Unit04 Building Lab | Living With Manmade Natures | Lipari Reclamation 2016/17

ar6021 / AR6030

design level 4 process and proposal subject and context Process Diary ashley kirk 08037518

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Thesis

As human-induced climate change increases its stranglehold, the Mediterranean is losing its verdure, becoming ever more arid. Whilst the Aeolian Islands hold UNESCO World Heritage Site Classification post-industrial scars hold the opportunities to re-inhabit the landscape with large-scale interventions creating controlled environments researching geology, marine biology, archaeology and agriculture collectively, Earth Sciences.

Research tells us that pre-industrial mine remediation spans more time than the periods of setup, extraction and closure combined

yet this time sees the least activity leaving an uninhabited excavation on the landscape. Earth related scientific studies housed on this vast post-industrial landscape will aid development of new technologies to re-mediate mine sites.

Analysis of the 'chemical fingerprints' present in pumice will be central to revealing facts about our past both geographical and biological. The new controlled environment will allow varied agricultural projects to materialise utilising pumice as a growing medium and will research ways in which to efficiently feed the population in shallow, arid substrates.

Infrastructures will allow the project to become a destination in its own right. Encouraging visitors, both volunteers and tourists, throughout the year reducing the stark contrast in visitor numbers over the seasons.

This experiment seeks to capitalise from the remains of an industrial past to become a national interest.

UNIT 4 Building LAB

Post industrial Landscapes & regenerative architecture.

Unit 4 has been concerned with two main themes, one of post-industrial landscapes, their regeneration and ability to offer wide spread positive change.

The other of emerging technologies within the architectural profession.

Specifically we have explored the use of photographic data and advanced computer software to reproduce virtual replicas of the real world in which to use throughout the design process. Utilising Virtual Reality platforms, such as, HTC Vive to interact and develop immersive environments in which to better understand scale, context and our resulting proposals.

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Assignment 01

Post industrial Landscapes / regenerative architecture.

Source three examples for buildings, landscapes and infrastructures that have attempted to regenerate in one way or another. Research and conclude thoughts on their particular success; successful or unsuccessful? How? Why?

The search for architecture that offers positive changes to its environment through economic, social, political, environmental regeneration.

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Image - https://uk.pinterest.com/

Regenerative BUILDING

Centre Pompidou, Paris

Image - AJ

Image - http://blog.velib.paris.fr/en/2013/02/18/rare-photos-of-paris-in-the-1900s/

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Image - http://www.edenproject.com/

Regenerative Building

Eden Project, St Austell

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Regenerative BUILDING

matadero madrid, madrid

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Image - http://www.thehighline.com

Regenerative Infrastructure

Highline, New York

Image - http://www.nycgovparks.org

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Regenerative Infrastructure

Metropol Parasol, Savilla

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Regenerative infrastructure

1992 Olympics, Barcelona

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Image - http://www.dsrny.com/

Regenerative landscape

Zaryadye park Moscow

Image - http://www.dsrny.com/

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Image - http://www.mvvainc.com/

Regenerative landscape

Minghu Wetland Park, Hong Kong

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Image - http://www.mvvainc.com/

Image - http://www.mvvainc.com/

Regenerative landscape

Alumnae Valley, Wellesley MA

Image - http://www.mvvainc.com/

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Personal Experience

TRIP TO SINGAPORE.

Personal Experience

TRIP TO CAMBODIA.

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Assignment

getting to know CONTEXTCAPTURE. Brief: Source a mixture of objects and buildings, landscapes and infrastructures that can be photographed well enough for analysis within Bentley ContextCapture. Explore the techniques required to generate successful virtual reproductions of the reality.

Exploring the possibilities of three dimensional analysis and reproduction software to recreate objects and buildings in the virtual environment.

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The Head Of Buddha.

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Infrastructure scan

pedestrian underpass.

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Object scan

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256 reproduction OF 15 TILES

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Building scan

Disused mill.

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Object scan

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80 reproduction OF 2 TILES

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Scans

unsuccessful attempts.

