Presentation

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Final Renders

The incorporation of four reflective spinning elements within the playscape also allow for a greater manipulation of light, encouraging children to rotate these elements to reflect the various colours of the pyramid walls. The nooks provided by these elements may also act as individual seats, where one could get his or her friend to spin them around.

Inside, the children are also encouraged to lie down to watch the changing pattern of colours cast from exterior LED lights. These lights would also cast shadows from people moving around on the exterior, providing an interesting change of pattern on the surfaces.

Whilst seated on the outside, parents and children are also surrounded by the kaleidoscopic effect of light and colour, thrown onto the walls and ceilings of the semi-enclosed mezzanine space. This dynamic changing of colour will be affected by the movement and action of the children playing within the pyramid.

On the exterior, the first step of the pyramid provides seating for parents who may be supervising their children. The first step measures 500mm high, ensuring that it is a comfortable resting spot.

Final 1:20 Model

We are proposing to have a pyramid-like structure, featuring the primary and secondary colours of the colour wheel to educate children about basic colour theory. The surfaces will be formed out of translucent polycarbonate, which in conjunction with exterior and interior lighting, will provide illumination and projection of light through and around the space.

As seen in the aerial shot, the manner in which we have arranged the colours is to reflect the colour wheel, particularly with complementary colours on each face of the pyramid. One side is the dedicated entrance and exit to the interior playscape. This particular side is made out of clear and mirrored polycarbonate, tessellating to provide more interesting colour and light reflections.

It will be an enclosed space with the main playscape within the pyramid, with elements to play with on the inside. Children will be encouraged to step on the weight-censored interior LED lights to change the pattern of its glow. Because it is LED, it releases significantly less heat and therefore will not over-heat the interior.

Final 1:1 Model

In creating our 1:1 module, we decided to prototype a singular 500 x 500mm triangular element that would form the base perimeter of the pyramid. The black frame is indicative of a powder coated black steel structure that would hold the pyramid up, whilst the clear material would be 20mm solid polycarbonate of different colours.

Because the polycarbonate is translucent, the lines of the structure would also cast light shadows on the interior and exterior, creating varying patterns.

Final Statement

A2 Panel Week 5

Rainbow Serpent Colour Study

Solidworks & Keyshot Digital Models

Material Study

A2 Panel Week 4

Renders

In order to better visualise the this idea, we created some basic renders to figure out how the children would move and use the space. We ended up deciding that the two ideas of colour and light were too disjointed in this design and did not translate well together, and therefore decided to pare back to the original singular pyramidal module where the condensing of form would allow for a better collaboration of light and colour to be expressed.

3D Digital Model

Experimental Model

Our first design development saw us making use of the literal colour wheel form, where the design circled around a central play area. Here is our initial form building out of plywood, where we first attempted to incorporate each of the six individual pyramid module into the enclosing form.

We then decided to add colour to it through the use of coloured acrylic, in an attempt to better understand the placement of these coloured modules in the form. This model was where we also experimented with the idea of reflectivity and mirrors, which then also naturally led to the idea of the possible manipulation of light as a play element.

Precedent Studies