Seen Through Colour
Initially exploring the idea of porosity and how it related to such a large and institutional building such as the TMU Library, I wanted to continue this exploration further and see how it could relate down to the very small details of a space.
I wanted to bring life, light and inspiration into my fragment through the use of colour and free form lines.
Using modular custom bookcases that become a structure, allowing for one to be seen or see what is happening, as well as be tucked away in ones own nook within the library.
As my thesis project I used this as an opportunity to challenge the idea that the use of colour needs to be sparing. Instead I used it intentionally through researching the meaning of colours, and how it might reflect the mood of each space, and the type of energy it should cultivate.
Society has developed a fear of colour, viewing it as too much, hard to pull off, even brave to use. My continued research and exploration in design will be in challenging this thinking and helping people to bring colour back into their lives.
Porosity comes in to play via the curved void, which allows for interaction and visibility between the two floors. The use of curtain walls verses solid walls, starts to speak to whether a space needs to breathe into the others or whether it should be secluded for it’s own purposes.
Materiality is equally important in playing the part in porosity. The use of acoustic marmoleum and acoustic wall treatments allow for absorption of sound, whilst the use of glass, concrete and melamine allow for sound to travel and bounce, creating a juxtapostion of multiple different types of experience, keeping in mind that everyone has their own way of working, and has different needs.
