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METAMATTER
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BACKGROUND BACKGROUND Living in in Melbourne, Melbourne, we we have have aa critical Living critical vantage to observe vantage point to point observe more rapidly more rapidly developing citiesand the developing cities than ours, than ours, and theenvironmental, social, cultural, and social, cultural, environmental, and economic economic consequences that ensure consequences that ensue when mass when mass urbanisation occurs to urbanisation occurs to these places. these places.
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Building up up and and experiencing Building experiencing millions millions of people flocking to business a of people flocking to a central central business district, has shown district, has shown repercussions repercussions affecting affecting poverty, wastepoverty, production waste production and and major imbalancesmajor in resourcing. imbalances resourcing. This is anof This is an inunsustainable form unsustainableand form of urbanisation, urbanisation, with 68% of people and with 68% of people expected to live in our expected cities by to the live in our cities by the year 2030, year 2030, we must begin to alleviate we mustpressures begin to alleviate future future by forecasting pressures by forecasting through through infrastructure. infrastructure. In Victoria, we are actively starting to In Victoria, we are actively push back against this, by starting creatingtoa push back against this, by creating series of smaller dispersed city nodes, a series of smaller dispersed city like Geelong, Frankston, Dandenong nodes, like Geelong, Frankston, and even Ballarat, linked by a network Dandenong and even Ballarat, of transport infrastructures. linked by a network of transport infrastructures. This project exists as a borderline-
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fictional mini city, suitably coined This project exists a borderlineProducti-city, that as lives both in the fictional mini city, suitably coined physical and in the meta world, Producti-city, that lives both in the situated at the retired Bradmill Cotton physical and in the meta world, situated at the retired Bradmill Cotton Factory, in Yarraville, 8km west of Melbourne’s CBD, adjacent to the West Gate Freeway - Victoria’s busiest interchange connecting Melbourne and Geelong.
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WEEK 08 BLUEPRINT
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WEEK 12 BLUEPRINT
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“THE DATA CENTRE IS A SITE FOR MACHINES, EFFICIENCY & OPTIMISATION, NOT CULTURAL MEANING” METAMATTER
THE BUILDING WHERE WE KEEP THE WORLD, LIAM YOUNG
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ORGANISATION STRUCTURE
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“THE SKELETAL THING STARTS TO BIND THE PHYSICAL & VIRTUAL” THE CARPARK:
For public and private use, powers the cars that park there (civic gesture), which in turn, charges the architecture. At times not occupied by stationary vehicles, the vast open spaces can facilitate larger events, galas and galleries.
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THE DATA STACK: Harnesses energy from the carpark to power dispersed data stack nodes, that can be bought/ leased by private business’, along with an extensive virtual office suite, select physical meeting/hot desk spaces and other commercial amenity
THE OFFICE: Serviced by the heat of the data centre to create a greenhouse-office space, that can nurture greenery and plantlife key to promoting a productive working environent. Physical space is only inhabited for important meetings, gatherings and conferences, while the digital office is to be occupied for day-to-day happenings
METAMATTER
“The aim is not to become a commercial machine, but to facilitate a cultural shift to WFH, while ensuring connection to community and environment is not compromised in the process.”
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ASSIMILATION OF TYPE
The train station generic operative diagram was used to influence the form of the car charging spine. The heights of the ‘train platform’ blocks influenced the heights of the motorways, while the points of crossover between levels were associated to the points where stair/escalator programs were located initially. The general spatial configuration of the train station was also drawn from heavily to inform the sequencing of how an individual experiences program as they move throughout the site.
METAMATTER
The courthouse GOD was used to generate the floor plates of the site surrounding the charging spine. The public circulation spaces of the courthouse became the public circulation spaces of the data centre, while the court offices translated to become the pod offices and the secure spaces translated into data centres. The location of the volumes was drawn from the locations of the jury spaces and private offices of the courthouse typology.
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ASSIMILATION OF TYPE
The grid generated in the first typological exploration informed the location of structural items once overlayed onto the carpark form.
METAMATTER
20,000 sq/m The data centre allowance of 20,000 sq/m is specified for a monumental sort of data centre. A data centre powerful enough to run Facebook or Google or similar entities that the type exists for currently. This project, at its core, is a far more prolific sort, which is imagined to exist within a network of other similar infrastructures, not as a unique whole.
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Therefore, the square meterage of ‘data centre’ required per site is far less but occurs more frequently. In this proposal, the data centre is a ‘clip-on’ or ‘plug-in’ figure, fragmented into small pieces, attaching onto many smaller parts.
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WORLDING DEVELOPMENT
The worlding component of this project is fairly grounded in today’s point in time, looking at the current social issue of maintaining culture in a world that is quickly moving to become digital. The world created in Unreal engine therefore, is fairly reflective and resonates a Melbourne that looks familiar to us now, but perhaps in 3-5 years down the track, when the repercussions of COVID-19 start to materialise.
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SITE 1:500 @ A2
DATA STACKS POD OFFICES
EV PARKING SPINE
VOLUME OFFICES KIOSK
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EXHIBITION HALL
GREENHOUSES
PLANT/SERVICES ROOM
ADMINISTRATION/RECEPTION
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EV BUS TERMINAL
EXHIBITION HALL 1:1500 @ A2
KIOSK
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GREENHOUSES
HOLOGRAPHIC DISPLAY PORTS
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PRODUCTICITY
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PRODUCTICITY
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KIT OF PARTS
_POD OFFICE_
_VOLUME OFFICE_
_EXHIBITION HALL_
_EV CHARGING SPINE_
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SITE ACCESS
Primary access via West Gate Freeway
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Alternative access via Francis Street
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CHARGING TERMINAL
Entrance to carparking terminal
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Access to L1 parking
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L1 parking
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The car parking terminal is the spine of the project, circulating electric vehicles and pedestrians out toward the rest of the site. It acts as a battery bank for people looking to change out and charge their car battery, which in turn charges the infrastructure through bi-directional charging. In addition, a series of kinetic energy pads are located on the West Gate Freeway to harness the energy created by the motion of cars constantly filling the motorway.
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CHARGING TERMINAL
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POD OFFICES
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A small cluster of assosiated pod offices
A tenanted pod space, used as a creative maker workshop with machinery necessarey for real-world use
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Pod offices exist for the unavoidable physical interactions, critical to fostering a lively office culture. They vary in size, capacity, type and whether they are associated with fixed-term or hot-desking tenancy. Each pod is connected to a single or group of data stacks that are specific to that space and can then be subletted out to other smaller bodies or entities if there is excess.
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VOLUME OFFICES
An enigmatic yellow canister from the outside...
A cylindrical space filled with 270 degree screens, typically used to generate scenes and effects in sci-fi films including the mandalorian
…But for the quieter days between, volume offices are interwoven that can be occupied, bringing people together who could be on opposite sides of the country. They bring to life avatars of people who can interact in a similar way but are not confined to space like those existing in the real world. A space that is highly customisable and free to be reprogrammed and adapted as needed by an individual or as part of a larger body.
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holographic offices floating that an avatar must fly to in order to access
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A glimpse of how the meta office may present itself...
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KIOSK
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A central kiosk works as an automated control room and service system to manage the tenancy and digital side of the project. Along with the administration building, located at the freeway entrance to the site, the kiosk contains back of house and plant room services that are essentially responsive to humans when all else fails in the digital world.
DATA STACKS
Data stacks like battery packs, waiting to be subletted out to other, smaller bodies.
METAMATTER
Localised office data stacks
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EXHIBITION HALL
Existing factory adapted to accommodate the new exhibition space
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Huge exhaust pipes transporting the heat produced from the data centres to warm the greenhouses
METAMATTER
The exhibition/gallery space looks to help fuel the societal side of the site. A place yearning for human interaction, intervention, and soul. Where Liam Young’s piece insists these spaces are for optimisation Holographic ports used as a gateway and efficiency, this site refutes this notion, physically tying the sites to project elements from the meta digital presence to its living parts. Through the architecture, we world into the matter seek to facilitate a cultural movement from working and basing our lives in the real world, to a hybrid type that is suspended somewhere between the two.
