A Space for Poetry

After reading over the selection of poems, I picked a poem titled “We never know how high we are” by Emily Dickinson. I chose this poem because it was inspiring, motivational, and encouraging. It was also short and simple but had a lot of meaning behind it. In the two short stanzas it inspired the reader to reach for the skies. That’s what I wanted my design to be, simple but yet inspiring, something that would bring you up high.
I started off designing three different models that represented the height. In those three models I used stairs and ramps to bring the feeling of that height but the actual space didn’t have much focus on it. Then I decided to create a different design that would have more emphasis on the space itself, however, this attempt wasn’t very successful either. The space itself wasn’t very uplifting and didn’t represent the poem much and the entryway was too much as a part of the space itself. Then I designed my final structure.
Unlike the previous four structures, the space in my final one was on the ground lever. I didn’t use any stairs or ramps but instead tried to represent the feeling of height by the space itself. My final is a tall closed off structure with an opening at the top and one reclining wall where a person can sit and read the poem. The structure is closed off so that the eye of the reader would focus on the only opening which is at the top. While being surrounded by four tall walls that are pretty close together and the only sight is up, you get the feeling of height. The reclining seat at the wall was also a strategy in directing the sight to the top. It is much easier to look up while reclining back rather than sitting straight up. I feel like my final project accomplishes was I set out to do, bring a simple structure that would make you reach for the skies. It is also not just simple, but eye catching as well with the smooth design that is something between a triangle and a rectangle.