I was so intrigued by it that I want to see more inside, so I asked for a table. Their menu is engraved on piece of plywood, the food was delicious and the waiters are damn sexy. I'm telling you. It's the bomb! 

The Grenadier

This little English Pub called The Grenadier is known for their Bloody Mary's on Sundays. It is also, apparently one of the most haunted places in London. It used to be a place where soldiers go to, to relax during the 1st World War. Yes it is that old.  No wonder why it's haunted. It has been said that one of the soldiers was beaten to death inside when he got caught cheating in a card game. 

This Pub is tucked away from the busy city of London in Knightsbridge. It is the kind of pub that you must know where it is in order to get to. 

What is interesting about this pub is that, not only it has been a part of history but also it shows that it has been a part of history. They have kept the original cobbled street and brick walls, vintage cars were parked outside. It's almost as if you're back in that era. It is a very interesting contrast to the modernised city of London.

These drawings above was composed by me and my group for this project. It is a section detail of the bar inside the Pub. The clock is one of the many details that I drew on Vectorworks, see if you can see it in the right scale in the room. This project is for establishing that the London Public House should be a world heritage.

Follow the links to read more about this project.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/architecture-design-blog/2012/oct/12/london-pub-unesco-world-heritage-listed

http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/home/critics/kingston-students-launch-unesco-heritage-bid-for-the-london-pub/8636838.article?blocktitle=James-Pallister%27s-----This-Week&contentID=3107

Breaking Awesomeness!

Breaking Bad. I recently got addicted to this show like a drug addict addicted to crystal meth. I started watching season 1 a couple of days ago and now I am on season 4. It is what I have been watching all evening while doing my work...after coming home from university/work. Ha. My life rocks.

Let me just say that it's very odd to see Bryan Cranston playing a bad man since I grew up watching him as the goofy dad in the show 'Malcolm in the Middle'. But it grew on me. He is such a bad ass! Seriously this show is just bad ass. 

Sir John Soane Museum

This museum is tucked away from the busy city of London in Holborn. The British Architect, John Soane designed this house to live in, but also as a setting for his antiquities and his work of art. After the death of his wife in 1815 he was determined to establish the house as a museum and to open it to the public.

This museum is definitely beautiful. The details inside of each room, very soft and yet bold. He used a lot of mirrors to reflect light coming from outside to get inside, also to reflect what is in the other room. They are very strict, you are not allowed to take pictures and you must have your phone off at all times when you're inside. You can only carry an A4 (maximum) size of sketchbook, and no pens only pencils. They provide a transparent bag for your belongings but if your bag is too big for it they would ask you to place it in their cloak room.

The drawing above took me about a whole day to do, using vector works, showing the details of the library room. This room has caught my attention because of the lighting inside and the fact that it is the biggest room in the museum. The colour, furnitures and the mirrors definitely played their part to create a dramatic atmosphere.