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GREEN HOUSES
...Even the heat expelled by the footprint of our digital self is used to fuel the living, using the technology to change our urban spaces.
GARDEN SPACE
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Public greenspaces fed directly by the temperature of the heat expelled by the data centre
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PRESENTATION CLIPS PRESENTATION CLIPS
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FUTURE PROPOSITION
Due to the modular/clip-on relationship of office pod and data stack – that has the potential to proliferate out over the site easily - we could see the infrastructure begin to disperse and take up more space as a community on the vacant block adjacent as our cities also continue to grow in population.
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DESIGNED BY JAMIE BOND TUTORED BY PATRICK MACASAET
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T A THE TRAIN STATION
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RESEARCH - DATA CentreS SAM JACOBY, ‘WHAT IS YOUR TYPE?’
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RESEARCH - DATA CentreS SAM JACOBY, ‘WHAT IS YOUR TYPE?’
“The contradictory relationships between content, form, society, culture and history also inform the typological reasoning within our projects. First based on the analysis of issues such as redundancy, control, flexibility or ecology and sustainability, we identify a series of dominant types that are specific to their site and social context.” - Sam Jacoby
“POTENTIAL TO ENACT A NEW URBAN PLAN THROUGH PERFORMATIVE CONSISTENCY.”
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“TO RECOGNISE EMERGING TYPE ORGANISATIONS, A NEW CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR BUILDINGS IS SUGGESTED, ONE BASED NOT ON FUNCTION BUT RATHER ON A CONSIDERATION OF THE EFFECTS OF URBAN GEOGRAPHY, FORMAL, ECONOMIC AND HISTORICAL INFLUENCES AS MANIFESTATIONS OF THE CULTURAL AND SOCIAL CONTEXT.”
RESEARCH - DATA CentreS LIAM YOUNG ‘THE BUILDING WHERE WE KEEP THE WORLD’
“IT IS SIMULTANEOUSLY A PLACE WE ALL OCCUPY BUT CAN NEVER ENTER.” “THE DESIGNERS OF DATA CENTRES SEEM TO CONFUSE ANONYMITY WITH A SENSE OF SECURITY - AS IF NOT BEING SEEN WOULD MAKE THE MYTH OF THE CLOUD’S OMNIPRESENCE TRUE.”
METAMATTER
“IT IS A LANDSCAPE FILLED WITH OUR DIGITAL AVATARS BUT STRANGELY ABSENT OF PEOPLE.”
“THIS DAYCARE AESTHETIC ARCHITECTURE HAS BEEN MILITARISED AND FORTIFIED INTO ONE OF THE MOST SECURE SITES ON THE PLANET.”
“NON ARCHITECTURE, NO GRAND MONUMENTAL GESTURES.”
“THE DATA IS A SITE FOR MACHINES, EFFICIENCY AND OPTIMISATION, NOT CULTURAL MEANING.” PAGE 71
IMAGE: ‘WHERE THE CITY CAN’T SEE’, LIAM YOUNG
PROGRAMATIC RELATIONSHIP STUDY
02. Cranbourne Train Station
05. Richmond Train Station
06. South Yarra Train Station
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01. Cheltenham Train Station
04. Wodonga Train Station
07. Flinders Street Station
08. Melbourne Central Station
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03. Geelong Train Station
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A sample of regional, suburban and innercity stations, investigating the way assets are configured spatially
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PRECEDENT STUDY: MELBOURNE CENTRAL STATION
VOID VOID VOID VOID VOID VOID VOID VOID VOID VOID
Melbourne Central Station is a great example of local train station typology which integrates vertical stacking as a method to not only save space, but also manouvre train platforms quickly and efficiently. While I believe the quality it lacks is voided spaces to allow an occupant to see and navigate quickly where they are going, the stacking of thresholds as opposed to an overpass or underpass located at the extents of a site allows for far more efficient transition. The reason I believe that this way of organising program lends itself to the data centre is because the entire premise of the station is based around efficiency and optimisation, not necessarily cultural symbolism. It does however, carry a really distinct social responsibility, much like the data centre, that is pivotal to the operation of society.
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PRECEDENT STUDY: DELICAS INTERMODAL STATION [LEFT] ZVONARKA BUS TERMINAL [RIGHT]
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The Intermodal station starts to show how void can be used as a civic gesture for an occupant to be able to clearly navigate a site over long-spanning distances. In the case of this station, a single void differentiates a person from above, seeing the platforms below. While this is an interesting concept, the gesture inhibits the person from then moving quickly to where they ultimately need to go as staircases/ escalators are located at the peripheries of the site.
The terminal is a prime example of how purely lateral displacement with no vertical undulations creates a negative visual relationship for occupants trying to manouvre the space quickly. Interrupted by columns, seating structures and signage, the view across the site becomes very hard to decipher.
PRECEDENT STUDY: BUGIS TRAIN STATION
Central core of Bugis Train Station, where the core was uniquely hollowed out for the purpose of maintaining cross-floor visual relationships.
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“Bugis Station, part of the Downtown Line which passes through the new Marina Bay Downtown, is a three-level interchange station. It is 26 metres deep and characterised by its atria, columnfree spaces and underground pedestrian connectivity. The design intent for the station architecture was to give it a strong identity and establish a strong architectural language, setting the station as a unique and recognisable facility. The station’s concourse, mezzanine and platform spaces are connected by a column-free atrium standing at 18 metres high. The vertical space is emphasised by an end-wall finished in artwork. With its column-free structure, passengers get visual clarity of the station’s spaces, enhancing their movement within the station.”
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GENERIC OPERATIVE DIAGRAM - FIRST ATTEMPT
GENERIC OPERATIVE DIAGRAM - SECOND ATTEMPT
The Generic Operative Diagram represents the logic of a below-ground train station, in its most reduced form. The procession through site and therefore sequencing of program focuses on the civic behaviour I believe carries the most utilitarian generosity which is that ‘the function of a train station is to assist people trying to move efficiently from A to B while being serviced by additional programmatic comforts’. On the upper-most level, entrance to the site is bolstered by retail/cafe program, before flowing through the ticketbox, restrooms and then into a multi-levelled infrastructure consistently supporting circulation of people in motion.
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I think that the strategic vertical organisation of program can be used in conjunction with void to make an infrastructure more efficient to move through for users who are often subject to the pressures of time. The behaviour I am trying to amplify is the vertical distribution of masses and void in a way that provides an occupant with visual clarity across floors.
