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INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE 3

PROJECT 02 = FORGOTTEN CULTURE [Individual 30%]

Task: Laydown your understanding of what ‘culture’ defines you. From there, you need to select your desired aspect from the definition and allow your creativity and artistic notion to flare out from that particular cultural elements. Solidify it and make a physical tangible statement. Students are required to propose and produce functional/interactive conceptual art ‘device’ that will be both an art piece that is conceptual + narratives that itself in artistic manner. Your approach of subject matter shall derive either from dying culture from the site visit in Penang or other states in Malaysia. Historical precedents are key to ensure a successful creation of the conceptual model. Additionally, students are required to infuse keywords as physical process in their conceptual art model, into a tangible reality.

Subject Matter :

GU ZHENG

-found this at Blue Mansion Penang.

-This is a Vietnam's Guzheng .

-made of bamboo ,it has 13 strings. 

Did a lots of research for this Guzheng. As the time goes, it become less popular and 

 and forgotten  culture. Nobody will have interest in playing guzheng or enjoy the chinese instruments performance. 

I love this Chinese Instrument so i want thismust be inherited to younger generation. 

Traditional GuZheng

Mordern GuZheng

-made of wooden board. 

-the soundboard made of timber wood.

-it has 21strings.

fingerpicks 

-usually the player use 8 finger to play.

-this fingerpick made of tortoise shell.

1. REPETITION

2. SHARP 

3. MOVEMENT

FIRST PIN-UP (CRIT SESSION- 10%)

Mock- up 1

Keywords 

Mock- up 2

Mock- up 3

FINAL OUTCOME

MATERIALS that i used :

metal wire

form board 

white sticks 

wood - triangle 

MDF board -base

spray - black / silver

A2 printed on foam board

​the story and history

​the design concept and design development

Yeah! i done the project 2 and it totally used 4 weeks to finish this project. 

From this project, i had learned a lots of information of the Guzheng. The history of the Guzheng was very interesting and amazing design. 

We chose 3 -5 keywords to make a model, from the keywords to create design ideas .

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