Assignment 8 Presentation

After six weeks of gathering information about Gothic architecture I was content to finally put all of it together. It was neat to build a seat and shelter that was inspired by a flower that resembled Gothic architecture. By picking out the flower's main elements of design and abstracting them, I started to imagine ways to create a space of relaxation. I gathered the main elements of design and started brainstorming ways that a seat could come from it, I sketched out all my ideas and then started developing sample models believing that it was going to be easy... it wasn't. The hardest part was bringing 2D sketches to 3D models. Trying to find materials that would twist and turn and stay in place was challenging but I kept exploring different elements and principles of design. By making them super complex then striping them down to being simple and finally my model was created. During all this I learned a lot about elements and principles of design and how I will actually use them during my project.