REVIEW OF FINAL MAJOR PROJECT (FMP)
Student
Name: Gar-yuan Li Pathway:
3D Design
Final
Major Project Title: Pod House
For the final major project, I have created a pod house that
would be attached to existing buildings. The concept is to create more living space, without taking up the space in the urban landscape. Instead, finding spare spaces in the urban landscapes to attach the pod houses. The design for the pod is inspired
from Japanese origami.
I first started this project doing research into pod houses
and different functional pods. I wanted my pod house to have a structural form
inspired by origami, so I began making them. My pod house is inspired from the
origami Kusudama Chrysanthemum Flower. I developed a simplistic design of the chosen
origami. I used the laser cutter and Zun machine to cut out the design and
assemble the pieces together. I decided the location to be the Peabody Court
flat where I live, since I am familiar with the place and have access to it.
There is an empty wall on one side of the building, and on the other side of
the wall is the staircase. This made me think it is the ideal place to attach
my pod house. At the end I made two models. The first is my pod house with a
interior, and the other is a model of my flat with my model attached to it.
I have received advice throughout the project from one to one
tutorials and group discussions that happens very frequently. I was given
advice such as try experimenting with other materials other than paper to
create the origami pieces. From this advice I moved on from paper origami to
experimenting the different materials and methods to recreate those shapes and
forms. I have used the Zun machine to score a sheet of polypropylene, which
will make it easier for me to fold. I also tried using the laser cutter to do
dashes on cardboard, so it will take less effort to fold for those harder
materials.
I need to improve on my time management skills. This was
something I lacked during this project. This is something I will keep in mind
for the next work or project. The skills I have developed through this project
include independent skills. I learn to manage a project by myself and able to
use the skills I have learnt and applied it for this project. The technical
skills such as using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop and the laser cutter that
I have learnt during the beginning of the course, I have use those skills to
create my final model. I also learnt new
skills such as using the Zun machine.
I thought for my project, I should have conduct interviews
and surveys, to know what other people’s opinion might be regarding my project.
How would their opinion differ from my peers and tutors? Moreover, I should of
interview the people who live in my chosen site, how they would feel about
having a house attached to where you live.
I would like to continue to explore origami in future
projects. Through this project I have found out about the different types of
origami such as origami tessellation and 3D origami. Those origami are very
different to the origami that I know before the start of the project. In
particular I would like to explore further the origami tessellations, which I
have been very fascinated about. I started exploring one tessellation piece
during this project but was not able to continue due to the lack of time. I am
keen to explore origami tessellations into interiors and architecture, and
finding solutions to how I can develop a tessellation piece into a functional space
or exterior of something. This is something I hope to do during the course Interior
Architecture at Nottingham Trent University, which is where I will be attending
from this September.