As a test I found some old site photographs from a previous project.

These were not taken with any consideration for using them to create accurate re-productions. Contextcapture was able to make some sense from the input data, albeit with some errors and gaps in the re-produced data.

In an attempt to use GPS data to geo-reference photos so that when processed the out put would be both, positioned to world coordinates and scaled correctly. Whilst the photographs were successfully geotagged Contextcapture was not able to correctly locate the photographs. I tried multiple times and with other scans but no successful results could be produced.

It gave me better understanding of limits - how little information the software can work with, but also, how much information software needs to re-produce things accurately.

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Camera Data

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Site Analysis

SICILY.

The primary site visits were located in Messina, Milazzo and on the Island of Lipari, however, first we took time to explore a bit of Sicily.

We flew into Palermo airport and stayed one night in the city before catching an early train to Catania, where we met with Jonas and collected our hire cars for the week. From here we travelled North stopping in the small hill-top village of Castlemona.. Here we visited the old castle ruins and took in the views out to sea before getting stuck out in a heavy storm taking refuge under an old terrace canopy. Later we drove through Messina and to our hotel in Milazzo.

Lipari Palermo Milazzo messina

From here we would visit the three sites. Urban locations in Milazzo and Messina; rural location on Lipari Island. All post-industrialised.

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Lipari Island

Cave Di Pumice.

Lipari is part of the volcanic group of islands known as the Aeolian Islands, off the coast of Sicily.

This was the first site visit - to the abandoned Cave Di Pumice (pumice mine) on the slopes of the now dormant M. Pilato volcano.

Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site the whole area is protected, through discussions with the local Mayor we were allowed access to explore the disused mine.

We were lucky enough to meet with a previous Engineer at the mine and some locals. Amongst other things the key points can be concluded as follows: Extraction of Pumice began in the early 1900s and continued, changing management, until 2008 when the site and surrounding area and islands where classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. At this point the mine was closed immediately. Locals reported the mine was closed for a different reason, it was ambushed by police after it was discovered the mine was extracting material it was not authorised to do so. It has also been reported the mine company went bankrupt and left equipment and the process as it was at the time. Perhaps a mixture of the above?

The site offices still contained files, fixtures, furniture, papers as if the operation had stopped abruptly. Site cars were also found.

Much of it the site is now heavily vegetated. The mine was formed on the side for the purpose of extracting pumice (Lipari Island is one of the largest pumice deposits). The material extracted consisted: 20% White Pumice, 20% Obsidian (Black Volcanic Rock), 60% White Rock – unusable and was dumped in the sea until the Mayor at the time decided that could not continue. After this point it was stored on site.

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Lipari Island

Cave Di Pumice.

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Lipari Island

Cave Di Pumice.

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Lipari Island

Cave Di Pumice.

The Mine Engineer took us to the top of the mine via the crater, the route is illustrated in the image (left). The crater is filed with trees, agricultural plots and small settlements, apparently belonging to those who used to work on the mine.

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Landscape Scans

Site 4 Capture 1.

Site 1

In order to obtain detail scans of such a large landscape we split into 4 teams, each with three members. Each team had an area of the mine to ‘scan’. I was allocated to Team 4, thus Site 4 would be our responsibility.

It can be said that scaling the mine was not an easy task, especially in the full heat of the sun. Our teams’ site, site 4, was the highest and hardest to reach. Access and egress from the area involved some rather unorthodox methods and a bit of creative thinking. The landscape, being mainly pumice, had been heavily eroded and was littered with canyons, some too deep to see the bottom. Careful foot placement was essential. The final assent to the site was very steep and took us more than one attempt. Finding a decommissioned length of thick cable aided our descent after completing our visit. We managed to anchor it to some large stack of conveyor belt framing and employ an abseil technique to safely climb down.

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Site Analysis

History & Research.

