The idea behind this project is to create a Fashion Boutique for Christian Dior by using one of his dresses as the inspiration to create the Analog Model. I looked at the dress and used the curve on the left leg of the dress from the bottom up to the chest as the main design to bend the steel rods that are the main structure of my analog model. I realized that the models body is the structure and the dress is a "skin" that has been stretched across to create a covering, such as a pavilion. I used the idea of the fluffy, layered blue shear material to create the two pleats that are held in place by wire mesh that accentuate the structure of the curve.
The Analog model has four architectural characteristics within it. The first one used is Tectonics. When all of the fabric is taken away from the model, what is left is steel rods bent to shape and wire mesh. These are the main components of the model. The second is Structure. Even though structure is very similar to Tectonics, it differs by how the steel rods have been formed to create the "skeletal figure". The third is Ornament. This is the contrast of the blue and beige fabric, including how it is used. The blue fabric is mainly stretched over the structure, while the beige material is wrinkled along the one rod. The fourth is Ornament as Structure. This is the wire mesh that creates a pleat on top of the model, while the blue fabric is stretched over the top.
I used this model to produce my Prototype in Maya. The Prototype is based off of strands that loop around the center mass and intersect at various points. The center mass is what is based mainly off of my Analog model. Instead of having two pleats on the top, there are three. The piece is about power and strength that intertwines the strands. The strands connect at specific places where they continue throughout the entirety of the project, where there are no loose ends. The structure of the project has been taken from the wire mesh from the Analog model and really dropped to the bottom of the Prototype to “hold up” and “Support” the bottom of the Prototype. The strands continue to make up the mass of the project. They give the false reality that there is something there in between when there is not. The prototype has multiple techniques that have been observed through other progressive architects such as Stephen Ma, Tom Wiscombe, Edward Kim, Mark Gage, Kokkugia and other Digital Architects that use Maya to create Architecture. I have mainly looked at Stephen Ma and Edward Kim to try and perfect the Strands and how they intertwine throughout the entire piece.
