Block 3- Pop up shop

Yesterday we went for our third block and it was nice to be in the varsity enviroment after a long time in the work place.We received a brief based on a a real project that needs to be designed.The brief is a proposal of a pop up shop that will attract tourists,create jobs and boost the economy of Wuppertal.The brief was brocken down very clear by our lecture.

The brief also provided us with the information of the history and the activities of the community of Wuppertal.Wuppertal is an I solated village in the Western Cape generraly known by its localy manufactured goods such as Rooibos tea,leather goods and arts and crafts.

So the problem here in community is that there are no innovative ways to generate income for the community,and that is what brings us in as architectural students to come with s design that will be the solution to the problem.

What we have to design as a solution to this problem is a pop up shop.Pop up shops are temporal shops that can move from to diffrent contexts.In this case we need to design a Pop up shop that is mobile enough to be pulled by two donkeys since donkies are a local transport in Wuppartal, or a structure that can be pulled by a person.That to me clearly emphesises on the fact that my structure should be a light weight demountable structure.

Here are examples of pop up shops...

Pop up shops can also be just and open space...I saw that in one of he videos I watched on youtube provided by my cog.This pop up shop uses the use of I phones to be able to buy the products .From the pictures I am convinced that your pop up shop should be designed to atrract people and it should be placed at the focal point of your context.

We were intoduced to cogs by our lecture.These cogs played a big role in the thinking and design process of the structure in terms of function, ergonomics, activity,materials, and construction. I got to realize that all these aspects go together in the design process.I enjoyed my first cog esxperience and I am now looking foward to meet my crits foe a way forwad in my design.