Interior Design
School of Design
Keela McLay
I’m Keela, a Scottish Interior Designer with a keen interest in the versatility of installation and theatrical design, in both realms of fiction and non-fiction, hypothetical and real. I enjoy examining the exploration a user can undertake when occupying an interior space and how different experiences can be had and shared by users through different modes of movement, interaction and investigation within a space.
This year, I created ARCHIVE 118, a space that explores the solid and permanent nature of cast concrete forms whilst considering their use as film and literature based research, viewing, seating and transitional spaces.
ARCHIVE 118
GROUND FLOOR – ARCHIVE
FIRST FLOOR – LOUNGE
The First Floor of ARCHIVE 118 invites the user to experience tangible iterations of the worlds of fiction & non-fiction.
LOUNGE offers a curated collection of prop furniture - Sit-In Sets - for users to habitate, whilst also having the opportunity to grab a drink from a custom vessel at the What A Mug! bar.
SECOND FLOOR – VIEW
The Second Floor of ARCHIVE 118 focuses on the users
connection with curated display & film viewing within small
auditorium-esque spaces.
VIEW presents a collection of prop/ replica artefacts contained within a series of cast concrete plinths, whilst also merging
characterful design & digital technology within six Viewing Rooms - available to book for educational or recreational, independent screenings.
THIRD FLOOR – SCREEN
The Third Floor of ARCHIVE 118 secrets itself away at the top of the building, awaiting the entrance of the user & the commencement of the screening experience.
SCREEN layers & stacks a collection of TV’s, monitors & screens from the past & present. Simultaneously screening a single film across each display. The experience can be viewed up close via a single device and/or from the stacked cast concrete platforms in the centre of the space.
