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CARL WIGARTSTAGE 1 ARCHITECTURE

CONTENT

4 - 7 PROJECT 1 - MYSPACE

8 - 11 PROJECT 2 - TERROIR

12 - 15 PROJECT 3 - EVENT SPACE

16 - 19 PROJECT 4 - SOLID VOID

20 - 25 PROJECT 5 - OPENING

26 - 39 PROJECT 6 - CLIMATE REGISTER

42 RHINO 3D

43 LIFE DRAWING

44 - 45 DRAWINGS OF LE CORBUSIER WORK

46 - 47 CONTACT

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PROJECT 1 - MYSPACEPLOTTING A BODY’S MOVEMENT IN SPACE.

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I CHOSE BETWEEN BOULDERING AS MY MOVEMENT AND THE VERY SIMPLE MOVEMENT OF SWINGING AROUND A POST. I DECIDED TO PROCEED WITH THE POST AS I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A MORE INTERESTING MOVEMENT TO SHOW.

THE FINAL IDEA WAS TO CARVE THROUGH THE PERSON AT 1 M AT THE TOP OF THIS PART OF THE STAIRS AND THEN LET THE PERSON PASS DOWN BELOW THE CUTTING PLAN UNTIL THE WHOLE FIGURE IS SHOWN.

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PROJECT 2 - TERROIRTHIS PROJECT WAS A SITE SURVEY WITH A PLAN, SECTION AND ELEVATION OF A 6X6X9 M BUILDING ON GREAT WESTERN ROAD. WE WERE TO SHOW THE TERROIR OF THE BUILDING.

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I CHOSE A STRANGE SMALL CHINESE HERBAL SHOP WITH SOME FANCY FLATS ABOVE. I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT AS IT REALLY SHOWS THE ESSENCE OF THE AREA. A MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY LIVING AND WORKING IN TYPICAL GLASGOW 19TH CENTURY TENEMENTS. IT ALSO HAS THE BOARDED UP WINDOWS.

THROUGH THE USE OF VARIOUS MEASURING TECHNIQUES WE WERE ABLE TO CORRECTLY MEASURE THE SHOP AND STREET AND THEN ESTIMATE THE ROOMS ABOVE.

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PROJECT 3 - EVENT SPACETHE AIM OF EVENT SPACE WAS TO COMBINE PROJECT 1 & 2 TO CREATE AN EVENT ON YOUR SECTION OF THE STREET.

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TO TRY TO PIECE TOGETHER THE FLUIDITY OF THE MOVEMENT OF THE SWING AROUND THE COLUMN WITH THE SITE I STARTED BY BRAINSTORMING TENT LIKE STRUCTURES THAT WOULD MOVE WITH THE WIND. THE IDEA BECAME SOMETHING ABOUT CREATING A VERY PLAYFUL ELEMENT IN THE STREET, SOMETHING YOU WOULD WANT TO INTERACT WITH IN A GOOD MOOD.

WHILE AT A CÈILIDH I REALISED THAT I COULD USE THIS IN MY PROJECT. SPINNING PLUS SOCIAL INTERACTION EQUALS CÈILIDH. IT SOUNDS SLIGHTLY COMICAL AND QUIRKY BUT THAT IS THE INTENTION. THIS WAS DONE BY USING TWO ROTATING OBJECTS THAT YOU ARM HOOK AND SWING AROUND TO ACTIVATE MUSIC.

THE PROJECT DEVELOPED THROUGH ALSO COMBINING THE CULTURAL INFLUENCES OF THE AREA. THE THREE POSTS THAT MAKE UP THE TWO CÈILIDH POSTS AND THE SPEAKER ARE INFLUENCED BY ARABIC, CHINESE AND GAELIC ARTWORK, CONNECTED TOGETHER WITH A BRASS GAELIC SPIRAL INLAID INTO THE PAVEMENT.

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PROJECT 4 - SOLID VOIDTHIS IS A PART OF A TWO PART PROJECT. THE FIRST PART, P4, WAS TO DEVELOP A VOID, OR INTERIOR SPACE, INSIDE A 7,5M CUBE AT THE SCALE 1:50. IT HAS TO HAVE AT LEAST A WINDOW AND A DOOR AND CONVEY AN ATMOSPHERE. IT IS TO BE A ‘FOLLY’ WHICH MEANS IT SERVES NO FUNCTION. WE HAD TO SPECIFICALLY USE THE PROCESS OF CASTING IN HERCULITE PLASTER TO CREATE THIS 1:50 MODEL.

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I STARTED WITH SKETCHING AROUND ATMOSPHERES, THINKING ABOUT BUILDINGS I HAD PREVIOUSLY VISITED. ONE THING THAT I THEN THOUGHT WOULD BE INTERESTING WOULD BE TO BUILD UPON THE SENSATION OF BEING UNDER A WATERFALL. I FELT THIS WOULD BE HARD TO CONVEY IN A SMALL MODEL SO I MOVED ON TO LOOKING AT MUSIC. MUSIC IS DESCRIBED AS ATMOSPHERIC AND I FOUND IT A GREAT INSPIRATION FOR THIS PROJECT. A PIECE OF MUSIC I FOUND VERY ATMOSPHERIC AND DRAMATIC IS CHOPIN’S NOCTURNE OP. 9 NO. 1.

