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Week four: Feedback and what to do next?

Sarah gave a feedback on my spatial device and gave me ideas about how I can do my food event space through my initial ideas. She also helped me think about what kind of food event should I go and what's next on my design?

She gave me also links to helped me go further to design and think about other design precedents as an inspiration.

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When I tested negative I planned my trip to Wintergardens and see where should I put my food space event there.

I forgot to bring my spatial device for testing.

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Week three

I still not able to come to visit Wintergardens because I still have positive because of covid.

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Week Two: Site Visit

I didn't get the chance to visit the Wintergardens because we had a covid surge at home, and for the safety, I'd instead not to come. I enjoyed enhancing my ideas and brainstorming on what I should do next for this project. I used a Mind map to distinguish what kind of event space I wanted to do.

I figured out to make a food event where I could showcase the ideas of making a taste edible flowers or plant-based food.

Spatial Device

This is my initial idea sketch for my spatial device which is inspired in Santan flower which reconnects me to my childhood memory of tasting and make them as a jewellery such as necklace and ring.

Making my spatial device

When I realised I was not satisfied of the outcome of my device. I tried to cut the transparent paper to give it a try to make a petal pattern.

I am thinking of to make them as a plate and utensils to use in my food event.

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Week one: Site Analysis of Wintergardens

The winter gardens were built on 75 hectares land inside of Auckland Domain. The Pukekawa volcano pieced the land, which erupted approximately 200,000 years ago, known as Pukekaroa Hill. This volcano hill was surrounded by a scoria cone that sits inside the tuff ring from the massive explosion of lava. The foundation of winter gardens is the remains of volcanic ash and molten lava that gives rich fertile soil land to winter gardens to grow vegetation plants, which provides life winter gardens. During the early years, iwi fought for the fertile soil to settle in for the growth of Auckland Domain.

The Wintergarden was built between 1919 and 1931, designed by William Gummer and Reginald Ford in Arts & Crafts during the victorian style era. The Wintergarden surroundings were designed with neoclassical and art deco styles in line with early modern architecture, consisting of symmetrical and balanced lining through horizontal and vertical design, as you can see inside the Wintergarden. In earlier days, Maori tribes offered food and water to the land, which gave them resources as the fertile soil was rich in growing plants.

Reflection:

I vividly remember going to Christchurch Botanic Gardens; they have a glasshouse full of tropical plants inside and different imported plants from other countries. I imagine the Christchurch botanic Gardens as Wintergardens glasshouse and heated house.

As an introduction to our brief for this year's project, my childhood memory came to my mind first. I was sucking out the sweet tiny drop of nectar from within of Santan flower, and my ideas started to think about what else part of my childhood was related to plants and other natural things. I thought of the sense of taste like is it like to taste a flower; what is edible we can eat in this modern world?