Ruoqi Gan: March 2012

Sunday, March 25, 2012

SUBMISSION: 3 ANIMATIONS

ANIMATION 1:
http://youtu.be/SxK68AUfCLs

ANIMATIOIN 2: (above ground)
http://youtu.be/W8fONfTpXRc

ANIMATION 2: (under ground)
http://youtu.be/Gll2H-SHWtU

SUBMISSION: FINAL DESIGN

Two Galleries with Landscape

Section1 (from left)

Section2 ( bird's eye view & explaination of two galleries)

The original sketch of the keyword-protection is a box with different pattern. When I first saw the artwork of Bourgeois, I felt the fear of her heart, and the thirst of protection. The lack of love and happiness of her childhood might cause the feeling her artwork gives me. So this big box is protecting what she loves and values. When I first make the model, the pattern is exactly the same as the sketch's I drew. But after I saw the gallery of TOYO ITO, I satrt to change it and build a studio inside the gallery. A box-in-box design refer to the keyword---Protection. The glass wall is used in the model, allow people see through the building, just like we can see the feeling through Bourgeois's artworks.

I change a lot of about the underground section. The keyword is Vase, and the original sketch is like a shape of traditional Chinese vase. After I made the first model (see the older posts-sketchup 1), I found it is very difficult to make it a gallery to display artwork, especially AI WEIWEI likes to use big and wide space to show his artwork. So I created a oval and got rid of the top & bottom part of it. The use of a spiral staircase also save the space for displaying the artworks. AI WEIWEI likes to use traditional elements, material in his artworks, such as china, wood, stone, paper, bamboo... ... These material gives me a warm feeling, although he always makes them ironic, sarcasic, so I choose wood, stone & granite in the gallery.

the original sketch Bourgeois-Protection / AI WEIWEI-Vase

3D Warehouse: ARCH1101,EXP1,2012,RUOQI GAN

Saturday, March 24, 2012

SUBMISSION: APPLYING TEXTURES

UNDERGROUND:
TEXTURES:grainy & sleek

ABOVE GROUND:

TEXTURES: scaly & crystalline

SUBMISSION: STAIRS SECTIONS

UNDERGROUND:
Artist: AI WEIWEI, Keyword:Vase, Materials: wood & granite

2D image

2 sketches
AI WEIWEI is a very traditional artist. Many of his artworks are related to tradition. So I decided to used wood and granite on the stairs. I think it makes the interior more traditional.

ABOVE GROUND:
Artist:Louise Bourgeois, Keyword: protection, Materials: metal & steel

2D image

2 sketches

Louise Bourgeois is a modern artist. Many of her artworks reflect to her childhood. I think most of the artworks are filled with desperated and the thirst of protection. So I used metal and steel on the stairs, because these materials are cold and couldn't give people a sense of safety.