Story behind my idea

Play time with bubbles

With all the research I have done and the understand that I

have of architects and how the work, is that the space

doesn't’t need to be grown up and professional it can still be

fun, playful; functional.

I have chosen to design a Designer fashion shop. I want to

reinvent the boring shopping experience and make it

something that the whole family enjoys. Something that

would be just as fun and exciting as play time.

When I was growing up the most fun I had was with balls,

balloons and bubbles. That why I want to convert those

childhood memories into a unforgettable shopping

experience for one of the best known fashion designers

Alexander McQueen.

This should would represent the uniqueness of Alexander

McQueen’s work. It would be just as unusual as his fashion

designs that have made a huge impact to the way that

fashion is seen and to the way that designers are going out

of the box with their designs. The interior space would

match the unique outfits.

Location

It is known that most high end fashion

shops are located in central London in

places such as Oxford street, Regent

street, Westfield London and much more.

it has been established that if the shop

looks out of the ordinary and unique

people are more likely to go into them and

browse and spend more there, they are

then more likely to tell their friends and

family.

After considering the perfect location for

my Alexander McQueen shop is Oxford

street, due to being the most visited and

most liked place to shop.

Alexander McQueen

Alexander McQueen’s work

is very unique and over the

top with bold and out of the

ordinary designs.

The most famous designs

that he has designed are all

influenced by the natural

accruing things such as

wildlife and flowers and

also the naturally accruing

shapes in the wild.

High end shops around London all have a very

different feel and layout. Some are very plain and

some are really over the top with detail. However all

the shops have something that catches the shoppers

eyes and makes it stand out.

Eden Project

The Eden project was inspired by J.

Baldwin's Pillow Dome . Its located St

Blazey , Cornwall

The domes are multiple greenhouses,

they are constructed from steel frames

and Thermoplastic.

The architect Nicholas Grimshaw had

designed each pot to have its own

heating system so that each dome could

represent a different environment that is

needed for the plants.

Pillow Dome

J. Baldwin is an American industrial designer and

writer. Baldwin was a student of Buckminster Fuller ,

his work has been inspired by Fuller’s principles .

Baldwin is noted inventor of the geodesic "pillow

dome”.

Buckminster Fuller

He has written and published numerous books and he has

developed inventions, mainly architectural designs, the

best known of which is the geodesic dome.

These geodesic domes are spherical or partially spherical

shell structures based on a network of great circles on the

surface of the dome.

These domes have created challenges on how to make

them air tight and rust proof. It took some time to get

these right but the architects and designers have

succeeded in making the perfect domes to house all sorts

of tropical plants and keep the environment as the plants

like it with minimal effort these domes are called the Eden

project.

These are drawings/ sketches of

hat I was inspired by after doing

my research into different

architects and buildings. I have

taken parts of the already

existing designs and made them

into something that would go

with what I would like to do and

my brief.

These two designs have been created to combine nature and

buildings in some cases skyscrapers together. These are all

futuristic designs that can be build on land and in water. The

designs look like grape like structures or bubbles. These bubbles

also look playful and colourful,

When I looked at the designs for the structures that

had nature in them I noticed that the structures

skeleton wasn’t hidden. This has inspired me to do a

similar design of spheres with the structures skeleton

not hidden to add effect and character to the building.

I have looked at bubbles and how

the link together to form a structure.

I then have drawn my own bubble

like structure with interlocking pods.

These pods could become individual

mini environments that could sustain

different animals plants, fruits or

vegetables. They could also be for

different categories of objects.

Model one this is a model of what could be a

shelter or it could have glass

windows making it a unique

shopping space. I have been

inspired by architects who don’t hide

the skeleton of the building . I think

that the skeleton and the structure

adds to the character of the building

therefore I want my model to

concentrate of the structure and

how it adds to the building

These are sketches of what I think the

model would look as a drawing and

simplified. I have only taken the most

important pats of the model

I like the roof structure but I don’t like the

scrunched up balls because they look

messy and it wouldn’t look very attractive.

I will be taking the roof structure and

develop it further.

These are models that I have done of an inside of a

shop. I have been inspired by the skeleton structure of

the geodesic dome, this is the development of the roof

structure from the previous model.

I was inspired by the model that I made using

scrunched up paper and card. I have developed the

previous model into a roof structure the curves into a

point at one end ,

Modern and unique design it

brings a nice contemporary

look.

All of these rubber balls and rubber band balls

associate with childhood. The children use to try

and bounce the rubber bouncy balls as high as they

can go, they also come in a variety of different

colors and images on them, I think this would be

great for the circular objects in y shop to have

different colors and graphics on them. It would

bring an element of fun into the boring and tiring

shopping experience

This is a model that I have been inspired to make after looking at

the molecular structure of a vitamin. This could be a main feature

in a shop or a staircase. I have decided to do a spherical model

because I think that simple is more effective and it can be

cooperated into the surroundings better than a straight line

object.

This is what I have designed as an individual structure that would

go in the shops as storage and . I think that this would work well if

it was made in different sizes and colours. It would be like

bunches of balloons grouped together to create a sculpture that

could be used for displaying the clothes that the shop sells

I have been inspired by the structure of the DNA strand to

draw a staircase the is free flawing and wouldn't distract

the costumers from the rest of the shop but just add to

the experience .

These staircases look similar to the DNA structure, I

would like to have a similar staircase but on a bigger and

grander scale.

I have looked at water balloons and normal balloons and I got

an idea of having individual pods suspended from the ceiling,

the pods would have a hollow inside and that’s where all the

clothes would be. The pods would also be different colors and

sizes to add playful feel to the shop.

I have done a model to represent

bunches of balloons after I

researched them. I think that the

model works well but it would be

too bit to go into the shop and it

wouldn’t have the same affect as

loads off smaller spherical

structures.

Steven Ma is an architect that specializes in 3D

designs. This work is for an exhibition that was

held in Hong Kong in 2010. in his designs the

materials that he shows are like bubbles which

also links into my work.

My work links to Ma’s work in a way that he uses

simple clean lines and he likes to design easy

flowing spaces and sue curved lines.

I think that this approach would suit a modern

21st century new and exciting shop.

Ec-O_Bench infuses nature into pedestrian traffic zones by

creating a self-sustaining eco-system that envelopes sitters

in living and growing plant-life. ec-O_Bench collects and

filters rainwater and harnesses sunlight using thin-film

photovoltaic,

This design is a similar design of what I am trying to

achieve. Steven Ma has design an eco friendly bench, I

would like have the same idea of making my shop more eco

friendly. I also like the futuristic but simple design that I think

would go well in my shop.

This is a trail model for what I would like my interior

space to look like. I have been inspired by clusters

of grapes. Even though I like the grape like

structure

This is my final outcome of a fashion shop, the individual

spherical structures could be used to store and organize

different types of clothing. This is a unique and existing

way to store and present clothes. It also creates

excitement when the shoppers enter the shop and see the

different size inner structures that they are able to walk

inside .

Final outcome

This is the floor layout off the shop.

The three bubbles would also

have smaller glass bubbles inside,

this would allow the outside

bubbles to be the height of the

walls or a bit smaller and then

they could house a range of

smaller see through glass

bubbles.