The project is about redesigning an old
train depot to a gallery space for a fused glass artist called Louise Colson.
The inspiration image is about icicles going across the skin of train. It forms
a contrast since icicles are stable and the train is supposed to be moving.
Then the concept—“transient eternity” is pulled out.
Blue and yellow then being chosen to use into
the gallery space because psychologically, yellow is a color that will make
people feel fatigued and tired, so it represents “transient” On the other hand,
blue is a color that will make people feel calm and peaceful, so it is being
chosen to represent the “eternity”. For the color applications throughout the
space, Solaria and Belize Georgian Bay is also
chosen based on the blue hue and it is used in the special display room to
specially emphasizing the work of art. The bright white is chosen for the
ceiling to add more lightness. It also carries a sense of eternity which
related back to the concept. The Study brown is used on the wall that divides
the special display room to make contrast to those light colors and also to
make the space more realistic. It helps to reduce the lightness and also to
increase the warmth. All the colors are chosen to help creating a comfortable
circumstance for people to move around. Moreover, in order to incorporate the
concept into the space furtherer, there are cloud lights on the ceiling, water
flows under the floor and transparent glass wall in flow shape in space. Those
represent the cycle of water---gas, liquid and solid. Because water keeps
changing among these three states but the change exists forever, the
concept—“transient eternity” is shown.
The process of creating renderings for STIR was really helpful and I feel I got some improvements on both perspective skills and rendering skills. After all, the experience was really valuable.
Poster for STIR
