Tenth Post - written summary

Tenth Post – written summary

This project challenged me to learn more about communicating on-line via a blog.  This was a real developmental step for me, understanding about how to upload certain documents and what format they needed to be.

I did initially focus on the colour aspects following the brief, but admit to losing my way through the blogs and thought more about furniture and artwork which, on reflection was not relevant for the brief.  This took time to correct and refocus.  This taught me to always refer to the brief from start to finish and not lose sight of what the client wants.

I did consider cost, and feel that painting and lighting was a cost-effective solution leaving more budget for the artwork/furniture etc.  Creating a workflow was good to ensure nothing was overlooked and there was a timeline.

I enjoyed researching into the 80’s colours and how this combined with lighting to achieve the right ‘feel’ for the area.  My ‘cotton reel’ colour matching and the experimental effects of lighting on colour assisted me in thinking what colours would be best in a small area with no natural lighting.  I did initially think a dark purple with pink and neon colours would be good, but this would have made the space too dark and make it feel too over-powering.  

It was disappointing to see the colour in electronic form was nothing like the colour in daylight.  This is the downside to showing colours on blogs and not in daylight.

A plan was considered, but I felt this was probably unnecessary because this would have shown the room layout but not the colours, I did add screens as I wanted to keep the area as clear as possible to give the illusion of more space.

The colour scheme is easy to add bright, colourful artwork too, the wall lights also bring more colour into the space.  I used a lighter tone (yellow) on the two end walls (the shutter door and entrance to the courtyard) as the doors will take most of this space and I didn’t want to ‘close’ this by adding a darker colour. 

The safety signage should be easily visible as the wall colour is so light and bright.

The potential safety hazards which may occur in the installation process would be slip, trip and fall, manual handling (lifting equipment) electrical hazards (installing lighting), fall from heights, hazardous chemicals (paint, white spirits).  I would manage these risks by ensuring the tradesmen are all licensed and conduct a worksite safety induction.  I would also ensure there are SDS available for any chemicals in use.  Work platforms for working at height, trolleys for manual handling.