Ornemekami pt.2

The final exercise in my ornament theory and design class, exploring the idea of applying ornament to site; in a two-point-five-dimensional exercise in ornament relief. The site chosen was the original gothic windows of the Payne Whitney Gymnasium on Yale University's campus. The work involves studying the geometry of the existing window, iterating from it and incorporating my own ornamental design (from pt.1).

Three main window bays of the Payne Whitney Gym on Yale University's campus:

1. Basic geometry
2. Linework
3. Full colour

Detail photograph of original watercolour

Sketch series studying and iterating on the original window geometry while intergrating my own design.

From left to right:
1. Original window design of the Payne Whitney Gymnasium
2. First pass at adding 'ornemekami' detail
3. First pass at introducing colour, as well as a simpler geometric form

Sketch series continued.

From left to right:

1. Second colour study as well as dividing the main central window into fours. Starting to blur the lines in the three column window bays below the central window
2. Another study involving overlapping circles for the main window
3. Current iteration sketch used for the final drawing, involving ideas from all the previous studies

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