FINAL UT MAP

http://rapidshare.com/files/247249658/DM-ARCH1101_EXP3_Pascale_Roberts_Final.ut2.html

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I wanted the meeting space to be focused on equality within power, as I believe Prada and Madonna have around the same level influence as each other. The two lifts arrive at separate enterances, with a ramp then leading down to the central dining table where conversations and colaborations can take place.

Prada's office is influenced by her use of drapery within her collections, and hence has more organic shapes than Madonna's. I wanted to to appear to be a showroom for her collections, so I included some moving platforms where her designs can be showcased when completed, or hidden while still under design.

Madonna's office is influenced by the Kabbalah tree of life, with the diamond like shape. I also referenced, perhaps her most iconic 'looks', the conical shaped bra by repeating a number of cones outside the windows.

These are images from my final UT draft before my final map. The main change was the movers as they did not work properly and required alterations.

RAPIDSHARE LINK

http://rapidshare.com/files/247254203/DM-ARCH1101_EXP3_Pascale_Roberts_Draft_One.ut2.html

Image capture of dining table.

The dining table is meant to appear heavy and stable as to me 'power' represents stability and control. I wanted it to be quite equal as Madonna and Prada, I believe, are of equal power to each other.

Link to RapidShare to view model.

http://rapidshare.com/files/247250383/table.skb.html

Image capture of Madonna's lift.

Madonna's lift was inspired by a stage design prop she has used in past performances, but it also corresponds to her religion's belief in birth and life by resembling an egg.

Link to RapidShare to view model.
http://rapidshare.com/files/247250703/madliftegg.skp.html

Image capture of Prada's lift.

Prada's lift was inspired by the Prada boutique store designed by Architectural firm, Herzog & de Meuron, and also represents Prada's belief in reinventing the old.

Link to RapidShare to view model.

http://rapidshare.com/files/247251061/pradalift.skp.html

For some reason I was not able to import my sketchup models across to Unreal, even though I have been able to in the past. Will bring in my laptop tomorrow and hopefully someone will be able to help me sort this out.

Glass walls/windows for Madonna's office. Sides will stay same shape but become concrete within UT.


Beginnings of lift/mover for Madonna, based upon capsule from a stage performance.


Basic meeting space. I want the lines quite simple and heavy. Have to work on interesting and distinctive entrances for each client - probably from the sides, as both are equally powerful.


Re-worked Prada office. Inspired by parabolic curve of the stairs in the NYC store. Not sure how to not make the structure extruded whilst maintaining the line of the curve.

Draft of Prada's office.

Draft of Madonna's office.

36 textures relating to movement.

My Unreal model and 'mover', and the corresponding page from my sketchbook.

My 18 two-point perspective H shaped drawings.

My walkway in Unreal Tournament and its corresponding parallel projections sketch.

My 18 parallel perspective F shaped sketches.

Respect and power do not peacefully coexist. However, those wishing to obtain both are helped along by wearing Prada, the label. Prada creates a demand for itself by simply existing. This is because Prada, the woman, has the ability to push through ambitious plans. Her level of influence and power over the levels of power that others obtain is literally unprecedented and is simply because no one has ever seen anyone like her or her designs. Prada’s power to force an overhaul in the fashion industry, is what sets it apart and with people wanting to see what comes next, it is shaping up to be Prada’s century.

By twirling down the red carpet in ethereal Prada-designed Oscar gowns, Barack Obama is assured a legacy at the top, which is only helped along by his mastering the art of creating wannabes. However his rival, Madonna, first wore Prada’s minimal black nylon backpack in the 90’s. While both have unprecedented levels of power and a career in which people’s hunger for them matches their own hunger for people, Obama’s flat-out disregard and open contempt for Madonna’s hunger for attention, if not handled right, could lead to a spectacular fight. Desperation and luxury are mortal enemies, so if Obama and Madonna’s rivalry does spill over, Prada may distance itself from both, which would be a devastating loss for Obama and Madonna as it would leave them broke, unknown, and surviving on popcorn.


Steve Holland, “Obama revelling in U.S. power unseen in decades,” ed. Howard Goller and Mohammad Zargham, Reuters (May, 2009), http://uk.reuter.com/article/motoringAutoNews/idUKTRE5406CF20090501?sp=true (accessed May 6, 2009)

Belinda Luscombe, “The Power List: Women in Fashion,” Time Magazine (September, 2004), http://www.time.com/time/2004/style/020904/power/2.html (accessed May 6, 2009)

Kim France, “Madonna’s First Time,” New York Magazine (March, 2003), http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/anniversary/35th/n_8558/ (accessed May 6, 2009)

Just in case the File Front link doesnt work, I also uploaded my Unreal Tournament map to Rapid Share, this is the link.

http://rapidshare.com/files/229010507/DM-ARCH1101_Pascale_Roberts.ut2.html

This is the link to where my Unreal Tournament map is saved to on File Front.

http://files.filefront.com/DM+ARCH1101+Pascale+Robersut2/;13706751;/fileinfo.html

These are images of my ramp leading to and from Alfred Nobel's laboratory. To allude to his work with explosives and dynamite, I 'blew' sections of the ramp out and included orange lights in order to create the sense that Nobel's ramp had been destroyed by dynamite.

These are images of my ramp leading to and from Jacques-Yves Cousteau's laboratory. They are at a slight incline to channel the line of sight towards his laboratory where all his thinking is done. Along one wall there are aquariums with blue light radiating out of them to give the sense of being underwater as well as alluding to Cousteau's work with the ocean.