I've got to say that once I got the assignment outline, I was doubtful about the places I could do. A few went through my mind. Marina barrage was one of them.
Marina Barrage: I've always had the impression that marina barrage is a place for people to fly kites. So I thought of incorporating the element of kite flying into the winding pathway leading up to the level field. However my initial drawings felt mundane and a little ridiculous. Even I couldn't tell that I was trying to portray marina barrage. FAIL.
And so I thought of other buildings.
I wanted to do the Singtel building but I found that it wasn't iconic enough...
After much deliberation, I decided to work on National Indoor Stadium. The architecture of the building gave me much to work with and I appreciate the outline of the building too. Its definitely modern stadium. Another more practical reason was that there is no existing symbols for this building (I wouldn't have to fight with a national authority over whose symbol looks better/ represent the building better! yay!)
My abstraction process is as follows.
This is my final chosen abstraction to signify National Indoor Stadium.
I chose this particular abstraction because it encompasses both the elements that I felt were the key elements for this building- the windows and the unique Japanese-inspired roof.
The abstractions before this were still too complicated and the others after it lacked the windows.
I am happy with my abstraction process because i managed to make a 3D building and turn it into a 2D symbol that is still representative of the National Indoor Stadium.
*Lost more hair for this assignment because of Illustrator again. Thankfully its mostly straight lines. 10 strands and counting...
I also did a signboard with my abstraction to show the practicality of my design.
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