Environment and Pollution; Vol. 5, No. 1; 2016 ISSN 1927-0909 E-ISSN 1927-0917 Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education

Closure

Journal of Maps

Evaluating Alternate Post-Mining Land-Uses: A Review ISSN: (Print) 1744-5647 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tjom20

Geomorphological map of the Lipari volcanic island (Aeolian Archipelago – Italy) Alessandro Tripodo , Sergio Casella , Paolo Pino , Michela Mandarano & Riccardo Rasa' To cite this article: Alessandro Tripodo , Sergio Casella , Paolo Pino , Michela Mandarano & Riccardo Rasa' (2012) Geomorphological map of the Lipari volcanic island (Aeolian Archipelago – Italy), Journal of Maps, 8:1, 107-112, DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2012.668770 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2012.668770

Copyright Alessandro Tripodo, Sergio Casella, Paolo Pino, Michela Mandarano and Riccardo Rasa'

Planning for post-mining land use Closure planning is essential for every Rio Tinto operation. Good performance in legacy management and closure can enhance our reputation and enable us to maintain access to land, resources, people and capital – so we can continue establishing new projects with the support of local communities.

When production ceases at a mining operation, the land is rehabilitated so it can be used for a beneficial post-mining land use. When rehabilitation is complete, leases are relinquished or land that is owned by the company can be sold to a new private owner. Careful planning throughout the lives of our operations, and in consultation with local stakeholders, will make a significant difference to closure outcomes, minimising the social and economic impact on local communities and the surrounding region.

Stakeholder consultation is a fundamental part of our closure planning.

Our Closure and Communities standards require that our operations engage with stakeholders including employees, traditional landowners and local communities and governments to define closure objectives including potential post-closure land uses.

Published online: 28 Mar 2012.

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Closure planning is integrated into operational activities. For example, progressive rehabilitation and remediation of any contamination minimises the restoration work required at closure, and ensures final rehabilitation is efficient and effective.

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We review and update closure plans regularly throughout an operation’s life cycle, completing detailed engineering studies as operations approach closure. This makes sure that we identify key risks early and address them well before closure where necessary.

Closure provisions are reviewed every six months with a formal update every year.

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We use multi-disciplinary teams to develop, review and implement closure plans. These teams typically include experts in community relations, environmental management, human resources, finance and engineering. We also have a dedicated and experienced team managing our legacy sites.

Post-closure stewardship

Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=tjom20 Download by: [London Metropolitan University]

Mining and Nuclear Engineering Department, Missouri University of Science & Technology, Rolla-Missouri, USA Correspondence: Charles Mborah, Mining and Nuclear Engineering Department, Missouri University of Science & Technology, Rolla-Missouri, USA. Tel: 1-57-3625-1207. E-mail: cmz63@mst.edu Received: August 26, 2015 doi:10.5539/ep.v5n1p14

Accepted: Septebmer 26, 2015

Online Published: December 25, 2015

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ep.v5n1p14

Abstract

Approach

The Rio Tinto Closure standard requires that our businesses start planning for closure from the earliest stages of project development, to seek sustainable and beneficial future land uses when an operation eventually closes, if possible, and minimise financial, social and environmental risks.

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Charles Mborah1, Kenneth J. Bansah1 & Mark K. Boateng1 1

In addition to those sites that we have owned and operated, we also manage a portfolio of non-operational sites that we have inherited through acquisitions and mergers, that are either no longer economically viable or that have been closed by their previous owners

and require further remediation before they can be sold. Some of these are mine sites, but the majority are industrial or brownfield sites such as former smelters, refineries, mills and manufacturing sites.

Regardless of these legacy sites’ ownership history, it is in our interest to safely decommission and remediate them, making the land available for beneficial reuse as quickly as possible. Our reputation depends on our doing this responsibly and effectively. We seek opportunities for socio-economic and environmental regeneration, and have found that through careful management, applying innovative solutions where appropriate, and working in close collaboration with others, these sites can often be transformed into community assets.

Examples of good closure planning and implementation, identified through our internal reviews, external research collaborations and networking, are shared throughout Rio Tinto to improve our overall performance. We also continue to participate in initiatives to enhance closure planning guidance for our industry through recognised bodies such as the International Council on Mining and Metals and the Minerals Council of Australia.

