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Portraits of chairs - the results of a tour through different furniture shops at Niederdöfli Zurich. Quite a useful exercise.

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structure, rhythm and pattern

Take an inspirational picture, a chair and a historical place, make a space analyses and put it into a new room and context. This was the challenge of this workshop.

As ispiration I took a picture of a recycling company I came across on my way to school. This reminded me immediately of the rag chair from droog design, made out of old clothes. Going on with this fast fashion topic I went back tu its origin, the industrialization. So I analyzed the structure of a textile factory from the 1920 and transferred all together into a hallway of a secondary school. Yes, quite a crazy mix of diffrent topics ;)

So my model shows a repeating cut through the hallway where the pupils can rest or work. I worked with the following elements from the analyses of the historical room: repetition, lines and grids, geometric forms, orientation to the daylight. 

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Some more Still lifes- experimenting with negative shapes, contrasts and shadow.

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Life at school - the IKEA neighborhood at ZHdK

Small space living, togetherness, and social interaction. Our concept (Collaboration between Giada, Carina and me) incorporates topics which are highly relevant.

We felt that within the environment at Toni areal you find a lot of busy public space and a rather grey surrounding which might not be experienced as very inviting or comfortable. There is a lack of semi-public places or just a shelter where you can have a break from the noises and relax, make a phone call, take a break with only a few other people for example. The other thing is that there is not much exchange between the disciplines (design, art, dance, music, film, etc.)

That’s how we came up with the idea of the treehouses. We developed a model of around 8 square meters which could be placed on different heights, integrating the pillars which you find on different levels at ZHdK as well as the entrance shown above. On the layout, you can see how interesting it would be to figure out what fits in this limited space.

The concept is that each IDDP student would co-create a little house together with a student from the different ZHdK studying fields (dance, film, design, art, music…). This way there is social exchange during the creation process as well as in the following encounters. This neighborhood installation could be a perfect opportunity to promote IKEA, their sense for innovation and relevance amongst the creative students. To show how individual an unusual room setting could be and to promote certain products. 

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3_ Scenography, dramaturgy and storytelling

Last but not least der letzte Scenography Workshop Tag zum Thema „hospitality“

Schnell entschieden wir uns für den Bereich „Restaurant", da wir dort gleich viele Ideen generierten. Durch die Ideenfindungsphase gab es einige interessante Aspekt und die Entscheidung für eine Richtung gestaltete sich nicht ganz so einfach. Die Grösse des Raumes gab uns viele Möglichkeiten, doch hatten wir aber auch die Sorge, dass wir den Raum nicht ganz „ausfüllen“ würden.

Der Raum sollte während dem Tag und der Nacht verschieden genutzt werden - was durch die Grösse unterstützt wird. Im Gespräch stellten wir fest, dass es nach dem „Ausgang" leider nicht viele Möglichkeiten gibt, etwas essen zu gehen. Die Auswahl beschränkt sich meist auf eine Fast Food Kette oder dem Döner um die Ecke. Schön wäre es doch, die Nacht gemütlich ausklingen zu lassen.  Da das Restaurant erst nach 10 Uhr Abends öffnet, kam uns die Idee, Resten aus anderen Restaurants anzubieten. So würde man etwas gegen dem Foodwast machen und im Vergleich eine grössere Variation an Essen anbieten. Im Kontrast dazu würde man am Tag den Platz  Künstler aus verschieden Richtungen als Atelier anbieten. Diese Kombination ermöglich einen spannenden Mix aus interessanter Location Kunst und Essen.

Layout Im Zentrum des Raums befindet sich die lange „Bahnhofshalle“ Bank mit Tischen. Rund herum sind verschiedene grosse Atelierräume angeordnet.  Gegenüber des Einganges befindet sich der Tressen und die dahinterliegende Küche. In welcher das Essen aus den verschiedenen Restaurants angeliefert wird und ansprechend angerichtet wird. Über dem Tressen befindet sich eine Flughafenanzeigetafel welche den Besucher informiert welche Speisen in welcher Stückzahl angeboten werden. Da logischerweise jeden Abend andere Überbleibsel zusammen kommen.

Material Farbe und Licht - Der Boden der Halle soll im Original Zustand belassen werden. Die Atelierfronten sind aus semi Transparent Wellblech welches in der Nacht mit verschiedenen Farben beleuchtet wird. Es erzeugt eine einladende Atmosphäre und ermöglicht den Besucher einen Blick in die Ateliers zu werfen. Kombiniert mit klassischen Thonet Bistro Stühlen.  Die öffentliche Zone des Restaurants ist farblich gekennzeichnet.  Durch den Tag wird die Fläche durch das grosse Oberlicht erhellt. In der Nacht wird der Raum mit Neonröhren in violett beleuchtet. So entsteht eine gemütliche Atmosphäre in welche man gerne die Nacht ausklingen lässt. Präsentation - Auch in der Präsentation versuchten wir das „Publikum“ in die Stimmung von einer Partynacht zu versetzen. Im Hintergrund das Video mit Lichteffekten und mit der Tischlampe für die gemütliche Stimmung im Restaurant.