SMALL SLITS OF LIGHT WOULD AT REGULAR INTERVALS LET THROUGH HARSH SOUTHERN LIGHT INTO THE SPHERICAL INTERIOR. THE LIGHT WOULD SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE WALL. JUST AS THE MUSIC PIECE VARIES BETWEEN DRAMATIC AT HARMONIC TUNES SO WILL THE RAY OF LIGHT PLAY OVER ROUGH AND SMOOTH SURFACE OVER A COURSE OF 40 MINUTES. THERE IS A PAUSE IN BETWEEN EACH PLAY OF LIGHT TO AMPLIFY THE DRAMA; THE SAME WAY THAT CLOUDS WILL BREAK A CONSTANT BEAM OF LIGHT, JOLTING THE THOUGHT OF SUNLIGHT BACK TO YOUR MIND. THE WHOLE DAY WILL BE AN EXTENDED DRAMA OFLIGHT ON SURFACE.

THE CUBES INTERIOR IS HOLLOWED OUT AS A SPHERE WITH FOUR LIGHTSLOTS THAT LET SUN IN DURING DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY. THE LIGHT WILL ONLY SHINE THROUGH THE SLOTS ONE AT A TIME AND WOULD TRACK ALONG THE INNER WALLS. BOTH HARMONIC AND DRAMATIC SECTIONS HELP BUILD THE ATMOSPHERE IN CHOPIN’S PIECE SUCH IS ALSO THE VARIATION OF ROUGH AND SMOOTH SURFACES THAT THE LIGHT TRAVELS ACROSS INSIDE THE VOID.

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THE PLASTER MODEL HAD TO BE RECAST SEEING AS THE LIGHT SLOTS WERE MADE TOO SMALL, MEANING THAT THEY WERE IMPOSSIBLE TO TAKE OUT.

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PROJECT 5 - OPENINGCONTINUING FROM P4 THIS PROJECT IS TO CREATE A DETAIL FOR A WINDOW AND PLAN THE MASONRY FOR THE BUILDING.

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TRYING TO KEEP TO THE ORIGINAL ESSENCE OF THE PROJECT WHICH WAS CREATED ONLY TO WORK AS A PLASTER MODEL OR A POURED CONCRETE STRUCTURE THE BUILDING WAS REDESIGNED IN MASONRY. THIS NEW BUILDING HAD A CONCRETE BLOCK INTERIOR STRUCTURE AND A SANDSTONE CLADDING. IT WAS A CHALLENGE TO DESIGN THE DETAILING OF THE WALL TO ROOF CORNER WINDOWS AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE DOME.

MOCK UP IN PHOTOSHOP TO TRY OUT MATERIAL

RHINO MODEL TO GET A COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING FOR THE VOLUME

SKETCHING OF DETAILING WITH CAVITY WALL AND DOME

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PROJECT 6 -CLIMATE REGISTERTHIS PROJECT STARTED FROM DOING STUDIES OF ASPECTS OF THE CLIMATE AT A SITE IN BOWLING, SCOTLAND. THIS WAS COMBINED WITH WORKING ON AN ARCHITECTURAL PROGRAMME AND DOING A RESPONSE TO THE LANDSCAPE.

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THE FIRST PART OF THE PROJECT WE STUDIED THE ABANDONED BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND RECORDED IT THROUGH THE USE OF DRAWINGS AND VIDEO TIMELAPSING.

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BRAINSTORMING DESIGN IDEAS FROM ‘HOW THE CLIMATE EFFECTS ABANDONED BUILT ENVIRONMENT’

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STORYBOARD OF WINDSUFER AS A TOOL TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE BUILDING COULD BE USED.

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THE FIRST THING WAS LOOKING AT THE CORROSION OF THE BUILDING AND STARTED DESIGNING AROUND THE IDEA OF SHOWING A VERY OBVIOUS AND DRAMATIC CHANGE OVER TIME.

IT MOVED ON TO ALSO HARNESSING THE WIND AND CORROSION TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL DESIGN.

IT FINALLY BECAME A WINDSURFING CLUB THAT IS DORMANT FOR MOST OF THE YEAR. THE EXTERNAL MATERIAL IS COPPER, A MATERIAL KNOWN FOR ITS BLUE-GREEN RUST. WHEN IN USE THERE WILL BE WIND WHICH THE BUILDING UTILISES THROUGH A WIND GENERATOR.

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WORKING MODEL SHOWING THE TIMBER STRUCTURE CLAD WITH COPPER.

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LIFE DRAWING

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