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The design projectDevelopment and detailHolly Newnham on the use of a storyboard to connect
the ideas behind the project:
I had lost sight of the way that all my preliminary pieces
of work together formed my concept. Through creating
a storyboard of my process so far, I was able to link all my
previous work together to home – in on the things that are
important to my design and fill in the gaps where the
communication of my process was unclear.
Ralph Saull on the difference between making early
conceptual leaps and later considered design choices:
Pigeon steps and somersaults: design ideas feel to me like
somersaults, a thrilling jump from A to B. The journey is short,
swift and fantastic. Ideas are hard to capture in their fleeting
moment. Design choices leave a trail of logic. There is no
need to capture them, for the process and method leading
to their conception can be observed in reverse. They are self-
evident and they tell all. Making design choices can feel like
taking tiny pigeon steps in comparison to having an idea, but
in their combined outcome the thrill is found.
William Fisher on the use of orthographic drawings to study
and resolve a detailed portion of the theatre:
Used the seat and stage models to produce a plan, by taking
into account the depth of the stages, the angles they are
placed at and how this affects the viewable area in which
the audience can sit. Working in section, I then discover the
angles required to view over the top of the seats in front.
Combining the section and plan allowed me to arrange my
seating and provided inspiration for the shape of the theatre.Text
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