My Illuminated World

MY ILLUMINATED WORLD

Project: My Illuminated WorldArena: Knox Pl, Mclyntyre Al and the walkway inside Melbourne CentralAim: Claim the citySubjects: People in the cityProcedure: Know - Experience - ClaimMethods: Physical and virtual installation

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INTERESTS

SITE EXPLORATION

MAIN IDEAS

PROJECT DEVELO

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SITE EXPLORATION

INTERESTS

The Abandoned OwnershipIn terms of the re-lationship of own-ership and public area, the property of the object shifts between private and public accord-ing to people’s use. People’s re-use of the place or the thing creates new ownership of them.

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A Public Birthday PartySince public area can has its private property, private events such as birthday party can be held in public too. The occupa-tion experiment about a public birthday party tex-ted people’s reac-tion to the space’s transferred func-tion, which turned out to be noticed widely and accept-ed warmly.


Reaction-Walking PostureThrough lining up and walk through the tunnel hand in hand, the “body wall” managed to block people’s way and force them to change their postures (bending, turning, etc.). On the oppo-site, this annoying behaviour did get positive feedback: people were will-ing to participate and get their own experience of the wall crossing.


DivisionWithout direct encounter, instal-lations can quietly lead people to ex-perience the space too. Within unfa-miliar additives to the area, like signs written by water on the ground, people are attracted to wonder about the real function of the signs. What does it mean to cross this line?


City RunGiven a video camera, Can peo-ple show their own cognition of the city? Which can be developed into a further ques-tion: Offered by material, what will people do to claim the city? Since the people videoing took over all the right to decide, it’s really their turn to claim the city and a chance for us to know about their point of view.


KNOW EXPERIENCE CLAIM

FORMER WORKS

A Piece of TasteExchange a piece of flavour with people’s current mood, so the re-flection can be the feedback of peo-ple’s reaction and the process of ex-change is another form of people’s claim. With a little reward, who can reject such chance to share his or her day?


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MAINIDEAS

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Infrastructures

Within demolition, renovation and in-stallation of the basic facilities at site open up the laneway physically to the public. Give people a chance to actu-ally notice the laneway.

Daily Use : Interior + Exterior Create daily use of the interior and exterior area with the help of videoing technology, projectors and lighting. Attract people to participate and ex-perience, record feedback and use it as new form of attraction.the laneway.

Special Bookings After people’s cognition and experi-ence of the site, create web-based methods of reflecting to the site. Not only can people find relevant infor-mation about laneway, they can also book the place within email to build their own function such as concert and fashion show.

Daily Use(Exterior)

- Face Wall - Resting area

Face WallAim:Physicalize the virtually-used video wall where people can upload their own videos and see others’ videos on it as well. Bring sharing web-pages to real walls, as a little unfamiliar addition to the common daily life.

Materials:Projectors – Show videos on the laneway wallVideoing Facility – Consists of a screen with video camera on and a but-ton, main method to get people’s 10-second video.

Loctaion:Sign – On the building behind the graffiti wallFacility – Behind the graffiti wall

Blog:Function – Download videos (sorted by date) – Upload own videos (less than 10 sec)Aim – A way for people to use the video and the place virtually

Sign Location Video facility perspective drawing Blog Page

Video making Instructions

DAILYUSE

EXTERIOR

DAILYUSE

EXTERIOR

Resting AreaAim:On the other side close to Lt Lonsdale St which meets less people, benches and wooden boxes are installed to make a resting area for people to sit, lie down, kill time, talk or have food

Material:Benches – Can be move up to avoid trucksBoxes – Light and movable – Can stall cushions inside

Benches installation

Daily Use(Interior)

- Shadow Game- Bar

Shadow GameAim:Use the lighting installed inside Melbourne central, to create big-scale shadow occupying multi-surface once people walk pass. The shadow itself distorted into different shapes and scales can be played, as well as shadow layers created by over 2 people’s occupation in the space.

Materials:Spot lights – installed on the ground along the wall, facing up and forward

Experiments:People’s reaction of lights in the darkness

How shadow is shown on different surfaces

Procedure:– Space stay dark in the first place– People approach, activate the light– Play with shadow at site– Others see and follow, multi-layers occur– People leave the place, deactivate the light– Space back to dark

Blog:Function – Upload pictures taken at site – View former picture shoots where creativity happened Aim – Reflect people’s experience of Shadow game – Encourage people’s own creativity

DAILYUSE

INTERIOR

Lighting experiment on Lt Lonsdale St

Lighting experiment inside Melbourne Central

Shadow Game picture shoots

Blog Page

BarAim:An area offering drinks daily or in special use, in accordance with the resting area outside

Materials:Consists of 9 wooden boxes (3*3), drinks stalled inside boxes

Bar perspective drawing Box model

Special BookingsEvents such as concert or run-way can be held inside laneway by booking in advance with email.All demands will be processed within 2 days. Facilities such as projectors (background and lighting) and a central stage (performing area) will be offered according to cer-tain circumstance.

Special Bookings

BlogFunction:– Booking information (schedules, availabilities, facility maintenance)– Advertisement for events (links, posters, videos)– Event review (photos, videos)

Stage:Materials:– Wood– Wheels

Functions:– Performing area for special bookings– pass way for daily use

Disadvantages: – block people from coming into laneway (the majority of people come down along graffiti wall)

Advantages: – movable – simple and light – cheap – changeable shape

Break the Wall:Functions:– Free and open the space– Lead people to come in

INFRASTRUCTURE

Advantages: – movable – rely on machine power Disadvantages: – complicated, need simplifying

Advantages: – light and movable Disadvantages: – not practical – rely on human labour to place

Perspective Drawings for stage installation and wall demolition

(daily use)

Perspective Drawings for stage installation and wall demolition

(special use)

Roof:Materials:– PTFE

Functions:– Darker the space for projector– Connect firmly with Melbourne Central by generating a new interior space

Projectors:Functions:– Wall for Face Wall– Backgroud and lighting for special use

Disadvantages: – rock wall not suitable for projectors

Disadvantages: – white cloth block people’s way – projector unfixed, labour needed

Advantages: – projectors fixed, easy to manage – white wall works better as screen

INFRASTRUCTURE

lightings:Materials:– Spot lights

Functions:– Shadow Game

Boxes:Materials:– Timber

Scale:– 90cm*90cm*50cm

Functions:– bar– stall cushions– seats

Benches:Materials:– Timber and iron connections

Scale:– 90cm*200cm

Functions:– Resting area

Advantages: – light, movable, multi-functional and cheap

INDIRECT ENCOUNTER

Physicalize virtual wall

Spectacle

Open the space

Generate interior space

CONCLUSION

MY ILLUMINATED WORLD

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Interior Design Studio

Claim the City

Documents

My Illuminated World