TA: Nihal GalathiaSpatial Transformations: Adaptive Reuse and Morphed Narratives
Interior design is essentially about space making in consonance with the given spatial context and defined shell. Spacemaking is much more than an act of building. It has emotions and expressions. Design is a dialogue involving a designer who encodes messages while the perceiver decodes the same. This module is focused on this most fundamental phenomenon of space conception and space perception. It endeavors to understand fundamentals of space design as well as explore the role of space making elements such as floor, column, wall, door, window, stair, ceiling etc. within given space context for a transformed spatial narrative. Through this studio, the impact of basic design decisions of scale and proportion, contextual appropriateness, integration of light and nature, movement and organizational structure, choice of elements, material and technique of construction, finishes and entablature are understood. The course also focuses on elements of nature such as light, vegetation, water as spatial elements and their role in space making. Using these as basic tools of space making, a space that is interactive with its perceiver, expressive of emotions as well as experientially engaging is to be designed in existing spatial syntax and sensitively transform it through adaptive reuse.
Studio Unit
Exposure - Book reading exercise to understand various space making phenomenas by different authors.
Experience - First-hand experience exercise to understand the kinesthetic perception and embodied engagement.
Interprate - Mind mapping exercise to find spatial clues out of existing characteristics.
Iteration - Translating spatial nuances through known medium of drawings and graphics
Outcome - Representation of conceived spaces through digital and other medium