Teamarbeit mit @iddp-flori und @iddp-carina

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“one space for any faith”

The premise of the first assignment for the Scenography and Dramaturgy course was, to create a Religious-Room.

We, we being @iddp-carina and I, decided to not focus on a specific Religion but rather on faith and how we could bring this element into one space that unites all people with any type of faith that they can practice or worship in the same space, since we think of faith as something that belongs to one self and Religion something you belong to with other people that share the same faith.

This project was to be realized within 1 class and we had to decide on one floorpan that would then be used for the rest of the course. Since our floorpan was quite a basic but big room we gave it a bit of warmth by adding textiles that also act as separators, walls with an added acoustic absorbtion. It encourages flow through the space without exposing the bare walls. The textile could either be hung or stand on frames. We would still work with a centre that acts like an altar having a cone like shape that comes from the floor and from the ceiling, giving you something to focus on while you sit around it on curved benches of different heights you can either sit, lean or kneel on. The floor would be covered with a cork material again to absorb any echo of the big space. The room itself would have subdued indirect lighting coming from behind the textile elements, rather dark but still enough you can navigate the space. The altar would be iluminated by the upper cone. 

The people could possibly also have an altered reality experience while wearing a VR- set that lets. them decide what it is that they want to worship, hence the inclusivity  and the rather minimal space with the same subdued and calm mood.

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Scenography, Dramaturgy, Storytelling

The task was to make a concept for a retailer. We decided to design a flagship store for a swimwear brand with the main focus being inclusivity. So we focus just on a very small color palette but offer a lot of different styles.Our main idea was, that you should feel like in a swimming pool under water when you enter the store.So the walls and the floor of the showroom is completely covered with tiles. The ceiling is a big led-screen which shows an underwater clip were a lot of diverse people swim over you, wearing our swimwear.They showcase just one size of the swim wear and you can find all the other sizes in push to open drawers behind the tiles.If you reached the tile counter on the back of the pool you can go to the left or right to the changing rooms. The changing rooms are quite big and have mirrors on all sides. But also curtains, so you can decide which view you want to have and you are less exposed.Every room has an arty and humorous detail like legs hanging from the ceiling that you can use as hocks. You also have a bathrobe and slippers in your changing room so you don't have to dress and undress again if you want to try on another size or model and walk into the store.

A project by @iddp-nora, @iddp-flori and @iddp-carina

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Balkrishna Doshi - Architecture for the People  Exhibition at the Vitra Design Museum

The retrospective does not only offer an overview of Doshi’s architectural work, but also reflect on its ideals of living together and social context. I saw some of his buildings during my time in India and was quite impressed. I really like his way of thinking and his idea to focus on the people with his architecture.

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VITRA - We visited there showroom in Weil am Reihen and I have to say I saw there a lot of inspiring ideas. They show there nice furniture but also playfull solutions.

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Still life - experimenting with shapes, colors and shadow. Challenge and fun at the same time.

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SALONE DEL MOBILE MILANO 2019 

On our excursion to Salone I had the task to focus on material trends. The main trend were Sustainable Materials. We saw a lot recycled, circular, natural, healthy and vegan-friendly materials but more in experiments and progress than in application. I’m curious if this materials will come more and more into our homes in the next years. 

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Color Concept 3

This color combination is inspired by the „Farbkonzepter“ of Kathrin Trautwein. I took her tool and selected a warm gray as an atmosphere color, a little bit a darker and warmer tone for the hallway which helps to guide the people to the brighter back wall and makes the hallway shorter and less important. I the waiting room i painted the back wall in a fresh toned down yellow for a bright, friendly and inviting atmosphere. 

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Color Concept 2

This color concept is more focused on guiding the way by color. All walls are painted in a warm, bright reddish pastel tone. Two very intense color zones in ultramarin blue are guiding the visitors from the hallway to the waiting room. 

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Color Concept 1 To create a welcoming atmosphere i searched for an inspirational picture which represents this feeling for me. I took three colors out of this photograph and created a color concept for the room situation.

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ROOM AND COLOR I developed three different color concepts for a waiting room and hallway in a juridical consultation office for refugees. The challenges are: The flooring and light could not be changed The people should find the way to the waiting room independently There are no windows in the rooms

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The kids room is inspired by the construction side. The Dad will built the furniture out of typical materials from there like the yellow board (molding for  concrete), a grid from the construction side as a wardrobe and typical accessories.

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Furniture and material collection for the diffrent rooms!