Results Since the closure management plan review programme began in 2005 we have conducted 77 reviews. These ensure that our mine closure plans are current and aligned with stakeholders’ expectations, and that adequate resources are available to meet the full cost of closure, including post-closure management and monitoring. In addition, we carried out a Group-wide review of closure and rehabilitation plans in 2014 to share best practice.

Eighty-one per cent of the Group’s operations have closure management plans in place. New operations and businesses integrated into the Group through acquisition are progressively developing closure management plans to meet the requirements of our Closure standard.

Close-down and restoration costs include the dismantling or demolition of infrastructure, the removal of residual materials and the remediation of disturbed areas for mines and certain refineries and smelters. The costs are provided for in the accounting period when the obligation arising from the related disturbance occurs. The provisions are based on the net present value of the estimated future costs of restoration with, where appropriate, probability weighting of the different remediation and closure scenarios.

These estimates are based on current restoration standards and techniques.

Total closure and environmental provisions as at 31 December 2014 amounted to US$8,630 million.

Date: 12 January 2017, At: 03:46 Rio Tinto Sustainable development 2014 riotinto.com/sd2014

Governance: 04

The ultimate objective of post-mine land-use and reclamation planning is to identify appropriate alternate land uses to which mined land could be put. This will ensure that land-use and morphology of the location will be capable of supporting either the prior land-use or pre-mining environment. The main challenge is usually, the choice of variables that must be considered in deciding a particular post-mining land-use. Literature reviews were conducted to identify the major factors needed to be considered in the selection of a post-mining land-use.

This paper also looks at the most commonly practiced and accepted post-mining land-use techniques. Factors identified as important in the selection process include land resources (e.g. physical, biological and cultural characteristics), ownership, type of mining activity, legal requirements, location, needs of the community, economic, environmental, technical and social factors. In a broad categorization, all post-mining land-uses could be placed under one of the following land-use: agriculture, forestry, lake or pool, intensive recreational land-use, non-intensive recreational land-use, conservation and pit backfilling. However, the objective of any particular post-mining land use should be achieving economic and sustainable outcomes which meet human wants and needs, and protect life and the environment.

Keywords: post-mine land-uses, reclamation, sustainability, environment, mining, livelihood 1. Introduction The lifespan of a mine depends on the economic viability and availability of extractable resources. In other words, mining is a temporary land-use activity. That is, the mineral deposit is limited and ultimately gets depleted (Cooke & Johnson, 2002). It is established that mining activities are increasing and their impacts are more severe than other types of disturbances (Walker & Willing, 1999). Waste disposal activities in mining result in an extensive and long-lasting land disturbance (Cooke & Johnson, 2002). Society however, requires the environmental impacts of mining to be temporary (Maczkowiack, Smith, Slaughter, Mulligan, & Cameron, 2012).

The concept of mine sustainability in general mandates attaining an acceptable land-use (Bowman & Baker, 1998; Cao, 2007; Maczkowiack, et al., 2012; Ross & Simcock, 1997). Laws and regulations by Federal, State and Local governments (all over the world) requiring mining companies to ensure safe environment and reclaiming mined lands to an acceptable state reflects the concern of the society for the environment (Maczkowiack, et al., 2012). It is required that reclamation will be considered and integrated into the mine planning so as to make it a key ruling factor in the mining operations, waste disposal, and site closure (Johnson, Cooke, & Stevenson, 1994). Nevertheless, some reclamation practices have been poor, such that they do not provide any successful ecosystem development, and at worse, has caused continual environmental damage (Berger, 1990). The reclaimed land surface remains indefinitely and is required to meet the key goal of sustainability, which is the maintenance of the land use alternatives for future generations (Haigh, 1993).

