Wednesday, October 24, 2007
FINAL: Ratan Tata's office
The resting place
The traditional element which is applied as the concept has created a different perception towards the office environment, producing a new atmosphere and directly creating up the feeling of power.
FINAL: Zhang Yin's office
FiINAL: Meeting Space
FINAL: Elevators
Ratan Tata's elevator
Each elevator is made for each client. The design of Zhang Yin’s elevator is made based on the modern concept just to suit the design of her office. It is basically based on the shapes of cylinder and cone since both of these shapes are popular during the modern era. Most of the architectural design in the modern world is based on these shapes.
The design for Ratan Tata’s elevator is based on the traditional concept so that it would suit his office. The design is based on the traditional Indian architecture.
FINAL: Dining table
The idea in making this dining table is that I want it to be as simple as possible but at the same time, looks efficient and most importantly, comfortable. The basic design structure of the table and the chairs is cylinder. I chose cylinder because the surface is circle, so that it has the connection with the meeting space which symbolizes the place for the ‘all-rounders’.
Apart from that, I had chosen flow’s texture to be put on the dining table to create the ‘fluidity-surrounding’, so that the clients would feel something different while having their lunch or meeting. This is actually symbolized the power which would be felt by them with the representation of flows of water.
Monday, October 22, 2007
development : meeting space
As compared to both of the office, the meeting space for Ratan Tata and Zhang Yin is way too small. I purposely made it such way because I want the space to be a private place for both of them. A lot of discussions would be made here and I do not want others to get involve with their discussions. It is important for them to have some privacy so that everything they have planned would run smoothly.
development : Rattan Tata's Office
Again, in here, textures and designs play important role in order to stress up the main subject which is ‘POWER’. I do not want to concentrate at either textures or designs only since we already know that Rattan Tata is one of the world’s multi-billionaire, and he is for sure can afford to make both of it.
The main entrance
I’ve made the pathways at the entrance to be slightly elevated my making stairs at the entrance. This is to give the ‘high’ perception towards Ratan Tata. Apart from that, the pathway is also acting as the gallery for Rattan’s achievements. The main attraction at this pathway is actually the line of columns which is I purposely put to create the traditional high class Indian family which we usually see in the Hindustan movie.
The main office
Straight after the pathway, the clients would see the main office which is situated at the centre of five cubicles. Just like ZhangYin’s office, four cubicles at the site of the main office are for the secretaries which are the backbone of Rattan’s achievements.
The resting place
At the end of the office is a place for Rattan’s to get some rest since it is quite hard for him to get back to his house due to his hectic lifestyle. I put a crystal cube at the centre of this area since we know that crystal has a lot of benefits and one of it as a source of power. It is also as a symbol of Indian culture since it is quite popular among them.
development: ZhangYin's office
The main office
The concept I chose for her office is ‘modern’. This is because, based on the readings and researches I have made, I can see that she is actually a very independent modern woman. From there, the idea to make her office as sophisticated as possible came, another way of expressing the concept of modernism.
In order to focus on the subject matter of this project which is ‘POWER’ I had used more bright textures to demonstrate it into my design. Apart from that, the design itself is already showing the concept of power. Even though it looks like a normal ‘L’ shape from the outside, but when come to the interior of the office, people will definitely experiencing the difference! That is the main reason why I made the exterior looks normal so that it will not kill the excitement of getting into the ZhangYin’s Office
The main entrance
After getting into the office, the clients would automatically get into the gallery space. Here, multiple of ZhangYin’s products, projects and achievements can be seen. This is just to make sure that people are aware of who she is and as well as can actually learn from her experience and appreciate her hard work from the beginning until she reached this level. This gallery is quite big since ZhangYin’s has a big company and for sure will have a large number of clients.
The main office
This is where ZhangYin is doing her management work. It is situated at the centre of her office. Here, the ‘modern’ concept is still maintained but with different atmosphere. Organic texture is applied surrounds the office to show up the ‘chinese site’ of her. As we know, Chinese are prominent with this kind of textures. Apart from that, it is just to suit her ‘femininity’ needs to cool her down especially during the busy time. Five extras cubicles are for her secretaries for several of works.
The resting place
This place is stuated at the end of the office. It is purposely done due to the hectic lifestyle face by ZhangYin. It is included with a small swimming pool so that she can actually relax her mind by taking some aromatheraphic bath. This is just to potrayed the healthy lifestyle practiced by ZhangYin.