CHOREOGRAPHING OPERATIONS
1
Increase vertical operations
METAMATTER
2
Hollow out core to provide visual clarity throughout stack
Provide horizontal access more frequently
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RAW DATA Number of occupants using Melbourne Metro stations at varying times of the day (rounded to the nearest 50)
Stop_name Aircraft Alamein Albion Alphington
50
Pax_interpeak
100
Pax_PM_peak 50
Hoppers Crossing
Pax_PM_late 50
50
50
100
50
50
50
100
300
150
100
50
50
150
100
100
50
50
100
100
100
50
Anstey
50
200
150
100
50
Ascot Vale Ashburton
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250 300 150
200 150 100
250 150 50
50 50 50
200
400
300
250
Hughesdale
50
300
200
200
50
Huntingdale
100
450
500
850
150
Hurstbridge
50
100
50
50
50
Ivanhoe
50
350
200
300
Jacana
50
150
100
50
Jewell
50
100
100
150
50
Jolimont
50
50
150
400
250
Jordanville
50
250
100
100
50
Kananook
50 50 50
50
100
100
50
50
Keilor Plains
150
350
200
100
50
Kensington
50
250
200
150
50
Keon Park
50
150
150
200
50
Kooyong
50
100
100
150
50
Laburnum
50
200
150
150
50
Lalor
150
300
200
150
50
Laverton
300
800
500
350
50
Leawarra
50
50
50
50
Lilydale
100
250
200
200
Lynbrook
100
350
100
50
Macaulay
50
50
100
150
50 50 50 50
Macleod
50
300
150
150
50
Malvern
50
250
250
450
100
Mckinnon
50
200
150
150
50
100
550
3150
7450
2050
50
250
300
650
50
Melbourne Central Mentone Merinda Park Merlynston Mernda Merri
100
200
100
50
50
50
150
100
50
50
200
550
200
150
50
50
100
50
50
50
Middle Brighton
50
200
200
250
50
Middle Footscray
50
100
50
50
50
Middle Gorge
50
100
50
150
150
600
300
300
Mitcham
50 50
Mont Albert
50
100
50
50
Montmorency
50
150
50
50
50
50
400
350
300
100
Moorabbin
50
200
250
300
50
Mooroolbark
100
300
150
100
50
50
Aspendale
50
100
50
50
50
Moonee Ponds
Auburn
50
300
200
300
50
Mordialloc
100
350
250
300
50
Moreland
50
100
50
100
50
Morradoo
50
50
50
50
50
Mount Waverley
50
300
200
300
100
450
350
350
100
50
150
100
100
50
Balaclava Batman Baxter
50
50
50
50
50
Bayswater
50
250
150
150
50
Beaconsfield
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Pax_AM_peak
Altona Armadale
100
150
100
100
50
Belgrave
50
Bell
50
150
150
200
50
Bentleigh
50
300
300
250
50
Berwick
200
400
300
300
50
Bittern
50
50
50
50
50
150
100
100
50
50
Murrumbeena
100
400
250
200
Narre Warren
200
350
250
150
50
350
250
250
50
Newport
100
650
350
400
100
Noble Park
200
500
450
400
100
50
250
200
200
Croydon
150
400
250
200
50
Dandenong
250
850
1000
1450
250
50
50
50
50
50
Newmarket
North Brighton
Darebin
50 50
50
Darling
50
200
100
50
50
Dennis
50
200
100
50
50
Diamond Creek
50
100
50
50
50
Diggers Rest
50
100
50
50
50
Eaglemont
50
100
50
50
East Camberwell
50
100
100
200
East Malvern
50
200
100
100
East Richmond
50
100
100
400
50 50 50 50
Edithvale
50
150
100
50
50
Elsternwick
50
400
300
300
100
Eltham
100
250
150
200
Epping
200
400
350
400
50
Essendon
200
750
400
550
100
50
Fairfield
50
300
200
150
Fawkner
50
100
50
50
Ferntree Gully
100
250
100
100
50
Flagstaff
100
450
50 50
350
900
3400
Flemington Bridge
50
50
100
100
Flemington Racecourse Flinders Street
50
50
50
50
50
700
1800
5650
13100
4250
Footscray
350
1650
1900
2250
450
Frankston
200
400
500
400
100
50
200
150
200
Gardenvale Gardiner Ginifer Glen Iris Glen Waverley
50
50
50
200
100
100
100
350
300
250
50
150
100
150
50
100
600
400
350
100
50 50
Blackburn
100
700
400
450
50
Bonbeach
50
100
50
50
50
Glenroy
150
400
400
300
50
Gowrie
50
100
100
50
50
100
350
200
150
50
Boronia Box Hill
200
950
1100
1300
250
Brighton Beach
50
150
100
100
50
Broadmeadows
100
300
400
450
100
Brunswick
50
100
150
200
50
50
1250
200
Glenhuntly
50
350
300
250
50
Greensborough
100
300
200
150
50
Hallam
150
250
150
150
50
Hampton
50
250
200
150
50
Hartwell
50
100
50
50
50
Hastings
50
50
50
50
50
Hawksburn
50
200
150
200
50
Hawkstowe
50
100
50
50
50
Hawthorn
50
250
200
350
50
Heatherdale
100
350
100
100
50
Heathmont
50
150
50
100
50
Heidelberg
50
250
250
550
Heyington
50
50
100
250
50 50
250
150
150
200
200
150
50
North Melbourne
50
350
500
950
150
North Richmond
50
150
250
500
100
50
North Williamstown Northcote
50
150
100
100
50
150
100
200
Nunawading
100
450
300
350
Oak Park
100
300
200
100
50
Oakleigh
150
550
650
900
200
Officer
50
100
50
50
Ormond
50
300
200
200
350
50
Burwood
50
200
100
50
50
Camberwell
50
500
500
850
150
Canterbury
50
150
100
150
50
50
100 750
50
200
150
200 400
50
250
250
50 50
Highett
50
150
Glenbervie Glenferrie
Holmesglen
Burnley
Cardinia Road
50
Pakenham
200
150
50
50 50 50
50 50
200
300
Parkdale
50
150
150
150
50
Parliament
50
300
1600
5250
950
Pascoe Vale
100
350
200
150
50
50
Patterson
50
150
100
150
50
Prahran
50
300
350
700
150
Preston
50
250
300
300
Regent
50
250
100
100
50 50
Reservoir
100
350
300
300
50
Richmond
100
450
650
1550
850
Ringwood
150
650
700
900
200
Ringwood East
50
200
100
100
50
Ripponlea
50
300
200
200
50
Riversdale
50
100
50
150
50
100
350
150
100
50
Roxburgh Park
100
300
200
150
50
50
50
100
150
50
Carnegie
100
500
400
350
100
Rosanna
Carrum
50
200
100
50
50
Rushall
50
50
50
50
50
Ruthven
100
250
100
100
50
Sandown Park
50
250
150
100
50
Sandringham
50
400
250
250
50
Caulfield
150
900
1100
1450
450
Chatham
50
100
50
50
50
Chelsea
50
200
150
100
50
Cheltenham
50
300
150
200
50
Clayton
150
Clifton Hill
50
Coburg
50
600 350 150
700 250 100
850 300 100
250 100 50
Collingwood
50
100
150
400
50
Coolaroo
50
150
100
50
50
350
800
450
250
50
Craigieburn Cranbourne
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Pax_pre_AM_peak
300
500
300
150
50
Crib Point
50
50
50
50
50
Croxton
50
150
100
50
50
Royal Park
Seaford
100
150
100
50
50
Seaholme
50
50
50
50
50
Seddon
50
250
150
100
50
Showgrounds
50
50
50
50
Somerville
50
50
50
50
South Kensington
50 50
50
150
100
100
South Morang
100
300
200
250
50
South Yarra
150
1050
1350
2400
500
Southern Cross
250
1100
3050
8550
1550
50
Southland
50
100
250
300
Spotswood
50
150
100
100
50
Springvale
150
600
700
700
150
St Albans
200
500
500
350
50
50
Stony Point
50
50
50
50
Strathmore
50
200
100
100
Sunbury
200
300
200
200
50
Sunshine
250
800
850
900
150
50
400
150
150
50
100
400
200
200
50
50
50
50
50
50
150
400
300
200
50
50
250
150
150
50
Surrey Hills Syndal Tecoma Thomastown Thornbury
50 50
Toorak
50
200
150
250
50
Tooronga
50
200
150
200
50
Tottenham
50
200
150
150
50
Tyabb
50
50
50
50
50
Upfield
50
100
100
150
Upper Ferntree Gully Upwey
50
100
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
Victoria Park
50
200
200
350
100
Watergardens
250
700
400
300
50
Watsonia
150
400
150
150
Wattle Glen
50 50
50
50
50
50
50
200
450
300
200
West Footscray
50
300
150
150
50
West Richmond
50
150
200
450
100
Werribee
Westall
50 50
100
300
250
300
50
Westgarth
50
150
100
100
50
Westona
50
100
100
150
50
200
700
300
150
Williams Landing
50
Williamstown
50
50
50
50
Williamstown Beach Willison
50
100
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
Windsor
50
300
250
400
100
Yarraman
50
150
150
100
50
Yarraville
50
500
300
250
100
50 50
I chose to use data relating to the number of occupants inhabiting a train station at varying times of the day, as I predicted the trend would produce a rise-fall-rise-fall trend relating to peak and non-peak times of use, which also responds to the typical risefall-rise-fall volume quality seen between railway, train platform, railway, train platform, which also involves vertical offsetting and displacement.
DATA MANIPULATION
The raw data produced 5 pages of values which had no scaled correlation to the volume generated for this experiment. To make it relevant, a series of steps needed to be implemented to make it useful.
METAMATTER
Raw data, unscaled and with an extreme range, outliers making the values difficult to use.
