Reconnect, Cambridge

UAL Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design at Central St. Martins 2020/21

The ‘Reconnect’ project will give me the opportunity to enhance and excite public spaces to promote human interaction aiding the rebuild of the community post-COVID. In this project, I want to look into problems that might have arisen during the pandemic and how I could take influence from interactive and reactive architecture to alleviate these problems. Especially post-COVID, people’s communicative skills may have grown weak, I want to use this project to bring communities back together and to help people regain their mental health and confidence.

Foundation final model - Bea Simpson
Foundation Visualisation 2 - Bea Simpson
Foundation visualisation 1 - Bea Simpson

Concept Collage

Foundation Concept collage - Bea Simpson

This is showing how I want the piece to interrupt the path on my site to tell a story. I love Richard Serra’s work and feel it’s a key influence for me moving forward. I like the circular spaces here and have put trees in to create some shelter, I see these spots as places for reflection. I think lengthening the path with the winding nature of the structure will stop people from the rush, and allow for contemplation, in attempt to improve mental health.

 

Method

  • Hand Drawing
  • Sketch Modelling
  • Physical Modelling
  • ProCreate
  • Adobe Photoshop & InDesign