Transforming Working Men's College

Our college has a rich history and for this project I decided to draw on this. William Morris had a great influence and as a starting point I decided that this was the best course to take for my project by gaining inspiration from his work. I felt his floral patterns and prints were quite interesting and wanted to work with these further.

From these prints I decided to experiment with wire and foam to create random shapes and forms so that I could have some sort of  idea of what to do for my final piece and which area of the college I could transform.

Looking at the results I really appreciated how the wires held the foam firmly and still had a natural effect. This formed an idea in my head as I thought the foam reminded me of tables or chairs. I then thought what would happen if I transformed the cafeteria of the college by linking all the tables and chairs together so that they would be fixed onto the floor itself through plastic tubing or metal?

I decided I was going to transform the cafeteria by using that idea and putting in lighting so that when the time of day changes the chairs and tables start to light up when it gets darker. Focusing on this idea I then made a model out of wire to bring my idea into 3D so I could see if it actually works or not.

To show the audience what I wanted the final outlook of the cafeteria to look like I created an illustration.