Grad Dip ID-Week 1 Project
To me, La Sagrada Familia ‘wow’ me with the moment when the sun shines through its fantastic usage of multicolour glass. The difference in sunlight will generate different lighting and combination with the glasses. Thus, creating a unique experience and atmosphere.
The viewing experience reminded me of the fairytale ‘Hansel and Gretel, where the brother and sister fall into the hands of a witch who lives in a house made of gingerbread, candy and cake. Instead of using real candy as my building material, I decided to focus on recreating the multicolour glass effect on my building wearable. Immediately, I thought of using candy wrapping paper to recreate the multicolour glass effect. The candy wrapping paper has been specially selected with a demi-transparent appearance to enable the light to shine through the material.
The structure material is used with cardboard and leftover corrugated paper from my tableware sets. I believe the genuine appearance of cardboard and corrugated paper can best represents La Sagrada Familia’s exterior wall and columns inside the interior.
To mimic how the public will navigate in the cathedral, my design has changed from making a full circle of coloured glass to a half circle. The candy wrapping paper is then cut into different sizes and stick onto the cut-out glass shaped randomly. The experiment successfully generated the glass effect with both natural sunlight and the use of a torch.
This project not only allowed me to redesign the architecture with my own interpretation but also to make consideration into the audience’s view of the output. Overall, I am very satisfied with my adjustment made on the half circle. It stands out and represents the architecture even further from my point of view.
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