Zhang Office & Elevator

Ok this is the rough idea and i will build on it later when i have time - i want the thick branches at the top to wrap entirely around the length of the bridge.

By incorporating oriental design and revealing a transition in the twisting structure from thin and weak, to thick and dominating, i desire to portray Zhang's growth from nothingness to power. The base represents her past of poverty and cultural inferiority, as a Chinese living in America. However at the top where the twisting structure is strong enough to support her office , it symbolises her current state of power due to wealth and Chinese dominance of industry.

The elevator is supposed to travel AROUND the twisted structure but for some reason i keep bumping into something and falling off...so it currently just travels in a linear fashion.

Again orientalism has been incorporated into the elevator base, where the cylindrical poles are supposed to resemble bamboo, another traditional chinese material.

Front View from afar

Back View, close-up

PS. To those looking and commenting on my blog, THANKS!!!!!! But it'll be nice if you told me your name so i can look at your work too....plus since so many of you are called anonymonous, i don't know if you're different or the same person haha

36 Movement Textures

I don't know what's with my blog settings, but you often can't see these images in an enlarged form....argh!!

SketchUp Tip

This is REALLy simple (and useful!) but i only learnt it recently from a Jeremy Harkins tutorial. If you draw a rectangular prism and hold down SHIFT, you can reference specific axis. Without this tool i frequently drew in between 3 planes rather than one, and so now i feel less frustrated and am more efficient, with SketchUp :)

...but many of you probably know this by now, since Russell has also repeated the tip in today's lecture

Elevator Experimentation

Even though i imported a custom texture, UT2004 still ended up designating one of its own...
Next time i develop this elevator, it will be of a much larger scale so as to actually connect the 2 spaces.

Elevator for Zhang Yin:

Her journey from poverty to wealth and power, is reflected through the growing tree that flourishes from dead roots. This tree metaphor also addresses her recycling of paper, so that the material is reborn. It is based on my original perspective drawing, except turned upside down.

Elevator for Donatella Versace

As her power originates from fashion - which i believe to be an unnecessary extravagence - this elevator system is flamboyant and visually impressive, rather than practical and efficient. It requires the user to travel in a loop, rather than immediately reach their destination. Furthermore i plan to develop the rooms between the elevators, as it enhances the idea of unnecessary indulgence as Versace will stop along the way for refreshments or rest or...

The elevator itself is like a giant stage, enforcing the idea of fashion trend-setters as always in the spotlight and needing to uphold perfect appearances. If i can attach lights to the 'mover', i can better convey this idea...