Furnitecture Final Design

After completing my concepts for the blackpool rock idea I began to plan the final piece of furnitecture. As I had lots of ideas on what to do I thought I would do a design that was split into three segments. The first part was a sheltered seat, at the largest end of the sculputre. To cover the brief of it being a haptic design this section features a built in scent machine giving of peppermint smells as if you were actually in a rock factory.

The next segment, at the centre of the piece of furnitecture i decided to showcase how the rock could be twisted when still heated, with the outer layer of the sweet being flipped from one side to the other to act as a back rest.

Ther last segment, where the piece of rock gets the smallest spirals into the ground. This integrates the furnitecture into the surrounding landscape.

Blackpool Rock Furnitecture - the concept

From the 3 initial concepts I chose 'Blackpool Rock' to be my best idea offering lots of oppurtunities to create interesting shapes that can be used as seating and shelter. One of my first ideas to take this further was pulling back the outer layer so it can be used as a backrest to this seating.

During the process of being manufacvtured rock is stretched out from a large cylinder to a much smaller one, a size that can be eaten. To reflect this i had the idea that the piece of furnitecture starts of large and gets much smaller. The large end could potentially be used as a sheltered seat or a small concessions stand.

Taking inspirations from another one of my initial three concepts i though i may be able to include an iconic referance to roller coasters by including a loop de loop.

Furnitecture Continued...

After selecting Blackpool as my location I had a few ideas which i narrowed down to three initial concepts. The first being 'roller coaster' seating. Inspired by the drops and hills of the histroic roller coasters at Blackpool Pleasure Beach including the Big Dipper and the Grand National

The second concept I had was a collection of street funiture inspired by the manufacture of 'Blackpool Rock', taking advantatage of its malleable property when being stretched into small pieces. This can be used to create seats, bike racks, bollards and other unique and interesting shapes.

My final concept was 'waves'. For this furnitecture all of the objects are isnpired by the natural shape of waves. An idea I had was for s sheltered seat, to be potentially used as a bus stop shelter. Offering refuge from the often windy and rainy seafront weather

Starting my Furnitecture Project

To begin my furnitecture project the first thing i had to do was decide on where it should be located. I chose a few towns and cities I already knew alot about which was mainly places In Lancashire near to where I live, including Preston, Lancaster and Blackpool. From these locations i listed objects, words, and historical events associated to these places to see what gave me the mopst inspiration for the furnitecture project.

The place I got the most ideas in my head for was Blackpool so i decided to choose this as my location. From this I created a mind map to further explore things blackpool is known for which I can use as inspiration for concepts in the future. However, I still had to narrow down the exact location of the Furnitecture within Blackpool. Some ideas I thougb of was the Promenade, St Johns Square, or a Pier. These are all large public spaces that could be used. From these I thought the promenade would be the best due to the already exisitng art trail along it.