Exterior

The exterior of my design is finally finished! Daniel Libeskind's had great reference to ships as it was appropriate due to the location in the Great Cannal Dublin Docks, however he also gave it a modern twist almost resembleing a UFO space ship. A fusion between old and new ships which is symbolic in representing the generation gap between the building and its surroundings. These ideas come through in my own design. The trapezium shapes of the exterior shell has the qualities of a ships hull but combined with the stark sharp edges it looks more like a vessel for space pirates. This aesthetic is also shown through the glowing red column piercing the hull of the building which represents the mast of the ship. Similar mast shaped columns are on the glowing walkway to the entrance which are representative of the sunken ships left in the trail of the vessel. The orgional designer of this walkway said it was glamorous like walking on a red carpet, how ever my interpretation is more of the conqouer leaving a trail of blood from battle.

There is also a sense of chaos.. Libeskind's design has a facade made up of many beams ciss crossing each other, and he said this was to represent a collision of ships. I also repeated this idea as is seems in some areas that the hull of my building is broken by the windows sticking out of the shell of the building as if it had jus collided head on into a reef.