Attempt at scaling data, this time the result was cumulative, adding values to one another.
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Raw data shown in a more useful way, still showing a messy clump of values which are hard to decipher.
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Values scaled to a generic power, making it easier to distinguish information.
DATA MANIPULATION Here, the data has been scaled so that it correlates to the depth of the underground volume, as translations we will be making, will mostly be occurring vertically. The data however, still shows far to many values to be useful and easy to use.
Stop_name
80.034809 80.034809 160.069618 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 160.069618 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 160.069618 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 320.139236 80.034809 160.069618 80.034809 160.069618 320.139236 80.034809 160.069618 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 240.104427 160.069618 80.034809 240.104427 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 240.104427 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 560.243663 480.208854 80.034809 80.034809
160.069618 160.069618 480.208854 240.104427 160.069618 320.139236 400.174045 480.208854 240.104427 160.069618 480.208854 720.313281 240.104427 80.034809 400.174045 240.104427 240.104427 240.104427 480.208854 640.278472 80.034809 1120.487326 160.069618 560.243663 1520.661371 240.104427 480.208854 160.069618 400.174045 320.139236 800.34809 240.104427 400.174045 800.34809 320.139236 1440.626562 160.069618 320.139236 480.208854 960.417708 560.243663 240.104427 160.069618 240.104427 1280.556944 800.34809 80.034809 240.104427
80.034809 80.034809 240.104427 160.069618 160.069618 240.104427 320.139236 240.104427 160.069618 80.034809 320.139236 560.243663 160.069618 80.034809 240.104427 160.069618 160.069618 240.104427 480.208854 480.208854 80.034809 640.278472 80.034809 320.139236 1760.765798 160.069618 640.278472 240.104427 320.139236 160.069618 800.34809 160.069618 240.104427 640.278472 160.069618 1760.765798 80.034809 240.104427 240.104427 1120.487326 400.174045 160.069618 240.104427 160.069618 720.313281 480.208854 80.034809 160.069618
80.034809 80.034809 160.069618 160.069618 160.069618 160.069618 400.174045 240.104427 80.034809 80.034809 480.208854 560.243663 160.069618 80.034809 240.104427 160.069618 160.069618 320.139236 400.174045 480.208854 80.034809 720.313281 80.034809 240.104427 2080.905034 160.069618 720.313281 320.139236 560.243663 80.034809 1360.591753 240.104427 80.034809 560.243663 80.034809 2321.009461 80.034809 160.069618 320.139236 1360.591753 480.208854 160.069618 640.278472 80.034809 400.174045 240.104427 80.034809 80.034809
80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 160.069618 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 400.174045 80.034809 160.069618 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 240.104427 80.034809 80.034809 160.069618 80.034809 720.313281 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 400.174045 160.069618 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809
Croydon Dandenong Darebin Darling Dennis Diamond Creek Diggers Rest Eaglemont East Camberwell East Malvern East Richmond Edithvale Elsternwick Eltham Epping Essendon Fairfield Fawkner Ferntree Gully Flagstaff Flemington Bridge Flemington Racecourse Flinders Street Footscray Frankston Gardenvale Gardiner Ginifer Glen Iris Glen Waverley Glenbervie Glenferrie Glenhuntly Glenroy Gowrie Greensborough Hallam Hampton Hartwell Hastings Hawksburn Hawkstowe Hawthorn Heatherdale Heathmont Heidelberg Heyington Highett Holmesglen Hoppers Crossing Hughesdale Huntingdale Hurstbridge Ivanhoe Jacana Jewell Jolimont Jordanville Kananook Keilor Plains Kensington Keon Park Kooyong Laburnum Lalor Laverton Leawarra Lilydale Lynbrook Macaulay Macleod Malvern Mckinnon Melbourne Central Mentone Merinda Park Merlynston Mernda Merri Middle Brighton Middle Footscray Middle Gorge Mitcham Mont Albert Montmorency Moonee Ponds Moorabbin Mooroolbark Mordialloc Moreland Morradoo Mount Waverley Murrumbeena Narre Warren Newmarket Newport Noble Park North Brighton North Melbourne North Richmond North Williamstown Northcote Nunawading Oak Park Oakleigh Officer Ormond Pakenham Parkdale Parliament Pascoe Vale Patterson Prahran Preston Regent Reservoir Richmond Ringwood Ringwood East Ripponlea Riversdale Rosanna Roxburgh Park Royal Park Rushall Ruthven Sandown Park Sandringham Seaford Seaholme Seddon Showgrounds Somerville South Kensington South Morang South Yarra Southern Cross Southland Spotswood Springvale St Albans Stony Point Strathmore Sunbury Sunshine Surrey Hills Syndal Tecoma Thomastown Thornbury Toorak Tooronga Tottenham Tyabb Upfield Upper Ferntree Gully Upwey Victoria Park Watergardens Watsonia Wattle Glen Werribee West Footscray West Richmond Westall Westgarth Westona Williams Landing Williamstown Williamstown Beach Willison Windsor Yarraman Yarraville
240.104427 400.174045 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 160.069618 320.139236 320.139236 80.034809 80.034809 160.069618 160.069618 80.034809 80.034809
640.278472 1360.591753 80.034809 320.139236 320.139236 160.069618 160.069618 160.069618 160.069618 320.139236 160.069618 240.104427 640.278472 400.174045 640.278472 1200.522135 480.208854 160.069618 400.174045 560.243663 80.034809 80.034809
400.174045 1600.69618 80.034809 160.069618 160.069618 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 160.069618 160.069618 160.069618 160.069618 480.208854 240.104427 560.243663 640.278472 320.139236 80.034809 160.069618 1440.626562 160.069618 80.034809
320.139236 2321.009461 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 320.139236 160.069618 640.278472 80.034809 480.208854 320.139236 640.278472 880.382899 240.104427 80.034809 160.069618 5442.367012 160.069618 80.034809
80.034809 400.174045 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 160.069618 80.034809 80.034809 160.069618 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 720.313281 80.034809 80.034809
1120.487326 560.243663 320.139236 80.034809 80.034809 160.069618 80.034809 160.069618 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 240.104427 80.034809 160.069618 240.104427 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 160.069618 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 320.139236 80.034809 160.069618 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 240.104427 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 240.104427 480.208854 80.034809 160.069618 160.069618 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 160.069618 80.034809 160.069618 80.034809 320.139236 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 240.104427 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 160.069618 160.069618 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 160.069618 320.139236 80.034809 160.069618 320.139236 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 160.069618 160.069618 240.104427 80.034809 80.034809 320.139236 80.034809 80.034809 160.069618 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 160.069618 160.069618 240.104427 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 160.069618 160.069618 80.034809 80.034809 160.069618 80.034809 80.034809 160.069618 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 160.069618 240.104427 400.174045 80.034809 80.034809 240.104427 320.139236 80.034809 80.034809 320.139236 400.174045 80.034809 160.069618 80.034809 240.104427 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 400.174045 240.104427 80.034809 320.139236 80.034809 80.034809 160.069618 80.034809 80.034809 320.139236 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809
2881.253124 2641.148697 640.278472 320.139236 320.139236 560.243663 240.104427 960.417708 320.139236 640.278472 560.243663 640.278472 160.069618 480.208854 400.174045 400.174045 160.069618 80.034809 320.139236 160.069618 400.174045 560.243663 240.104427 400.174045 80.034809 400.174045 320.139236 640.278472 480.208854 720.313281 160.069618 560.243663 240.104427 160.069618 80.034809 400.174045 160.069618 560.243663 400.174045 240.104427 160.069618 320.139236 480.208854 1280.556944 80.034809 400.174045 560.243663 80.034809 480.208854 400.174045 320.139236 880.382899 400.174045 320.139236 240.104427 880.382899 160.069618 320.139236 160.069618 160.069618 960.417708 160.069618 240.104427 640.278472 320.139236 480.208854 560.243663 160.069618 80.034809 480.208854 640.278472 560.243663 560.243663 1040.452517 800.34809 400.174045 560.243663 240.104427 240.104427 240.104427 720.313281 480.208854 880.382899 160.069618 480.208854 480.208854 240.104427 480.208854 560.243663 240.104427 480.208854 400.174045 400.174045 560.243663 720.313281 1040.452517 320.139236 480.208854 160.069618 560.243663 480.208854 80.034809 80.034809 400.174045 400.174045 640.278472 240.104427 80.034809 400.174045 80.034809 80.034809 240.104427 480.208854 1680.730989 1760.765798 160.069618 240.104427 960.417708 800.34809 80.034809 320.139236 480.208854 1280.556944 640.278472 640.278472 80.034809 640.278472 400.174045 320.139236 320.139236 320.139236 80.034809 160.069618 160.069618 80.034809 320.139236 1120.487326 640.278472 80.034809 720.313281 480.208854 240.104427 480.208854 240.104427 160.069618 1120.487326 80.034809 160.069618 80.034809 480.208854 240.104427 800.34809
