Elevators and Meeting Table

3D model by Ben Filler

These are the two elevators for John Ive's (circle) and Oprah Winfrey (square) as well as a dining table for the two clients to meet and eat.

Ives and Oprah - offices, bridge and meeting place

3D model by Ben Filler

This is the offices of John Ives and Oprah Winfrey as well as the bridge that connects the two building and meeting place stretching the bottoms of each building.

"

Peer Assessment

This student assessment was held during the third week of Assignment 3. At this time I was not up to date with all of the weekly tasks as can be seen in the requirement boxes.

Two Point Perspectives - Original and Inverted

My Chosen Landscape and Draft Landscape Environments

I have chosen to locate Ive's and Oprah's offices and bridge in Silicon Valley, California. Silicon Valley is where the current Apple Headquarters is located and is know to be the home of some of the largest and most "powerful" businesses in America.

Geographically, the Silicon Valley encompasses all of the Santa Clara Valley including the city of San Jose.

These images show the development of my landscape in Crysis Sandbox. Unfortunately I could not seem to work out how to display all of the details within the environment whilst zoomed out, however, I think these images are clear in portraying my idea.

36 Textures - Original and Inverted

Initial Plans for Assignment 3 - WHAT DO YOU THINK?

My Idea for Assignment 3

 The images below are my first (and hopefully last) models for my assignment 3 "bridge". The buildings will be placed within an urban valley and remain on the same side as eachother! The silver building is obviously John Ive's offices whilst the brown building is for Oprah. 

"Power"

The idea of "power" is explored through the notion that both individuals are at present equally as powerful as they are both highly influential people. The reason there buildings are on the same side is to show that there influence is "one-way" (they influence others, they are not being influenced by others.) 

However, John Ive's buiilding (modern) will seem to be submerging out of the landscape as if it were growing, and thus become increasingly more powerful (influential), whereas Oprahs building (aged, victorian) will seem to be almost sinking within the landscape, commenting that her power is coming to an end. 

There relationship with eachother is therefore a "bridge" between the future and past influences. 

Design

The design of each building aims to reflect and relate to the status of each client. John Ive's building is cased within a simple yet strong and modern skin. This is related to his designs with apple - the skin of mac computers, iphones, ipods etc. are all simple, elegant and modern and are essentially a "case" for the complexities within. The "casing" of his building provides a "big-brother" notion to his character as he is highly influential, yet unrecognisable to many that are influenced by him. 

Oprah's offices are inspired by victorian buildings that, although display power and boldness, are becoming increasingly outdated. The idea that Oprah's building is not "cased" like Ive's demonstrates that her influence is much more recognizable.

The bridge that spans over the valley and urban life below reflects there connection and ability to work together in balancing future influences with past. As you can see, Ive's entry from the bridge is at the top of the building (straight into his office) whereas Oprah's entry point is in the middle of her building, further commenting on the notion of power.