Further Development of Unit Design

As can be seen in the previous post, we have agreed to go with the circular unit, which gives a flowing and tranquil effect. We now wanted to further our natural ideas, therefore we decided to incorporate an artificial tree within our design, which was influenced by an image as posted earlier in the blog.

We also wanted to incorporate glass/plastic into our design, which may be frosted or translucent. The reasons for using this material is because is will allow light through, giving a natural feel, however as it will not be completely transparent, visitors will want to go inside the shop, so that they are able to view the contents inside properly. This is a way to entice the visitors into the shop.

Another way of enticing the visitors into the shop is by creating an interesting, magical entrance. We want to do this by using skins of a glass wall and a solid opaque wall, to create a curved walkway for the visitor. This idea will create an experience for the visitor, adding to their magical and slightly surreal experience within the pop up shop.

Here are some further sketches of our developed idea:

This is the first developed sketch, to show our tree idea. This idea does not however show any walkway or glass/plastic use.

This idea encorpoates the idea of having skins. The inner wall would be a solid opaque wall, and the outer wall (creating the walkway) would be a translucent material. 

This third sketch shows the inside of our design. As can be seen, glass/astroturf has been used on the floor of our design, which has been mentioned previously in the blog. This sketch also shows the use of the trees  branches to exhibit work.