9043.933417 3041.322742 800.34809 240.104427 160.069618 480.208854 160.069618 640.278472 160.069618 1200.522135 480.208854 640.278472 160.069618 320.139236 240.104427 320.139236 80.034809 80.034809 240.104427 80.034809 320.139236 160.069618 80.034809 400.174045 160.069618 240.104427 320.139236 480.208854 320.139236 800.34809 80.034809 320.139236 160.069618 160.069618 240.104427 160.069618 160.069618 320.139236 320.139236 240.104427 160.069618 240.104427 320.139236 800.34809 80.034809 320.139236 160.069618 160.069618 240.104427 400.174045 240.104427 5042.192967 480.208854 160.069618 160.069618 320.139236 80.034809 320.139236 80.034809 80.034809 480.208854 80.034809 80.034809 560.243663 400.174045 240.104427 400.174045 80.034809 80.034809 320.139236 400.174045 400.174045 400.174045 560.243663 720.313281 320.139236 800.34809 400.174045 160.069618 160.069618 480.208854 320.139236 1040.452517 80.034809 320.139236 320.139236 240.104427 2561.113888 320.139236 160.069618 560.243663 480.208854 160.069618 480.208854 1040.452517 1120.487326 160.069618 320.139236 80.034809 240.104427 320.139236 160.069618 80.034809 160.069618 240.104427 400.174045 160.069618 80.034809 240.104427 80.034809 80.034809 160.069618 320.139236 2160.939843 4882.123349 400.174045 160.069618 1120.487326 800.34809 80.034809 160.069618 320.139236 1360.591753 240.104427 320.139236 80.034809 480.208854 240.104427 240.104427 240.104427 240.104427 80.034809 160.069618 80.034809 80.034809 320.139236 640.278472 240.104427 80.034809 480.208854 240.104427 320.139236 400.174045 160.069618 160.069618 480.208854 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 400.174045 240.104427 480.208854
20969.11996 3601.566405 640.278472 320.139236 160.069618 400.174045 240.104427 560.243663 80.034809 2000.870225 400.174045 480.208854 80.034809 240.104427 240.104427 240.104427 80.034809 80.034809 320.139236 80.034809 560.243663 160.069618 160.069618 880.382899 400.174045 240.104427 240.104427 400.174045 320.139236 1360.591753 80.034809 480.208854 80.034809 240.104427 640.278472 160.069618 80.034809 160.069618 240.104427 320.139236 240.104427 240.104427 240.104427 560.243663 80.034809 320.139236 80.034809 240.104427 240.104427 720.313281 240.104427 11925.18654 1040.452517 80.034809 80.034809 240.104427 80.034809 400.174045 80.034809 240.104427 480.208854 80.034809 80.034809 480.208854 480.208854 160.069618 480.208854 160.069618 80.034809 480.208854 320.139236 240.104427 400.174045 640.278472 640.278472 320.139236 1520.661371 800.34809 160.069618 320.139236 560.243663 160.069618 1440.626562 80.034809 320.139236 240.104427 240.104427 8403.654945 240.104427 240.104427 1120.487326 480.208854 160.069618 480.208854 2481.079079 1440.626562 160.069618 320.139236 240.104427 160.069618 240.104427 240.104427 80.034809 160.069618 160.069618 400.174045 80.034809 80.034809 160.069618 80.034809 80.034809 160.069618 400.174045 3841.670832 13685.95234 480.208854 160.069618 1120.487326 560.243663 80.034809 160.069618 320.139236 1440.626562 240.104427 320.139236 80.034809 320.139236 240.104427 400.174045 320.139236 240.104427 80.034809 240.104427 80.034809 80.034809 560.243663 480.208854 240.104427 80.034809 320.139236 240.104427 720.313281 480.208854 160.069618 240.104427 240.104427 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 640.278472 160.069618 400.174045
6802.958765 720.313281 160.069618 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 160.069618 80.034809 320.139236 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 240.104427 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 400.174045 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 160.069618 80.034809 3281.427169 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 160.069618 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 160.069618 160.069618 80.034809 240.104427 160.069618 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 320.139236 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 1520.661371 80.034809 80.034809 240.104427 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 1360.591753 320.139236 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 800.34809 2481.079079 80.034809 80.034809 240.104427 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 240.104427 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 160.069618 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 160.069618 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 80.034809 160.069618 80.034809 160.069618
METAMATTER
Aircraft Alamein Albion Alphington Altona Anstey Armadale Ascot Vale Ashburton Aspendale Auburn Balaclava Batman Baxter Bayswater Beaconsfield Belgrave Bell Bentleigh Berwick Bittern Blackburn Bonbeach Boronia Box Hill Brighton Beach Broadmeadows Brunswick Burnley Burwood Camberwell Canterbury Cardinia Road Carnegie Carrum Caulfield Chatham Chelsea Cheltenham Clayton Clifton Hill Coburg Collingwood Coolaroo Craigieburn Cranbourne Crib Point Croxton
Pax_pre_AM_peak Pax_AM_peak Pax_interpeak Pax_PM_peak Pax_PM_late
Data set scaled to match overall train station depth in mm
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DATA MANIPULATION
Stop_name Alphington Altona Ascot Vale Aspendale Baxter Berwick Boronia Brighton Beach Broadmeadows Burnley Cardinia Road Chelsea Cheltenham Clayton Coburg Croxton Croydon Dandenong Darebin Diamond Creek East Camberwell Fairfield Fawkner Ferntree Gully Flinders Street Glen Iris Glenbervie Glenhuntly Glenroy Heatherdale Heidelberg Highett Hughesdale Huntingdale Hurstbridge Ivanhoe Jacana Kananook Leawarra Mckinnon Melbourne Central Middle Gorge Mont Albert Moonee Ponds Moorabbin Mooroolbark Mount Waverley North Brighton North Melbourne North Richmond North Williamstown Parkdale Patterson Prahran Ripponlea Sandringham Seaholme Seddon South Yarra Southland Spotswood St Albans
Pax_pre_A Pax_AM_p Pax_interpeak Pax_PM_peak Pax_PM_late 160.0696 160.0696 160.0696 480.2089 240.104427 160.069618 80.034809 240.1044 160.069618 160.069618 160.0696 160.069618 160.069618 320.1392 240.104427 160.069618 400.174 320.139236 400.174045 480.2089 240.104427 240.104427 240.1044 160.069618 160.0696 480.2089 320.139236 480.208854 160.0696 720.3133 560.243663 560.243663 160.069618 240.1044 160.069618 160.069618 400.174 160.0696 240.1044 240.1044 240.1044 480.2089 320.1392 640.2785
240.104427 160.069618 160.069618 240.104427 480.208854 480.208854
240.104427 160.069618 160.069618 320.139236 400.174045 480.208854
160.0696 1120.487 160.0696 160.0696 560.2437 320.1392 1520.661 240.1044 160.0696 480.2089 160.0696 400.174 320.1392 800.3481 240.1044 240.1044 400.174 160.0696 800.3481 320.1392 240.1044 1440.627 160.0696 320.1392 480.2089 240.1044 960.4177 560.2437 240.1044 160.0696 240.1044 560.2437 1280.557 480.2089 800.3481
640.278472
720.313281
80.034809
320.139236 1760.765798 160.069618 640.278472 240.104427 320.139236 160.069618 800.34809 160.069618 240.104427 640.278472 160.069618 1760.765798
240.104427 2080.905034 160.069618 720.313281 320.139236 560.243663
80.034809 400.174045
1360.591753 240.104427 80.034809 560.243663
240.104427
2321.009461
720.313281
240.104427 240.104427 1120.487326 400.174045 160.069618 240.104427 160.069618 720.313281 480.208854
160.069618 320.139236 1360.591753 480.208854 160.069618 640.278472
400.174045 160.069618
400.174045 240.104427
80.034809 80.034809
320.139236 2321.009461
80.034809 400.174045
240.1044 240.1044 640.2785 400.174 1360.592
160.069618 400.174045 1600.69618
320.1392 320.1392 160.0696 160.0696 160.0696 160.0696 320.1392 160.0696 240.1044 640.2785 160.0696 400.174
160.069618 160.069618
160.069618 160.069618 160.069618 160.069618 480.208854 240.104427
80.034809
80.034809
160.069618
80.034809 160.069618
320.139236 160.069618 640.278472 480.208854 320.139236
160.069618 80.034809
Total
480.208854 480.208854 1120.487326 720.313281 640.278472 880.382899 1280.556944 1120.487326 640.278472 480.208854 1440.626562 2160.939843 720.313281 400.174045 1040.452517 800.34809 720.313281 960.417708 1520.661371 2000.870225 400.174045 2721.183506 480.208854 1360.591753 6082.645484 720.313281 2160.939843 880.382899 1440.626562 720.313281 3281.427169 800.34809 1040.452517 2321.009461 720.313281 6482.819529 480.208854 880.382899 1200.522135 4081.775259 1680.730989 720.313281 1200.522135 640.278472 3041.322742 2080.905034 400.174045 640.278472 1680.730989 6082.645484 400.174045 720.313281 720.313281 480.208854 480.208854 480.208854 800.34809 800.34809 1120.487326 640.278472 1840.800607 1200.522135
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Sample Data - Every third station removed according to total patrons per day (using scaled data) and zero’s removed. All incremental (time period) values are now scaled and useful as positive integers.
