Windy Face
Responsive Environment
Responsive Environment
Merchiston Campus is a 1960sflat roofed building of 5 storie’s situated on the north side of Colinton Roadand south of Mardale Crescent/Blantyre Terrace; these are the two areasstudents can enter the campus from. My proposal makes use of two existingfeatures within the My Merchiston campus, because the entrances are covered,facing each other and the building surrounds the entrances on all four sides, adraughty wind is created and blows through the campus. This wind can, on somedays become very strong, and when arriving in the morning, can be quite anunpleasant welcome to Edinburgh Napier campus. Instead of designing a solutionfor this gusty wind that blows through the University entrance, I wanted tohighlight or exploit the effect it has on Napier students in a humerus way. This would becreated by installing camera’s underneath these covered area’s, which wouldtake photographs of the student’s windswept faces as they turned the cornerinto the campus. These photographs would then be displayed within the receptionarea.
A space of transition, there isnothing in the reception area to engage people. A positive element in this space was the floor to ceiling windows and oneI wanted to highlight. By displaying the student’s faces on the large existingfloor to ceiling windows, the original space is only modified. The bright reception area is nothing more than a through way; displaying the studentswindy faces on the large windows would create a spectacle in an otherwise blandwaiting area. Using a triangular pattern with a transparent conductive film,and use of wind sensors connected to the outside, a connection between thestudents windy faces, the window they are displayed on and the outside weatherconditions is created, as the pattern on the window will reflect the pattern ofthe wind and weather conditions on the outside.
With the use of existing features, the wind and the floor to ceiling windows, and by incorporating students widny faces into the window with the use of transparent conductive film, the windy faces will be blown into the triangular pattern at a random time of day. This will hopefully create a point of interest, as students gather to find out who's faces have been used that day.
A space of transition, there isnothing in the reception area to engage people. A positive element in this space was the floor to ceiling windows and oneI wanted to highlight. By displaying the student’s faces on the large existingfloor to ceiling windows, the original space is only modified. The bright reception area is nothing more than a through way; displaying the studentswindy faces on the large windows would create a spectacle in an otherwise blandwaiting area. Using a triangular pattern with a transparent conductive film,and use of wind sensors connected to the outside, a connection between thestudents windy faces, the window they are displayed on and the outside weatherconditions is created, as the pattern on the window will reflect the pattern ofthe wind and weather conditions on the outside.
With the use of existing features, the wind and the floor to ceiling windows, and by incorporating students widny faces into the window with the use of transparent conductive film, the windy faces will be blown into the triangular pattern at a random time of day. This will hopefully create a point of interest, as students gather to find out who's faces have been used that day.
