Bdes (hons) Interior & Spatial Design
Matt Gilmour
Senses of Our Environment
An exhibition space that aims to stimulate self-reflection in relation to consumption from the natural environment, it draws inspiration from Japanese culture and its’ philosophies. In particular, it focusses on how the human body can connect with the environment and how our key choices can dictate its’ future.
Senses of Our Environment – A Walk through the Future .
The video details my motives for creating the project. It takes you on a journey through the space, describing what sensations you will be feeling and where, and ending with what impact I expect the project to have on Western consumer culture.
Section showing the thriving environment – helping articulate the interactive lighting in the space.
Section showing the deteriorating tunnel on the ground floor and the café on the mezzanine floor.
Entrance to the Exhibition – Visitors will enter through the archway.
First Designed part of the project – The tree graveyard entrance
Entrance into the exhibition – The decision making maze.
Deteriorating tunnel – a passageway through the future without change.
The thriving environment – an environment of the future should western society become more conscious of what they consume.
Detail shows how the overflow of the recessed pool area of the exhibition shall be dealt with. The detail shows the positioning of the cast concrete structures and how they will accommodate the water that will be pumped into them using 22mm stainless steel piping.