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METAMATTER
1. Preparation (In plan view):
2. Increasing vertical operations: Project the mean data onto the x,z face of the volume and displace platform volumes by the mean value for peak hour times (‘Pax_AM_Peak’ and ‘Pax_PM Peak’), and the railway line volumes by the mean values for in-between times (‘Pax_Pre_AM _Peak’ and ‘Pax _PM _Late’). Duplicate the number of floors in the stack by 7.5, with lateral transformations being affected in 1m increments by the 75 selected stations’ values. Split the new volume along the y-axis in alignment with the data set values which don’t contain zero values. In the table, identify where the zero values are and create a map of A and B (fill or no fill) to become an overlay mask for a future step. Looking back at the volume, displace railway volumes vertically with either a positive or neutral value in accordance with whether the station it aligns with was occupied within the time period or not. 3. Looking through (creating voids and lateral access):
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Overlay table values onto y-axis grid. Where values lie, fill space, where there are no values, treat as with empty fill. Redistribute program laterally to suit the vertical lines in this new grid. Overlay the mask onto the x,y face of the volume and extrude, and then subtract to create vertical perforations within the volume
CHOREOGRAPHY OF STEPS
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PROCEDURAL OUTCOME
This experiment was fairly ineffective due to both the lack of a trend in the initial data used, and also a series of ineffective rules which pull the volume apart enough to understand it’s inherent properties properly.
Central voids perforating the spaces to allow for cross-storey viewing
Maintained long strip format of the station to be integrated with walkways and data stacks
Pushing large structural elements outwards to open up central thoroughfares.
METAMATTER
Raw Axonomentric
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PROCEDURAL OUTCOME
As can be seen in the plans to the left, the railway station-like spatial qualities have remained, with long strip programs that could be interpreted to house data stacks and walkways. large voids perforate the spaces and majority of what may become ‘structural’ has been pushed to the peripheries in order to accommodate the large open spaces.
PRELIMINARY ECOLOGY
This outcome doesn’t achieve all that much as it doesn’t contain and force in it’s reasoning. I think both Sophie and I needed this first experiment as a means of practicing the process, however the information used could have been selected more with more intent and used for a purpose, rather than the loose way it has been. It would be useful to repeat this task now knowing the potentials of the outcome
METAMATTER
PERSONAL CRITIQUE:
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- The lack of trend lead to a ruleset without a source of gravity and movement, so any moves didnt provide powerful implications for the volume. This lead to deference to using the ruleset as a literal overlay to the volume, in hope of creating void vertical operation that way. The result was still a box with ineffective perforations. - The data set shouldnt need to be transformed a number of times to become useful. It should be able to be selected with a strong trend already present. - The outcome lost it’s colour and therefore all programatic implications that could be used to inform the data centre - The ruleset was too complex for someone to reenact, and could be simplified greatly while also creating a more interesting outcome.
RESEARCH - DATA CentreS ARCHIGRAM, ‘PLUG-IN CITY’ HASSELL STUDIO, ‘A NEW NORMAL’
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JAMIE BOND
Similar to Peter Cook’s ‘Plug-In City’, the data centre could become the structure of the architecture, housing relevant programmatic elements such as the data storage devices, wiring and cabling, while the inhabitable spaces are merely hollowed out voids that can house a variety of tenants with different civic roles. Whether it be retail, hospitality, transport, agriculture etc, the kinetic motion that takes place within can be used to generate the energy required to power the site.
Another precedent for this kind of electrified architecture is Hassell’s proposal for a New Normal which looks at a solution which “fills the building with electric cars, batteries linked together to both charge and discharge energy.” They are speculating that a ‘Vehicle to Grid’ technology could be crucial to a more sustainable city, with “the carpark [first place] to fast-track its uptake while adding cultural spark to an underused site”.
T A A New Normal, Melbourne Design Week AWARD WINNER
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THE TRAIN STATION [AGAIN]
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Year
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Transport (Trend) y-axis segment lengt % % +/% +/- z-axis scaling 22.20 2220.00 87.75 022.70 2270.00 89.72 1.98 1976.284585 22.50 2250.00 88.93 -0.79 -790.513834 23.50 2350.00 92.89 3.95 3952.56917 23.30 2330.00 92.09 -0.79 -790.513834 23.70 2370.00 93.68 1.58 1581.027668 23.70 2370.00 93.68 0.00 24.50 2450.00 96.84 3.16 3162.055336 24.80 2480.00 98.02 1.19 1185.770751 25.30 2530.00 100.00 1.98 1976.284585 25.20 2520.00 99.60 -0.40 -395.256917
Total Max Min
261.4 25.3 22.2
% to mm Vertical Translation Vertical Translation 2 Overall (Trend) % % +/- Degrees Vertical Translation 0 10210.00 23743.00 147.50 100.00 0 0 14750 MOVE 1976.28 12186.28 25719.28 143.20 97.08 -2.92 -291.53 14320 ROTATE -790.51 9419.49 22952.49 141.10 95.66 -1.42 -142.37 14110 SCALE 3952.57 14162.57 27695.57 136.20 92.34 -3.32 -332.20 13620 MOVE -790.51 9419.49 22952.49 133.80 90.71 -1.63 -162.71 13380 ROTATE 1581.03 11791.03 25324.03 133.90 90.78 0.07 6.78 13390 0.00 10210.00 23743.00 132.70 89.97 -0.81 -81.36 13270 SCALE 3162.06 13372.06 26905.06 133.20 90.31 0.34 33.90 13320 MOVE 1185.77 11395.77 24928.77 133.00 90.17 -0.14 -13.56 13300 ROTATE 1976.28 12186.28 25719.28 132.60 89.90 -0.27 -27.12 13260 SCALE -395.26 9814.74 23347.74 132.00 89.49 -0.41 -40.68 13200 1499.2 147.5 132
RULE SET
JAMIE BOND
PREP. 1. Convert program into a) Public Space, b) Private Space, c) Secure Space and d) Intersection, as well as places of circulation for each category. 2. Divide volume: X-axis using the BEV values when converted to percentages of the overall volume width. Y-axis using the PHEV values when converted to percentages of the overall volume length. DISPERSE PROGRAM. EXAGGERATE SPACES OF INTERSECTION. INCREASE METHODS OF CIRCULATION. 3. Place radial guides spaced 5000mm apart from the centre of the GOD, and divide the circle into 8 equal segments. 4. Segments on the LHS use data from BEV’s and segments on the RHS use data from PHEV’s 5. Treat the 5000mm regions as years, with the outermost circle corresponding to 2021, next closest is 2020 and so forth to the centre. 6. Move program items outwards from the centre of the circle by the BEV/PHEV value corresponding to the year the item occupies most. 7. Scale vertical circulation items along the z-axis by the total EV value of the year each sits on most. 8. Scale paths of circulation up to reach most of the programs they were previously touching. 9. Scale program in the intersection category (a combination of private, public and/or secure) by the percentage increase of the given year each sits on most. 10. Move each disconnected element back along the segment lines until it meets the central volume.
