2 walls between 2 surfaces final

Rather than creating two separate fixed architecture, we have weaved the two hotels (utopia, dystopia / Auckland city, Waiheke Island ) into one.

From our perception of dystopia to utopia, we have scripted and arranged the individual prims into a dystopic architecture. The geometry shapes are all in a shamble, messy, chaotic, exploded and broken down and yet there is still a sense of spatial relationship within the composition of the prims. 

With the commands of 'move' and 'back', the prims move, showing kinetic elements into an elegant curved shell. The prims gather and create an internal enclosure, an intimate space. Everything is ordered and well composed and therefore, an elegant, calm and peaceful language is imparted. 

Our whole architecture lacks colour, only exploring with form, function and materiality factors. This emphasises our initial idea of having our group members' individual focus on architecture. However our plan in showing the decay of these elements failed to achieve. 

By doing so, the architecture itself is interacting with the avatar. The environment which embraces the avatar truly sums up whether a site is a utopia or a dystopia. What is happening around inside the architecture which represents the society and community influences the idea of utopia and dystopia. 

Digital work

We created two abstract digital works which represents dystopia and utopia respectively. The viewpoint of each pair contrast immensely which hugely influences its concept of utopia and dystopia. On top of the viewpoint difference, the two images contrast in colour which doubles the contrast.

By mirroring the same photograph of the curve, it reflects the curvatures of the shell abstractly. The bright colours of the background and the layers create a lively and attractive atmoshphere.

The sharp perspective print screen of the dystopian hotel and its midnight light system, the mood is grave and serious. The emphasis on individual and independent shapes is carried across the mosaic patterns on the right side of the page.