Submission

Interactive: http://www.filefront.com/14818933/Pdf_combined.pdf

Print Version: http://www.filefront.com/14819103/Pfd_combined_PrintVersion.pdf

References

Image1: Getty Images. "Man walking in giant maze". www.gettyimages.com
Image2: Blogspot. mazesbyDavid. www.blogspot.com

Poster

Draft Videos

Peer review.

Yi Rong Zhao

Cage Gage

Draft Text.

The Vitra Design Museum is designed by Frank Ghery to display the Vitra furniture collection. During the transformation of the Vitra Design Museum, the function has been kept the same; however it has slightly altered the interaction between the designs and the viewers. Changes have been made so that both the people and the furniture are on display. A glass maze has been cut through the original structure, enabling people to walk through it and view the displays. A series of paths have been constructed which leads the people through the building. The paths placed thoughout the building are strategically placed so that the people are guided through the entire building and the entire Vitra collection. The glass maze can only accessed through from an outside entrance, and can only be exited from the same opening and the people from the inside cannot access the inside of the maze, without exiting the buildign from the regular entrance.

The inspiration behind the Vitra Design Museum transformation was Peter Eisenman’s project house VI, whereby he subtracted sections from the house which, creating an abstract form. Peter Eisenman sliced through the house exposing the structural elements. The location has been kept the same in Switzerland as it wasn’t necessary to change it for the focus of the re design. It was important to keep the function the same in order to enhance the experience for the viewers. Another inspiration that drove the alterations was Damien Hirst’s art , which involved the complete slicing of animals and then separating these cuts. This shows the structure of the inside of the animal. Similar to the redevelopment of the Vitra design Museum whereby the structure of the original building is exposed .

The main focus for the alterations was to change the interaction between the people and the designs. The way people interact with the designs and with other people around them was fundamental to the changes made. To alter the experience when visiting the Vitra Design Museum. By placing a glass maze into the structure of the Vitra Design Museum, it has changed the interaction between the design displayed and the way that people move around and view the designs. Two metal platforms levels have been placed in the maze, allowing people to move around the building on the two different levels. The tall glass wall structure alters the light inside the building.

Poster: Development

Materials

Research: Festival Disney

Images: Beth Dunlop. Building a dream, 1947. Harry N. Abram, Inc., Publishers. (pages 162-164)

Alterations

My main inspiration for changing this building is Peter Eisenman's House vi. The idea behind this house is that sections were cut out of the building, which creates an differing view and abstract interpretations of the building. My main focus is to look at the interaction of humans and the ways that they move around a set path. The Vitra Design Museum will stay the same, function wise, but I will cut out slices of the building and replace the missing section with a glass path, where people are able to move about the building, viewing the Vitra designs, the glass will also vertically to create a wall. People will also be able to walk around the inside of the building, but will not be able to access the inside from the glass path. I think the alteration this will create an interesting way to interact with the Vitra designs and will create new perspectives for the people moving throughout the building.

Image: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM331yPyQHdmHyDdZzDwOGXKTBZvZsFlDt5ZDeol9gSroQwC77-OvyvBqQBp_pcsJACi4oanzRmXtUoLj_yZJrn_NCtKwUIR2PTf-AMeefE7Li6aT9UexOwiorsWVJgm4XmZS5ZLInEN0/s320/peter+eisenman+-+miller+house.jpg

Glass Maze: Path idea

Renders

Layout

This layout will be the first page, which introduces the Vitra Design Museum and the redevelopment of it. The Text will be describing the function and design of it before and then have a quick overview of my interpretation and the changes which i have made and the reasoning behind it.

This will be the layout for the next two pages, each of the two pages will either focus on the interior or exterior changes. The larger middle boxes will be a the model and a larger rendered image, and the smaller boxes will be different images and cross sections of the building. The text will focus on either the interior or exterior of the building.