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INCORPORATE VERTICAL OPERATIONS. 11. Using the Total Light Vehicle Sales data, move items up or down depending on whether there was an increase or decrease from the year before, by the value (read as mm) of the year each sits on most. 12. Delete all disconnected pieces. 13. Convert items back to original program. 14. Duplicate volume upwards scaling by the % Light Vehicle Sales value 5 times, rotating by 180 degrees if it is a decreasing figure. 15. Scale elevator blocks along the z-axis to pierce through all volumes.
CHOREOGRAPHY OF STEPS
Existing Generic Operative Diagram of a suburban train station.
Separate program from plan into correct vertical elevations
Give thickness to volumes that are inhabitable, leaving uninhabitable/outdoor program as a planar surface
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For programmatic elements that are to do with primary motion, duplicate vertically by adding total station height (H) + the value converted from ‘% increase/decrease of transport emissions’ for the corresponding year. Eg. The part that pertains to data from 2010 would copy up by H (10210) + % converted to mm for that year (1976.28mm) = H+x
Repeat this step using the new total station height (H+x).
Rotate these new volumes on the x,y plane by the ‘overall trend’ data that has been converted to degrees from each respective year. If the volume is on the LHS of the volume, rotate using positive values, if it is on the RHS, rotate using negative values.
Move each volume vertically by the value representing the overall trend for that year, as converted to millimetres. Eg. The same volume from 2011 would move up 14110mm
Finally move the new service volumes outward in the same direction as their rotation by the same distance they were elevated, and extend each piece backward in the direction it came from, cutting through the volumes.
For pieces of railway and access located above ‘civic and community space’, give a thickness of 3800mm.
Convert each existing volume and derivative volume back to its original program
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Using the data from ‘transport trend’, divide the station GOD into 11 pieces, with values from the converted ‘y-axis segment length’ column. Eg. 2009 = 22.2 Mt CO2 which would be translated into 22,200mm
METAMATTER
Convert program into categories ‘Primary Motion’, ‘Service’, ‘Security’ and ‘Community’
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PROCEDURAL OUTCOME
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The idea for a new data centre typology revolves around the notion of efficient circulation and movement through space facilitated by void and similar gestures that provides visual clarity and connection for occupants. In terms of program, the general organization of a train station is such that a person trying to navigate from A to B can do so as efficiently as possible through providing a sequencing of programs that make logical and reasonable sense in terms of their flow through site. In more explicit terms, the site is usually accessed from its peripheries, operating in a vertical manner, with a voided core, allowing an occupant to easily navigate their way from entrance to departure platform.
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ECOLOGY PARTNERED WITH SOPHIE SUNG
Sophie Sung - manipulated volume, prior to ecology combine
METAMATTER PAGE 99
The environmental issue we are concerned with is the enormous consumption of electricity data centres currently rely on, and finding renewable sources that can, too, support a social agenda within the community. We believe that as technology takes on a more prominent role in many aspects of society, the need for social interaction, physical activity and potentially even any sort of motion will start to diminish with it. The data centre relies on electricity which is, on one hand, far better environmentally than consuming fossil fuels, however the actual volume of electricity required to power these technological farms is exorbitant. We are interested in the idea that people could and should start to take on a social responsibility to help power these infrastructures by staying active physically, socially and economically within the community.
TAXONOMY OF PARTS
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With a program that previously does not require inhabitants for its upkeep, the question of how to give the data centre a civic purpose becomes one requiring more outside-the-box thinking. We are speculating that the data centre needs not to take on numerous out of character programmatic roles, but instead could act as the bones of an infrastructure, accommodating programs that do have civic and community relevance inside.
OUTCOME
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OUTCOME
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PERSONAL CRITIQUE:
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- This ruleset was much more effective in creating an interesting outcome with programatic variation which could inform a proposition. - The G.O.D maintained its programatic elements which could have been translated into new program for the data centre, but weren’t. - Dropping the ecology straight into Unreal Engine without first finessing the outcome limited the ability to gain insite from the outcome for a potential new typology as the volume was largely uninhabitable and was fairly awkward and clunky to deal with. - The materiality of the form in UE was ill considered and could have been used to inform the ecology outcome to become something less ambiguous.
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There are four separate points of access into the trial courtroom: 1) Public 2) Jury 3) Judge 4) Prisoner The location of the judge’s chambers suite should be near the courtroom within restricted circulation. The restricted corridor provides direct access to chambers, courtroom, jury deliberation room, and judges’ elevator. Use of the corridor is mostly restricted to judges, judges’ staff, jury, and court personnel. The judges’ elevator provides direct access between the judges’ chambers and judges’ parking. Use of the elevator is limited to judges and approved court personnel. The prisoner elevator provides direct and secure access for prisoners in custody between the central cellblock and the courtroom holding cells. Holding cells provide a temporary holding area for prisoners involved in courtroom proceedings. The location of the cells should provide direct access to the courtrooms. The entrance to the jury deliberation suite should be located in the courtroom close to the jury box. The suite includes a conference room, restrooms, and a service area.
METAMATTER
General courthouse arrangement
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RESEARCH - COURTHOUSES
My exploration this week looks at the configuration of spaces in a courthouse, with regard to who can access each space (Private, Public and Secure) and also the interactions between each when they cross over. The reason I find this has an interesting parallel to data centres is because of the public, private and secure forms of information held in a data centre, and how in a physical structure, these could begin to interplay and connect with one another.
JAMIE BOND
Separate courthouse circulation and access points
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Circulation points into courtrooms for different patrons
RESEARCH - COURTHOUSES
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JAMIE BOND
RULE SET
PREP. 1. Convert program into a) Public Space, b) Private Space, c) Secure Space and d) Intersection, as well as places of circulation for each category. 2. Divide volume: - X-axis using the BEV values when converted to percentages of the overall volume width. - Y-axis using the PHEV values when converted to percentages of the overall volume length. DISPERSE PROGRAM. EXAGGERATE SPACES OF INTERSECTION. INCREASE METHODS OF CIRCULATION. 3. Place radial guides spaced 5000mm apart from the centre of the GOD, and divide the circle into 8 equal segments. 4. Segments on the LHS use data from BEV’s and segments on the RHS use data from PHEV’s 5. Treat the 5000mm regions as years, with the outermost circle corresponding to 2021, next closest is 2020 and so forth to the centre.
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6. Move program items outwards from the centre of the circle by the BEV/PHEV value corresponding to the year the item occupies most. 7. Scale vertical circulation items along the z-axis by the total EV value of the year each sits on most. 8. Scale paths of circulation up to reach most of the programs they were previously touching. 9. Scale program in the intersection category (a combination of private, public and/or secure) by the percentage increase of the given year each sits on most. 10. Move each disconnected element back along the segment lines until it meets the central volume. INCORPORATE VERTICAL OPERATIONS. 11. Using the Total Light Vehicle Sales data, move items up or down depending on whether there was an increase or decrease from the year before, by the value (read as mm) of the year each sits on most. 12. Delete all disconnected pieces. 13. Convert items back to original program. 14. Duplicate volume upwards scaling by the % Light Vehicle Sales value 5 times, rotating by 180 degrees if it is a decreasing figure. 15. Scale elevator blocks along the z-axis to pierce through all volumes.
