SHAPE OF EARTH

The location and concentration of urban developments at Tangalooma are heavily influenced by the contours and composition of the landscape. As demonstrated on the adjacent diagrams, the majority of urban development’s appear to concentrate around the medium altitude upon areas of consistent level.

This is an understandable correlation, as these areas are the ones most likely to provide the ideal conditions for constructing buildings. As the soil towards the lower altitudes of the region is less stable due to its high sand concentration, any structural developments would have to take place in areas that can provide a more stable foundation.

The organic vegetation of Tangalooma forms an interesting relationship with the contours of the landscape. Due to its proximity to the ocean, the soil composition of the region consists mostly of sand, meaning that concentrations of soil are likely to shit over time. However, the region has also cultivated a significant population of flora which cover the landscape. The roots of these plants are ingrained deeply into the landscape and are preventing the erosion of the soil allowing the landscape to maintain its natural contours.

In the adjacent graphs we can see how the concentration of vegetation correlates with the altitude of landscape. However unlike in the previous example where the contours of the landscape were dictating the location and concentration of urban developments, in this scenario the roles are reversed: the concentration of vegetation is dictating the contours of the landscape.

PROCESS:

Step 1:

Run Cloth Simulation Filter on original modelto generatre mesh.

Step 2:

Extract all ground level data from the original model. Rasterise the extracted data set.

Step 3:

Using the resulting ground mesh, compute the distance between the mesh and the data above ground level.

Step 4:

change the colour pallete of the original mesh to viridis (or whichever is prefered.

Step 5:

Change the scalar field of the extracted data set to “C2M assigned distances” Change its colour pallet to ‘Blue Green Yellow Red’.