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Wynyard Quarters soundscape

My soundscape focuses on the landscape architecture of the buildings and the spaces around it. It is developed around the spaces that i felt were intriguing and exciting. I also tried to capture and portray an overall sense of the place, nature and the environment of the site. I remixed the sounds to produce the final output. This was because I felt there was no set pathway that one follows at the site. It is an open area and everyone creates their own journey around the space. This enables one to listen to sounds of various spaces all at once which is something that one experiences at Wynyard Quarters itself. Some of the feedback that i received was about the lacking of panning of the sounds to get a spatial sense of the site. The comments about the ship horn was appreciated and recognised. There was also a comment on the remix factor and how there is a start and a finish to the actual soundscape yet there is no start and end at the site. However even though there is a start and finish to the soundscape but one actually hears multiple sounds at a time even when the soundscape ends. Hence leaving one at multiple places not just one. https://m.soundcloud.com/kritika_02/kritikabhatnagar-wynnyard-quarters111114 Kritika Bhatnagar 5505155

Plant Room 3

Plant movie attempt 2

Plant movie 1

Dystopian Mesh Matrix

Utopian Mesh Matrix

A1 Presentations for the Final Crit 15/10/12

Inspiration for dystopian underwater monorail system. Vehicle between two hotels.

Matrix attempts at vehicles

Inspiration for dystopian plant room

Peer Review - Jam Design 18/09/12

Jam design presented a very strong version of both a utopian and dystopian plant room. It was obvious that the team collectively had put extra effort in to create a positive outcome. Jam design had a unique outlook on the whole concept of utopia and dystopia; instead of having a clear cut utopian plant room as well as a dystopian based room, they had opted to make two plant rooms that could either be utopian or dystopian, depending on the person who was experiencing the building. This was an interesting take on this topic as it was different to what most other groups had gone for. It meant that we really had to think and imagine ourselves inside the model to envision which elements would lead our minds towards labeling the design utopian or dystopia. This method, we believe, was extremely effective as it really made us think about what was going on, and made us delve deeper into the various meanings and hidden secrets the designs had on offer.

The final models created by Jam design were all of high quality. The attention to detail was obvious and it was clear that numerous hours of extra work had been put into the process to exceed the required aims of the workshop. Each group member spoke clearly about the thought process as well as the final design, meaning that each person had put in equal amounts of work, resulting in an aesthetically pleasing outcome. Seeing team work like this is always pleasing as it allows teams to produce a higher standard of work when a group is working in harmony.

In our minds (the dystopian) city landscape was the more effective of models. It was interesting to see how Jam Design had mimicked the whole city into a smaller scaled plant room. This was a very original and creative concept which worked out to become a pleasing final model. We did not get much of an explanation of the utopian design, so perhaps next time put equal effort into the presentation of both models.

A thing Jam Design could work on, could be presenting the development stage a little more effectively. There were a few sheets pinned up behind the models, however our group found that we did not exactly understand the steps that were undergone for the final models. Apart from this, the group was extremely effective, creating two designs that were clearly in the upper section of the class. Their presented models were of the highest quality and their team work was even higher. We look forward to seeing Jam Design's final hotels and ideas at the final crits. Good Luck!

"Elegance is formed, only when one is truly at ease"

- Tweet for Utopian Staircase -

"Powerless to the anarchy of the ground. Next stop: Dystopia."

-Tweet for Dystopian Staircase -

Presentation For Staircase : Matrix

Presentation For Staircase : CNC Description

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