Mining activities over the years have had massive positive impact on world civilization. These benefits however, are sometimes overshadowed by the considerable negative impacts on the environment, health and safety of mine workers and mining communities (Cao, 2007). Blinker (1999) reports that the continual increase in society’s awareness of the cost and the challenge of sustainable development has heightened the expectation on the mining industry to uphold best practices of environmental, safety and community management through advanced technologies and management tools available. Indeed, while the activities of mining have historically

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reality scanning

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Reality scans from our site trip and georeferenced data placed into Unity 3D as part of the virtual environment development.

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Overlay - SMALL Buildings, Big Places.

Brief: Design two or more small scale buildings, kiosks or items of street furniture to provide scale to a larger environment.

Large environments often demand large buildings. These are difficult to relate to as humans. The purpose of small buildings is to add scale.

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Modular Pavilion

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Research

Case Studies A collection of precedent studies reviewed as part of the design project

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Small grain within large envelope

twa flight centre, New York City Airport

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Small grain within large envelope

US Pavillion ‘67 EXPO, BUCKMINSTER FULLER

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Organic Geometry

harbin opera house, MAD ArCHITECTS

RHINO 3d

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Large Span Structures

Multiple works, Nervi

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Large Span Structures

Multiple works, REISER + UMEMOTO

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learning

new software A collection of tests and trials using Rhinoseros 3D with Grasshopper; Kangaroo; Kamba; Wavebird; Lunchbox

ALGORITHMS

PATHFINDING ALGORiTHM A test writing a complex algorithms to find an accessible path between two set points on the site using limiters of direction and gradient. Partially successful.

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learning

KANGAROO FOR GRASSHOPPER

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Teleporting in unity

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Accelerometer Input in unity

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unesco world heritage site Abandoned open-cast pumice mine Small Sicilian island once the largest pumice exporter Content MANMADE geopark PARK AS A DESTINATION WITH RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES and renewable strategies

Protect the exisitng landscape from: • Eroding into the sea • Losing potential for development • Dangerous landslides cutting off parts of the island.

AIMS Protect Reclaim Provide Study

Reclaim areas: • lost through the mining activities • for use by the local community and visitors to the park.

Provide new: • Opportunities in which to explore and study the environment • Climates for growing plants in the increasingly arid area • catalyst for economy growth Study: • geological • marine • agriculture

• shelter from elements • STABILISE GROUND • NEW ACCESS • PERMEABILITY • new micro climates • ACCESS • utilise pumice as growing medium • new controlled environments • Create a destination • New Experiences • ground testing • phsyical experiments • diving • physical experiments • new controlled environments • physical experiments

iNFRASTUCTURE large structure plantations vertical farms laboratories KIOSKS ground engineering

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concepts

Initial ideas

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Geometry

testing in rhino + grasshoper

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Geometry

testing in rhino + grasshoper

Geometry

testing in rhino + grasshoper

Diagramming

program strategy

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TESTING IN

UNITY

CncpT. Geometry

development in rhino + grasshoper

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Geometry

development in grasshoper + Unity 3D

Diagramming

Program strategy

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Energy Generation + Water Collection

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strategy

layered reclamation

Smart Energy Network

Circulation Bridges

Program Platforms

Overlay Modules

Irrigation

plantations

GROUND

Water Storage + Filtration

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north east view Ashley Kirk

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Arrival Ashley Kirk

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platforms for reclaimation Ashley Kirk

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Ground Plane Ashley Kirk

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Crator View Ashley Kirk

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Learning

Parametric designs in grasshoper

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Developing

towers for inhabitation

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towers for inhabitation

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towers for inhabitation

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Developing

elements of the program

Developing

ground connection

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Developing

towers for inhabitation

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UNITY 3D environment

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Developing

first iteration plan

Developing

first iteration section

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re-Developing

overall geometry

re-Developing

overall geometry

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re-Developing

overall geometry

ritorno di verdure

design concept.

The project can be split into 4 main components: 1.

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Controlled environment envelope Inhabited tree structures Infrastructure Landscape.

1. The roof will provide protection to the ground plane from the elements allowing scientific activities to takes place, provide a means to create controlled environments in which to grow plants from different origins. The roof will also play a part in the holistic sustainable approach, collecting rain water and generating energy through Photovultaic cells incorporated into the roof covering.

