Spatial Type

I was away in week 9 but was still involved with what my team needed me to do. After week 9's feed back we re grouped the following week to rethink how we will do this. We ended with the same idea with taking up the old garret st event posters and recreating that through spaces through out the street. I stuck with 1990's and went to find inspirations which I did and incoporated it with the original 1990's poster that I was tasked with.   Here is a design of how I have done that. 

After talks with the tutor last week as a big group for garret st we split up  and made 4 big groups to do different things for Garret st. The group I am in is doing the history side of things. So we agreed we focus on  past events that have occured over time (nightclub events) and bring them back  to life. What I have done is redone the poster and recreated one too.

A bit of a rough slow start but I chose to do Garrett St. As a group we all just did initial research Garret St History: The houses at 5 & 7 Garrett Street are important historic structures in the context of the street. They are the oldest and only timber structures remaining on Garrett Street and are important survivors of the era in which they were built. They are relatively typical of the working class housing that was once predominant in this part of Te Aro. Te Aro flats have long history of occupation and development, and the harbour, shoreline, wetlands and surrounding areas supported several settlements including Te Aro Kainga and the Puke-ahu Pa. The area was subdivided in 1840 by the New Zealand Company’s Chief Surveyor Captain William Mein Smith, and the acquisition of this land – most particularly the subdivision of Te Aro Kainga – was one of many controversial actions of the New Zealand Company in Wellington. The 1855 earthquake uplifted the land around Wel...

Unfortunately I did not save most of my type work but have a render of the final one and a mock up one that we ended up using. The rest is the work from the other members in the team + the mock up whairepo stand for one of the look outs. Presentation:  Friday’s Presentation 1st Slide- Introduction Proposing a temporary urban intervention entitled ‘What’s been swimming in our lagoon? Marama o te Whairepo (Month of the Eagle Ray). Aimed at promoting discovery and learning. Staging 4 reciprocal Urban interventions surrounding Whairepo Lagoon which will heighten engagement and interaction around various points at the perimeter of the water. Why? This will encourage more of an exploration of the site, provide some experiential tools which will then conclude in learning & conversation. We have taken basic inspiration from the design of the proposed city signage with the associating yellow colour as a director and a visual connector between the e...

With the feedback from our last class  we were happy enough to go forth with our look out points. The feedback was more about little things i.e material, sizing etc.  Four sites we will be working with. I worked on this space. Anamorphic type so people will know that this is Wahirepo lagoon From here we went down to the lagoon to sus out our lookout points:

Bringing forth our ideas for this project: Current Idea Outlines: Look out points for spotting the Whairepo with accompanying anamorphic type across by the Boat Sheds. The lookout points could be framed spots to look through, come off the decking or be free standing. Flags/Material underneath the bridge where Whairepo can be printed on the material, showing the entry point to their home in the lagoon and encouraging a spatial relationship with the weather conditions (Whairepo swimming in the wind). Interactive installation where a plan view of the lagoon is created and you can map out where the Whairepo are within the water based on your own personal observations. Facilitating connections between people too as it is a talking point to show others what is happening. Could have elements of education within here too i.e spelling, pronunciation etc.