Human space interaction | Research | Material exploration | Installation
The Twisted Lattice
7 week pre thesis-Design Project
guided by faculties Shafique & Aarti
A project that explored how textiles can enhance and transform spaces by creating meaningful user experiences. It began with a detailed study of the site, its architecture, social context, and human activity.
The focus was on understanding the psychology of space-making and positioning textiles as active spatial modifiers. Rather than serving a purely decorative role, textiles were explored as tools to shape atmosphere and user interaction.
An interdisciplinary course that strengthened my understanding of how textiles and architecture can work together to create emotionally resonant environments.
Design Process
An institution that stress on experiential learning and work so carefully towards enhancing the senses Of the children. Shreyas follows Madam Montessori education system along with Rabindranath Tagore's and Gandhian Philosophies of teaching. The underlying goal is to provide a school that gives abundant freedom, freedom with boundaries thus training the child to be responsible at a very young age. The teaching is sometimes carried out in the garden.
Research of space
Important aspects of the institution were studied in greater depth with the help photographs and illustrations arranged systematically to get an idea of the space at a glance. The Building elements, construction techniques and finishes and textures and materials were studied
Key learning from sampling
Colour : attractive colours for kids
Material durability : strength to withstand wear and tear
Special property : interactive element
What
A series of removable elements installed in the corridor of the art school building that would liven up the space and cause interaction with light and shadow and colour interaction.
Why
To transform the space into a more interesting one conducive for art classes.
To subconciously sensitise kids to light and shadow in an interesting way
The screens also by default would make a vibrant backdrop to the amphitheatre.
Who
The 8+ students that
come to the art building
for lessons and teachers
Objective
To faciltiate play Of light and shadow through layering and how to make these layer interesting or interactive as well as striking to the students eyes.
To create a point of interest for the kids that also serves as good visual modifier to the space
Design Solution
play of light and shadow & colour interaction.To create layers/fabric that causes an interesting. To make that layer inherently interactive using the of the materials
LAYERS
FLEXIBLE
OPEN ENDED
TEMPORARY
TEXTURES
TRANSLUCENT
INTERACTIVE
REMOVBLE
COLOUR MIXING
LIGHT DIFFUSING
VISUAL INHANCER
INVITING
Moodboard
After studying Wassily Kandinskys colour theory in which he who was able to express how different colors affected emotions, a core principle of modern art and proposed certain primary colours to balance basic shapes like square, triangle and circle for aesthetic appeal. However I wanted to stay true to the moods that the shapes and colours convey and took a survey of Kandinskys colour test. which asks people to allot colours to shapes. The colours were decided from the test results i.e. The natural association with shapes and colours
Making the Product
The screen twists evenly, owing to the bamboo sticks woven into the screen. The pivot makes the rotation smooth with the stopper to lock the twisted screen in place.
The model portrays how exactly the screen would fit into the balcony as well as
when looked at from the amphitheatre.