2. The programme elements requiring formal spaces will be within three of five tree structures which provide accommodation. These structures perform a multitude of different tasks including providing accommodation floor plates, collecting rainwater, providing ventilation, generating electricity through air movement (stack effect) and act as main structural elements to portion the large span of the roof structure into 200m segments.

3. A network of paths will transport users and visitors across the landscape and between the inhabited zones.

Modular elements (below right) will provide street furniture, information points, kiosks, viewing areas, exhibition spaces and so on.

4. An evolving landscape project will progressively populate the ground plane in specific areas in which to retain unstable ground. In turn this will provide positive effects including, air purification, oxygen generation, humidity control and also habitats for wildlife.

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script Problem solving

creating a structure grid in grasshopper

scripting

creating paths in grasshopper

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unity 3d - terrain manipulation

converting meshes to terrain Meshes from reality scanning can now be: Manipulated Painted with additional textures Populated with objects through ‘painting’ Populated with objects on mass

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unity 3d - terrain manipulation

adding some landscaping

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Crator View Ashley Kirk

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upper level view Ashley Kirk

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ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion 2014-15

biomimicary - water spider dome Feedback during the final critique from a Senior Engineer of Arup Group suggested research into the latest technological advances that could be employed to build very lightweight yet strong domes. The method described is similar to that illustrated in these diagrams from the Institute of Computational Design and Construction.

Inspired by nature the structural members (carbon fibre) are only placed where required thus achieving ultimate efficiency.

• Inflated membrane provides overall form • Programmed robot prints carbon fibres to the inside of the membrane • Air is removed and openings created Images from: http://icd.uni-stuttgart.de

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strategy

structural system Utilising new technologies discovered the roof structure can become incredibly light weight and with little or no steel structure.

1. Multi-layer ETFE sheets are ‘zipped’ together.

2. The form is created by air pressure - essentially a large inflated structure.

3. Uplift created will require secure fixing to the ground via a ring beam and ground anchors.

4. The domes are thought to be able to suspend the tree structures above the ground plane.

5. Computerised drones will fly over the dome and ‘print’ carbon fibre strands onto the ETFE surface stabilising it creating a permanent structure.

rain water collection Collected initially in the top of the tree structures before cascading down to a collection pool at the tower base.

Energy Generation Temperature differential and height create a strong ‘stack’ effect. Warm air will rise through centre of the trees and before passing through turbines to escape to the atmosphere.

ventilation

Utilising the ‘stack’ effect warm air will be drawn through the base of the structures and at floor levels and vented to the outside environment.

Water Storage + Filtration Water will be collected in a man-made reservoir within the complex. Pumice filters will be used to provide water for a multiple of uses.

Irrigation

Water collected can be used to irrigate plantations.

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programme strategy

masterplan

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proposal

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As human-induced climate change increases its stranglehold, the Mediterranean is losing its verdure, becoming ever more arid. Whilst the Aeolian Islands hold UNESCO World Heritage Site Classification postindustrial scars hold the opportunities to re-inhabit the landscape with large-scale interventions creating controlled environments researching geology, marine biology, archaeology and agriculture - collectively, Earth Sciences.

Research tells us that pre-industrial mine remediation spans more time than the periods of setup, extraction and closure combined yet this time sees the least activity leaving an uninhabited excavation on the landscape. Earth related scientific studies housed on this vast post-industrial landscape will aid development of new technologies to re-mediate mine sites.

Analysis of the 'chemical fingerprints' present in pumice will be central to revealing facts about our past both geographical and biological. The new controlled environment will allow varied agricultural projects to materialise utilising pumice as a growing medium and will research ways in which to efficiently feed the population in shallow, arid substrates.

Infrastructures will allow the project to become a destination in its own right. Encouraging visitors, both volunteers and tourists, throughout the year reducing the stark contrast in visitor numbers over the seasons.

This experiment seeks to capitalise from the remains of an industrial past to become a national interest.