Taste

Week 5: We went to the Botanic Gardens to diagram taste and create a cake model based on one of the diagrams. All of our senses were heightened when walking through the gardens which made it challenging to document taste. Listening to the birds, the trees blowing and feeling the textures of the environment surrounding us was a sensual experience as a whole.

Diagram 1 & 2: 

Rough textures of the trees. 

Diagram 3: 

Shapes and forms of the flowers and plant life. 

Some look sharp and spiky while others are soft or rough textures.  

Diagram 4:

Wind blows the air and taste of the environment, we hear

the birds movement and noises above us.

Diagram 5:

The smell of the flowers is blown away by the wind. 

The smell is stronger at particular areas in the gardens and the wind

 blows and merges these smells together depending on where you are standing

(model of cake crumbs is based on this sketch).

Diagram 6:

All senses appear to merge together - all of our senses are heightened 

- sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste (the last model

is based on this idea).

Diagram 7:

Listening to the trees blowing by the wind and the smell of the herb mint

is strong and then fades as the wind carries the smell elsewhere. 

Based on diagram 5.

Based on diagram 6.

Touch

Week 4: Within the studio we completed diagrams on various types of textures with our eyes closed, we then created a model made of straws based on one of the diagrams.

Diagram 1: 

Tiles: feel them overlapping and weaving together 

(model is based on this diagram).

Diagram 1:

Texture of brick, can feel lots of lines with my eyes closed.

Diagram 2: 

Paper clip and pin, can feel hard lines and rotates. 

Diagram 3: 

Soft grass outside, feel lots of strands.

Diagram 4: Tiles

Diagram 5: Rope, the textures overlap and cross over, 

appear to be round and flexible with eyes close.

Diagram 6: Brush texture. It is sharp and jaggy to touch with lots of 

thin lines making up a whole.

Smell

Week 3 - We went to the Victoria Market to document smell and produce a wire model conveying one of the diagrams.

Diagram 1:

Fish stall is the strongest smell. The strongest smells are at the sides of the space

where the stalls are, it is a fainter smell in the middle.

Diagram 2: 

Different smells merge together from the sides to the middle.

Diagram 3:

Transition from meat smell to veg smell. 

Diagram 4:

Fish & meat the most powerful smells and take over the others.

Model is based on this diagram - smell travelling around sides

and not as powerful in the middle.

Diagram 5:

Smell travels in different directions - strong and fades out.

Sound

Week 2: We Focused on sounds of spaces in the location of Federation Square - produce 5 diagrams then create a model using only Plaster of Paris to create the negative space.

Diagram 1: 

The vertical and horizontal lines represent the harsh sound of the 

busy main road. The squares show the movement of a helicopter overhead, and the 

dots convey peoples movements - hearing conversations and peoples foot steps. 

Diagram 2: 

This diagram shows the sound of a police siren speeding past. 

The sound is loud and becomes fainter as the car moves 

(the plaster model is 

based on this).

Diagram 3: 

Man on a bike moves past, and can hear people dropping 

objects in the background inside the Information Centre. 

Diagram 4:

The dashes represent the fast movement of people rushing by. 

The squares with line clusters highlight the sounds

of conversations of groups of people dotted over the space. 

The spiral circle represents the music screen playing in the background.

Diagram 5: 

The sound of the horse and cart getting quieter as it 

moves past the main road.

Diagram 6: 

Movement of the traffic on the main road, loud and quieter

depending on when the traffic lights change.

Diagram 7: 

Listening to the tram moving past which stops and starts and rings a bell. 

This diagram highlights all the sounds within the space merging 

from the music the in background, to the traffic light noise and the

conversations of people in the cafe.  

Diagram 8: 

Sitting in the cafe area we can hear people talking on phones or to each other, 

the sound of cutely and plates smashing, chairs being scrapped along the flooring 

and birds in the background.

This model is based on diagram 2.

Sight

Week 1 - We went to Bowen Lane at RMIT university to diagram 5 examples of Place Making and create a model based on one of these diagrams using only card as material.

Diagram 1: People gather at the grass area - you are pulled towards the square 

shapes and warmer materials. This space contrasts against the cold concrete and is a small sun trap which also attracts people to sit here. 

Diagram 2: Wooden bench seating. This grid system pattern is repeated throughout the 

site for people to sit on. The contrast of materials from the cold concrete to the

warm wood entices people to stay here for longer periods of time. 

Diagram 3: Clusters of people also gather at this seating are in the middle 

of the lane. The seating is situated around plants and trees for people

to chose to sit in the shaded area. 

Diagram 4: Circles and red lines represent the circulation of people and where people

tend to gather most within the lane.

 Diagram 5: The top left diagram represents the types of materials throughout the site. 

The bottom left diagram represents the movement of people and where people sit/stand.

Model: Highlights people gathering at warmer/softer materials, circulation is through

the middle of the centre of the lane and access buildings at the edges.