Design Philosophy: TEMPLE
The project was about utilizing our personal design philosophies and creating a new temple for the people. We were also to make a pediment that portrayed a story in relation to our philosophies—mine in particular was about one’s journey from “dark to light” or finding themselves and having acceptance. I wanted the temple to be universal in location & to create an interactive experience with a sensation of positivity and reflection.
The idea was to make the people that interact physically move about the space by moving from one opening to the next by having to change direction (as shown on floorplan). The short journey is to a reflective room with a mirrored sculpture to walk through giving a sense of connection and intimacy within a larger space. There is even lower hanging interactive light sculptures at both entrances/exits along with a natural based color palette to represent a nature aspect to tie in with the pediment design.