Crit and developing

I recieved a lot of crit over my plaza and the main focal point of that came from the fact the plaza seemed to be a mash of different styles and genres and each idea seemed to be very bitty in places and caused a lot of visual conflict and confusion. A fix for that problem was first figuring out why this had happened. This was clear to see in the fact I have a reference folder literally bursting at the seams with visual information that is just clogging up my brain and making me just take things I like from here and there like an artistic magpie. However that has left me stumbling around in the dark and looking for some way to climb out of all this reference and push the project forward properly down a very tight and specific route where everything ties itself together. I was suggested to go back and focus on what inspired me first which was the interesting zaha hadid architectural styles and the modern skyscrapers being put up all over the world. It was also clear to me that materials needed to be considered hugely and what I liked most from the designs and buildings I had seen. I know that from the work I had already done blue glass form those moderen style was a must and the white renders that give a slightly sci fi feel really spoke out to me. I decided that to move forward I need to take a step back and focus on making to main tower the feature of the plaza and let that generate the shops etc around it to stop this bitty feeling that had been described to me.

Also the other major crit I recieved was about the functionality of the plaza and who owns it as again that related to the style of the building, in my design document I have produced for this project it goes into the backstory of the corporation and its goals and little of the history of the universe to help explain the piece better. So I again the refernce I used would become even tighter and hone in on that final product bullseye I want to achieve. This meant that acrhitecture should naturally look more business and corporate like rather than the entertainment look that had naturally come from being too focussed on the smaller details thatn the bigger picture. With this all taken on board the idea and clarity has really set in and has pushed me to create a lot of focussed ideas that I have got down on paper, well digital paper saving trees and all the eco stuff!

Examples of the Architecture I want to focus in on: