Project NO.3 : Transition

The Rainbow

Project

1. Project Earlystage

Brief

Relieving university student anxiety

The student body, a seemingly relaxed

group, is in fact under enormous pressure.

The mental health of university students is

already in a state of emergency due to the

pressures of academics, life, emotions and

employment. A variety of situations that have

never been experienced before have taken

people by surprise; the gap between ideal

expectations and reality; the pressure of study

and life; the confusion of an unknown future

...... Contemporary university campuses need

to provide places for university students to

relieve stress, and attach great importance

to the issue of stress and anxiety among

university students, which is of great practical

importance to release stress in the right way.

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Key issues of the project

· Stress relief

· Places of catharsis

· Mental Health

Mental Anxiety

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Research ——Design Case

Shanghai Nanxiang

Community Rainbow

Channel

The Andorra AHA team took a

bold and innovative approach

to urban renewal, injecting

colour into the public spaces

of the city thus the «Rainbow

Passage» was born. This dark

and intimidating passage with

no light allowed the designers

to find the «best way home»

by finding the pain point of the

design - the lack of «light and

warmth».

——Real-world research

A junior high school teacher

in Ji›an, Jiangxi, suspended

classes to take students to

enjoy the rainbow.

In order to relieve the pressure of

mid-term exams, a junior high school

teacher then suspended classes

to lead students to the corridor

to enjoy the rainbow, wanting to

reduce the psychological pressure

of students and have a good state

of mind to prepare for the mid-term

exams.

Rainbow

The rainbow is the beginning of childhood awareness of colour and the

rainbow coloured wall in life is full of childlike wonder. The view is taken up

by a vast expanse of colour and is brought into an immersive experience.

Interacting with the space and dancing with the sun, it is as if the whole

world is wrapped in colour, a world of sensation and poetry. Bright, vibrant

colours can bring about a pleasant and relaxing mood.

Inspiration ——Plexus

The ‘Plexus’ series by Mexican installation artist Gabriel Dawe. The materials used to create the rainbow

are various coloured woven cotton threads. Depending on the occasion, different materials are used and

combined with subtle light, the visual effect of the rainbow takes on a different feel in different spaces.

——Photo inspiration

2. Project Mid-term

Early solution

A3 Academic

Building

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Sketch scheme 1:

HBU Rainbow Project

The initial plan was to use the aisle between the two entrances to

the school building as a creative space. The building was chosen

because it is where many students gather for exams and studies,

as well as being an important teaching building for classes during

the week. The students needed a breathing space to change their

future in the school building. Dull and boring knowledge weighs

on the students› emotions and they need colour to engage their

inner world.

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Thin coloured lines are

repeated to create space

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Coloured

fine thread

Millions of cotton threads weave a neverending rainbow, the sunlight shines through

the colourful cotton threads, the relationship

between the subtle colours and the gradations

of light is full of fascination and comforts our

hearts.

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Early Model

Photographs of actual locations

Passage front Front of the Bell Tower

Inside the passage Side of the Bell Tower

1. Concept map analysis

The blocks are made by interspersing cotton threads with sheep›s eye

nails between the floors, giving the whole space a wrap-around feel and a

blocky relationship.

can bring about a pleasant and relaxing mood.

2. Concept map analysis

Cotton threads: arranged according to variations in the brightness of the

cotton threads to form a rainbow.

Wooden panels: wooden panels to form the whole building, as a carrier

for the cotton threads.

Sheep›s-eye nails: fixed to the boards to allow the threads to pass through.

can bring about a pleasant and relaxing mood.

3. Actual measurement of data

Measurements of the main building Bell Tower Survey

3. Project later stage

Building Blocks Early Models

——Study of the way lines are

formed

Materials:

Lego blocks

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Inside the passage

Experimenting with cotton

thread wrapping

Early drawings CAD

——Elevation of the

main building

——Floor plans

First floor plan (1:1000) Second Floor Plan

Production process

——Main building modelling

Board cutting + splicing

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Main frame pillars

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Sheep's horn staple

fixing cotton thread

Fixed to a thick

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wooden bar

——Main building modelling（Finish）

Main Building Modelling

Details

——Rainbow making

Material experiment--Colored cotton

1. Thin wire diameter, multiple strands can form a

surface and body block

2. Changes in colour brightness to form a gradient

rainbow

3. The texture of the cotton thread is distinguished

from the texture of the architectural model, and the

soft texture plays a role in relieving anxiety.

Experimental draft of

winding method

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Planned experiments

——Cotton thread winding experiment

The Winding Plan

1. A point and multi-point threading method allows the formation of a triangular surface

on the outer wall of the channel and the triangular surface formed as a body block.

2. Extending to the interior of the passage and connecting to the top, the triangular

outer wall area space formed allows for an interactive experience with the user.

3, How the extension is triangular as the unit block of the whole project, for proportional

enlargement and reduction.

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Main

building

winding

Winding,

guiding

method

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Final Work

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Inside the

ground floor

passage

Daytime rainbow effect

Rainbow effect at night

Inside the first floor

passage

The rainbow is not completely

surrounded on the first floor,

but semi-open space surround

effect, better for students to

choose the natural landscape

space and rainbow space

to relieve psychological

anxiety