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Second Skin for The Lake and Stars
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Second Skin for The Lake and Stars
BUDGET
$0 - 10K
SECOND SKIN is
an installation proposal designed to complement the aesthetic and image of the
clothing line of the Lake and Stars. Our
initial concept was to develop a space that recalled the way in which the
designers see lingerie as something that can be playfully exposed and
integrated into everyday wear. We
developed surfaces of abstracted “skins” that alternately reveal and conceal
spaces with varying levels of privacy.
Fittingly, our inspiration for the structure comes from the pissoirs
that line the banks of canals in Amsterdam.
These structures allow very private acts to take place in public through
the design of the structure, which is configured as a spiral made of perforated
metal mounted on standards above a drain.
The spiral shape and relative opacity of the material allows for private
acts to take place without doors, though the body is not completely
enclosed. Our other inspiration was the
spatial sensibility of moving through one of Richard Serra’s torque ellipses,
whose canted, curved surfaces propel the visitor into forward movement and
sensorial engagement and create an environment of anticipation and delayed
revelation. In our proposal, the “skins” curve and curl to create a ruled
surface that forms dressing areas and backdrops for hanging and shelving
display as well as the checkout counter.
The existing perimeter walls are secondary sites for display and
storage.
The elements
in our proposal will be produced by both digital fabrication processes and
analog construction techniques. The
materials represent a range of sensibilities, from the high-tech yet sensual
materiality of the skin, which is to be fabricated of translucent silicone
sheeting, to the industrial effect of the structure of blackened steel,
reclaimed sawcut lumber shelving and exposed fasteners. The silicone skin is to be laser cut to
create a pattern of openings derived from abstracted panty silhouettes that
range from openings that recall thongs to bikinis to granny pants to provide
varying levels of visibility through the surface. These panels will be mechanically fastened
to the blackened steel ribs that will be secured at the perimeter walls and at
the floor. Ceiling-hung curved closet
bars provide space for hanging, and CNC-milled shelves made of reclaimed lumber
provide counter surfaces for the horizontal presentation of merchandise and are
designed to stabilize the canting surfaces to which they attach. The primary lighting is to be a series of
incandescent bulbs hung from the ceiling with red conduit. Vertical fluorescent fixtures will illuminate
the area beyond the skin and backlight it to produce a subtle glow.
an installation proposal designed to complement the aesthetic and image of the
clothing line of the Lake and Stars. Our
initial concept was to develop a space that recalled the way in which the
designers see lingerie as something that can be playfully exposed and
integrated into everyday wear. We
developed surfaces of abstracted “skins” that alternately reveal and conceal
spaces with varying levels of privacy.
Fittingly, our inspiration for the structure comes from the pissoirs
that line the banks of canals in Amsterdam.
These structures allow very private acts to take place in public through
the design of the structure, which is configured as a spiral made of perforated
metal mounted on standards above a drain.
The spiral shape and relative opacity of the material allows for private
acts to take place without doors, though the body is not completely
enclosed. Our other inspiration was the
spatial sensibility of moving through one of Richard Serra’s torque ellipses,
whose canted, curved surfaces propel the visitor into forward movement and
sensorial engagement and create an environment of anticipation and delayed
revelation. In our proposal, the “skins” curve and curl to create a ruled
surface that forms dressing areas and backdrops for hanging and shelving
display as well as the checkout counter.
The existing perimeter walls are secondary sites for display and
storage.
The elements
in our proposal will be produced by both digital fabrication processes and
analog construction techniques. The
materials represent a range of sensibilities, from the high-tech yet sensual
materiality of the skin, which is to be fabricated of translucent silicone
sheeting, to the industrial effect of the structure of blackened steel,
reclaimed sawcut lumber shelving and exposed fasteners. The silicone skin is to be laser cut to
create a pattern of openings derived from abstracted panty silhouettes that
range from openings that recall thongs to bikinis to granny pants to provide
varying levels of visibility through the surface. These panels will be mechanically fastened
to the blackened steel ribs that will be secured at the perimeter walls and at
the floor. Ceiling-hung curved closet
bars provide space for hanging, and CNC-milled shelves made of reclaimed lumber
provide counter surfaces for the horizontal presentation of merchandise and are
designed to stabilize the canting surfaces to which they attach. The primary lighting is to be a series of
incandescent bulbs hung from the ceiling with red conduit. Vertical fluorescent fixtures will illuminate
the area beyond the skin and backlight it to produce a subtle glow.
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