Phoenix

Hi everyone,

As I have four fire places in my restaurant where all the appetizers will be prepared. I had to design it as well. For the preparation table I chose that I will insert a picture of a phoenix.

How I came up with that idea was, when I was researching about ancient Greek houses for my research process, I found out that the ancient Greek people used charcoal braziers to heat their homes. Phoenix is a mythical bird who is reborn by its own ash and this came into my mind when I read about charcoal braziers.

                                  The image I choose to draw
Source : http://wallpaper.imcphoto.net/phoenix-pictures.html

                                    My sketch of the phoenix

                                    A render of my restaurant

Lots of levels..

Hi everyone,

As you probably saw in my previous post, I have many many levels in my massing and I had to come up with an idea how I should show the levels in it. For that I cut some boards and tried putting different levels.
Previous post : http://seedsofdesignbydulki.blogspot.com/2013/08/warmth-in-family.html

I came up with two ways of showing the levels in my massing.

The first way : If you carefully look at the above picture, you will be able to notice that the yellow shapes and black circles are below the brown shape.

The second way : The difference between the latter and this is that, the same yellow shapes and black circles are above the brown massing.

Accordingly, I chose the second one that thought that I would level up the yellow shapes in the massing. The example is shown below.

The levels will be shown in this pattern. The dinning table and chairs will be on this shape and you have to climb two steps to your table.

Warmth in the family

Hi everyone,

This post is connected with my previous post.
http://seedsofdesignbydulki.blogspot.com/2013/08/how-penguines-huddle_28.html

Because I was not quite happy with my previous massing, I selected another image.

                                   The original image I choose
Source : As I downloaded this picture sometime before, I could not find the original source.

After choosing the image once again, I started by simplifying the image.

                                          My sketch of the image

 

                                      Simplified version of the sketch

                                     The initial massing I came up with

                                                The basic floor plan

                                    A more clear sketch of my massing

                                      My final massing of the ground plan

How Penguines Huddle!!!!

Hi everyone,

After choosing my concept to be "warmth in the family," I wanted to start on the massing of the restaurant. When I was doing my research, I found out that the penguins huddle in the winter in order to protect them from cold. Therefore, I thought of using a huddled up penguins pack for my massing.

                               The huddle I selected for my massing
Source : http://www.arcticphoto.co.uk/supergal/han/han00/han0013-00.htm

                                  The simplified sketch of the image

                                  My sketch of levels in the massing

                                     The initial massing of my pan.

The scale is not final in the above plan. I was not quite happy with what I came up with. Therefore I worked on another massing, which was one of the best three in the class. But to see that, you will have to visit my next post.

http://seedsofdesignbydulki.blogspot.com/2013/08/warmth-in-family.html

"Hestia"

Hi everyone,

The next major project we started to work on was redesigning a restaurant. This is very exciting and the most challenging ever. After measuring the site and drawing the basic ground floor plan, we were instructed to choose our very own design concept to start on the designing process. For this we had to do a lot of research.

My restaurant is based on Greek cuisine and therefore, I researched on the history of Greek and found about the Greek mythology. Greek mythology are the legends of various Goods and human Heroes, the Greek people in the past have worshiped and respected a lot. As I went through the family tree of Greek Gods, I found about the Goddess of Hestia, who is the goddess for home and hearth.

I was influenced by this and wanted to name my restaurant Hestia. The following process shows how I came up with my logo. The final logo is yet to be completed.

                                 The sketches of logos I came up with

                                     The picture I was influenced with
Source : http://www.elfwood.com/~lachristensen/Hestia-Greek-Goddess-of-the-Hearth.2941250.html

                           The final logo I came up with, without colors

Reception Counter in the shape of a"BONE"

Hi everyone,

For an in class group assignment, we were given to design a either a bar counter, chair and a table or a Reception counter which can be used by any person. What is meant by any person is that, an average short person, a disabled person and an average tall person.

This is simply called ergonomics. As designers, we should consider ergonomics in our general design from the block planning stages onwards, through to the more detailed design of common fixtures designed by interior designers. These may include bar counters, hotel reception counters, office reception counters, retail cash desks, retail display units and fixed bar/restaurant seating.

For example Book Mountain Library quarter in Netherlands is 100% accessible for anyone including diabled people.

                                       Book Mountain in Netherlands
Source : http://www.labkultur.tv/en/blog/pyramid-books-spijkenisse-netherlands

Accordingly, we were first divided into groups and then asked to design something according to the standard measurements. We decided to design a hospital reception counter. In this exercise we were influenced by the shape of a bone.

                                         The basic shape of a bone
Source : http://hannahtinti.com/2011/03/good-thief-scavenger-hunt-with-real-bones/

                                    How we took the shape of the bone

                     The sketch of the reception counter we came up with

Perspective Drawing

Hi all,

When it comes to drawing sites, perspective drawings are very important to deliver your ideas to your respective clients. Perspective drawings can be either one point, two points or more than that.

                             My sketch of a perspective drawing

Once you learn the process, drawing a perspective render is going to be really easy. If you want any guide as to how to draw one point perspectives and two points perspective, you can refer to the following link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=felys-u4nfk