WEEK FIVE: An Opening For Dr. Caligari

During Week 5 students are required to design a Sectional and Plan view of an opening for Dr. Caligari. As this is a group activity, Hannah and myself developed our ideas during the studio class.

We decided to create a series of openings which serve as windows, skylights, and drawbridges intended to link pathways between rooms.

The following images featured in the Studio Lecture have influenced aspects of our design.

Villa Savoye, Poissy

Le Corbusier

Notre Dame Du Haut, Ronchamp

Le Corbusier

Store Front For Art and Architecture
Steven Holl

AN OPENING FOR DR. CALIGARI

The drawings have both been done to a scale of 1:20. They have been influenced by a combination of our previous works on 'A Room For Doctor Calligari'. The drawings are intended to create a similar spacial effect portrayed through aspects of both our designs.

I have drawn the Section using a variety of mixed media. These include a combination of markers, dry pastels, fine liner, and pencil. The sharp and hard representation of the space are intended to create a feeling of discomfort and awkwardness, experienced in the film. The colours create a cold and unwelcoming atmosphere within the space. Doctor Calligari is positioned to maintain a sense of scale.

Hannah has used a combination of similar media in the Plan View. These include markers, pencil, charcoal and dry pastels. She used pastel and charcoal to express the concrete material that makes up our proposed space. She has presented the spatial elements of the openings with different levels of light, to portray a feel of mystery seen in the film.

SECTIONAL VIEW 1:20

BRIEF EXPLANATIONAL NOTES
PLAN VIEW 1:20