Saturday, October 25, 2008

Thoughts about the silkeborg redesign

After a long dicussion with Ross, it clarified so many things that i wanted and needed to know about Jorn Utzorn. Though it also opened a lot of doors into my approach of the Silkeborg design. One idea that i was really interested in was when Ross mentioned about the cargo ships, where Utzorn recieved his ideas from looking up in the middle of 2 cargo ship crates at the position of the light coming through. And also the idea of cave like structures also seem to present itself in the silkeborg plans. So i believe that with my redesign i want to be able to encapsulate the ideas of lighting, the surroundings and the feeling of caves.

The top of my Silkeborg design looks at using the idea of a maze. Have you ever been in a maze or in a cargo container hold, and walked around and the only light you see is the light coming from the top? that is where my ideas of the Silkeborg comes from. My Silkeborg above ground design looks at using that idea, by creating these walls that confuse people and also using thick glass in some sections to allow people down below to have small traces of natural light to shine through.

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