The Weatherman's Batcave...
Alright, it is not a Batcave, but it is where the Weatherman works. A rickety shack at the highest point of the Weathertower, this is where clouds are controlled, from an old but still running, control panel.
The initial thought with regards to the designs were the mix of technology and traditions which the Weatherman will employ in his job. He uses technology, despite it as not technologically advanced, to mantain the clouds; a simple system which the cloud are all connected to the Workshed, running it similar to a factory production line.
As for the traditional aspect it, he uses Chinese herbs to concoct potions and solutions to solve any maladies the clouds may have, whether it begins to rain frogs or causing a catastrophic storm on a day it should not have. He keeps a special brewing pot in the workshed to make the remedys and a shelf at the back with jars of Chinese herbs, the usual roots to the unconventional dried lizards.
The design for the workshed has gone through a major change from the first initial design we have above to the new one we just designed.
Picture above is the first pass for the redesign of the control panel. More levers and steampunk-like details are added to the control station to make it look old and clunky compared to sleek and newer technology. Most of the influences come from retro and vintage machines, with big clunky buttons and unnecessarily complicated buttons and switches.
For the newer design, we added in uneven pieces of zinc metal planes, to show that repairs done on the roof are quick, picking whatever is on hand at the tower and using it. Wastage is not an option at the top of the tower, where trips made to the town below were once in a blue moon, needing a day at least to make the trip down, maybe even longer for the aged Weatherman.
For this picture above, the panel is slightly different from the first pass, with big screens lopsided and a tiny chimmney coming out of the roof.
The bookshelf cuts through the gaping hole in the roof, since the Workshed placed above the cloud level, there is no need to worry of rain getting through the big hole through the roof.
We liked how the second design of the Workshed turned out, giving a very wacky feel and somehow complimenting the Weatherman's personality, with his grumpy attitude and resourcefulness for making the best of where he is staying.
