My first project.

For my first project I focused on architecture. At the start of the project I was unsure on what type of architecture to focus on so I started doing a lot of research on the internet and in books. I then discovered an architect called 'Antoni Gaudi' and after doing a lot of research on him I decided to make Gaudi the focus of my project.

These are three of my mood-boards that I completed at the start of the project showing my theme.

Image of Antoni Gaudi's iron gate which inspired my mood boards and the first pages in my sketchbook.

After creating my mood-boards, I then started creating an A3 sketchbook on Antoni Gaudi's architecture. I did a lot of research to prepare me for this from Gaudi books and collected images from the internet. I spent a lot of time planning what images I wanted to use and which drawings I did in the sketchbook as I wanted it to reflect Antoni Gaudi's work.

I was inspired by this image of Gaudi's 'Gingerbread house' based in Barcelona so i re-created part of the image in my sketchbook and used the colours and patterns on the masterpiece in my own designs of garments. 

I then started looking at the mosaic architecture Gaudi created around Barcelona and how designers like Alexander Mcqueen also took inspiration from Antoni Gaudi and re-created his patterns, shapes and colours into there S/S 2012 collection.

La Sagrada Familia cathedral in Barcelona. 

S/S 2012 Alexander Mcqueen collection. The dresses inspiration was taken from the La Sagrada Familia cathedral design.

 For the next part of my project I decided to do some primary research. I wanted to find pieces of architecture that really reflected Gaudi's work. Firstly, I visited a cathedral in town and took images of colorful stain glass windows, gates and anything that had resemblance to Gaudi's architecture.

The next primary research I did, I went into town to look at architecture that would resemble Gaudi. I then came across this building which caught my eye and thought the vivid blues and structure of the building would link in with Gaudi's architecture.

For the last few pages in my sketchbook I focused on re-creating Gaudi's architecture in the style of my own drawings. I used a lot of colour and really focused on the detail. Creating a sketchbook was one of my favorite tasks of this project as I loved experimenting with re-creating gaudi's architecture in the style of drawings and the sketchbook helped me come up with my design ideas and colour palettes for my next tasks.