Creating Shapes
When starting designing the Pop-Up I had sketched images of pregnant women and put them in a more abstract form. It’s an important factor in my process to just start sketching and see what comes of that. To realise my sketches, I used a piece of paper and wire to determine the form of my Pop-Up.
Overlapping
After the Pop-Up, I was a determined to design a space for mothers. Using ultra sound scans I studied the form of the baby and the womb and the chambers could function as rooms, overlapping them on the floor plan. Still sourcing inspiration from my previous project I had the thought in mind that the baby was in the centre of the room and the mother around. Doing multiple overlapping exercises helped me contextualise my design.
Model Making
The design of the space came together with making a physical model. The model showed me the potential of each room and also helped to make my vision come to life. It was also a trial and error process for me. When creating the model I noticed that some things I had sketched could not work in real life. So with editing the model with a pencil, I could arrive at my final design.
Fig 1: J. Sigurbjörnsdóttir. (2023) Shape making. [Photograph].
Fig 2: J. Sigurbjörnsdóttir. (2023) Overlapping. [Photograph].
Fig 3-5: J. Sigurbjörnsdóttir. (2023) Model Making. [Photograph].