BLUE STAY
AVIAN SANCTUARY
Spring 2025 - 5 weeks
The goal of this project was to design an avian sanctuary, not a bird house, for a selected bird.
This pushed me to think outside the box to create a unique living space.
RESEARCH
2D + 3D EXPLORATION
My initial sketches focused on the necessities of a Blue Jay, which is why they look more like traditional bird houses. After I had a sense of how to design a space for Blue Jays I began to sketch more abstractly. Then I brought my three favorite initial concepts to three dimensional form.
ITERATIONS
Decided on the idea of a wall mounted sanctuary and explored many different variations.
FURTHER MODELS
Created my first full scale mid fidelity model in the wood shop. After this I revisited low fidelity to tweak minor details before I started my high fidelity model.
BUILD PROCESS
Used the chop, ban, and table saw for all my wood cuts and joinery instead of screws for sturdiness. Sliced, bent, and punched holes in the sheet metal and finally stained the wood to a nice red oak.
FINAL SHOTS
A wall mounted Blue Jay sanctuary with plenty of open space. Also resembles the silhouette of a bird, and my initials OG.