CHOREOGRAPHING STEPS
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PROCEDURAL OUTCOME
METAMATTER PAGE 111
In a typical courthouse, there is a very specific typology captures in the procession through site for different types of people. People of the public enter through a centralised ancillary with access to very little of what lies below the surface. A judge, lawyers and people involved in administration have a far broader level of access but still have different areas of use to one another throughout the space. There are, however, numerous places where these occupants cross over within such an airtight scheme. A defendant on the other hand, often has a very localised form of access to a courthouse, with very limited movement and points of intersection with other users.
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SITE - MORLYNN INSULATORS
METAMATTER
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SITE - MORLYNN INSULATORS
“Construction of this bluestone building began in 1873. Established by the brothers Edwin and Walter Gaunt, who had gained their expertise in the north of England and were significant in the development of the Woollen industry in Australia, the company was for a time the largest of its kind, but collapsed in 1884. Its assets were taken over for 21,530 pounds in 1885 to form the Yarraville Woollen Mills with John Tayler as manager until 1889.”
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The site, at 2 Banool Ave Yarraville was then repurposed, becoming the Australian Porcelain Insulator Company, then the Melbourne Pottery Company, and finally Morlynn Ceramics Pty Ltd. It is recorded as a rare and intact example of a purpose-built mid-19th century industrial building specially adapted to the needs of a wool mill.
IDEA DEVELOPMENT
I’m interested in the way these machines and data centres as a whole, can operate without requiring an unsustainable amount of power. How we can alleviate some of the weight they place on society as they simultaneously become the core of how we function on a day-to-day basis. My environmental interest for the future lies in transport and how we can maintain movement as the rise of technology wants us to become more stagnate. The emerging concept of bi-directional charging in particular caught my attention, as the transport industry is the only industry in Australia that has continued to increase its production of fossil fuel emissions, despite government targets and incentives being implemented to reduce this. The obvious reason is because people don’t see the immediate impacts of what they do, and so they choose the comfort of their own personal form of transport, to the slightly less convenient alternative of bikes, walking public transport and so forth.
METAMATTER
I believe that for the EV (Electric Vehicle) to become part of the norm, they need to become more accessible, useful and economical than other Light Weight Vehicles.
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FORM DEVELOPMENT - THE CARPARK
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ECOLOGY PARTNERED WITH ZECHEN HUANG
The proposal is an infrastructure that supports the trade of data as a cryptocurrency, that is powered by the transportation which carries its traders to work each day. It contains the program of a data-driven stock exchange, drawing from the spatial configuration of a courthouse.
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DESIGN DEVELOPMENT - RHINO [JAMIE]
Zechen hypothesised that in the future, data will become a sort of currency that will be able to be lost and gained and traded with great value, for purposes of forecasting future events.
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The quantum computer is at the heart of this, a machine that uses the properties of quantum physics to store data and perform computations that cannot be achieved by even the best super computers. We looked to incorporate fomal and sectional qualities vital to the function of stock exchanges such as large open voids at the architectures core and levels determining hierarchy and position
WORLDING DEVELOPMENT - UE [ZECHEN]
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RESEARCH - TYPOLOGY FLEUR WATSON ‘THE NEW CURATOR’
METAMATTER
“...a new generation of architects and designers who are deeply aware of current social and political challenges. Driven, in part, by the aftershock of the September 2001 attacks, the Global Financial Crisis, the impact of human-induced climate change, the mass migration of Syrian refugees, the protracted process of the UK’s Bexit decision to leave Europe coupled with the Trump Administration in the US and, most recently, the long-term impact of the coronaviruspandemic on global health and economic systems, this new generation of practitioners is responding by reclaiming design’s agency in addressing challenges and shaping our future.” - Fleur Watson
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OUTCOME - STOCK EXCHANGE FOR DATA
METAMATTER
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OUTCOME - STOCK EXCHANGE FOR DATA
PERSONAL CRITIQUE:
- The outcome was far more charged with ideas and potentials. The use of plan and section was a really good tool for conveying such. - Giving the data centre a dual function wather than its primary source made it easier to integrate the data centre within a civic context. - The programatic arrangement still resembles that of a traditional courthouse and hasnt been abstracted/reimagined as a consequence of the typological experiments. - The bi-directional charging idea could provide an interesting proposition for a gateway to the meta. - The outcome still lacks integration with the meta.
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METAMATTER
“...Bruce Mau’s influenctial ‘Massive Change: The Future of Global Design’ (2004) toured multiple institutions after opening at the Vancouver Art Gallery. ‘Massive Change’ harnessed the power of graphic design, data visualisation and large scale installation to communicate a message to visitors that design was the answer to the world’s most urgent social, political and environmental problems.”
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RESEARCH - TYPOLOGY FLEUR WATSON ‘THE NEW CURATOR’
“...I explore the notion of ‘curator as agent’ - a deliberate shift from an understanding of the curator as an ‘advocate’ (a generally benign role) to one that sees the curator take on an explicitly activist agenda, where curated content responds to the social and political currency of the day. In this respect, the curator makes a deliberate move from ‘curator as a knowledge keeper’ to a role whose intention is to open up the exhibition space as a place of exploration and debate to allow for multiple perspectives and interpretations.”
Every week an estimated three million people are moving to cities. By 2050, 68% of the world’s population is projected to live in urban areas. Cities are responsible for more than 70% of global carbon dioxide emissions. – Google Earth Data
METAMATTER
“The curator as speculator responds to a shift in contemporary curatorial practice towards an exhibition environment conceived as an open, inclusive and active public place that positions, explores and questions the current role of design. To this end, the move seeks to extend curatorial reach beyond the physical walls of the gallery or museum and engage audiences, regardless of location, in a meaningful exchange with the exhibition’s intent, content and experience.” - Fleur Watson, the New Curator
And so, “our struggle for global sustainability will [either] be won or lost in [the] cities” – Former Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban KiMoon
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SITE - BRADMILL COTTON FACTORY
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The site is located Yarraville at the south western extent of the City of Maribyrnong. It lies approximately 8 km from Melbourne’s CBD, 4 km from the Footscray Principal Activity Centre, and 2 km from Yarraville “Village”. The suburb of Yarraville has experienced significant gentrification in recent years. This could in part be attributed to the popularity of Yarraville “Village” as a lifestyle destination, and the area’s accessibility to the CBD, waterfront areas and regional parklands. The site has good road access to the Westgate Freeway too.
RNE BOU L E M CBD
METAMATTER
M1 FREEWAY
The process of gentrification has increased interface conflicts with surrounding industrial land uses, most notably in relation to movements of industrial traffic from the industrial uses and residential on the north side of Francis Street. The site is the only remaining industrial site physically separated from a substantial industrial precinct to the west by the Newport goods railway line and Geelong Road.
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SITE MODEL DEVELOPMENT
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RESEARCH CLIMATE ISSUES CAUSED BY TRANSPORTATION
“For decades we have seen many multibillion-dollar government moves that attempt to diverge from current unsustainable land uses to ones that can “save motorists up to 7 minutes in peak hour traffic” and are made of hard plastics like “milk and shampoo bottles”, taking away from land fill. But what if METAMATTER
the big issue isn’t what these road infrastructures are made of, but rather the environmental impacts of the damn things driving on them. If we start to make electric vehicles a more accessible and usable form of transportation by implementing infrastructures that emphasise their value, we may start to see the monumental shift in the global transportation emissions we are looking for.” - Jamie Bond [Mid-Semester]
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MERGING EXPERIMENTS: SIMONE [FORM] EXPLORATION 01, WEEK 02
MERGING EXPERIMENTS: ROBBIE [FORM] EXPLORATION 01, WEEK 02
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DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
RESEARCH - ENERGY RESOURCING KINETIC ENERGY PADS
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Background: For decades we have seen many multi-billion-dollar government moves that attempt to diverge from current unsustainable land uses to ones that can “save motorists up to 7 minutes in peak hour traffic” and are made of hard plastics like “milk and shampoo bottles”, taking away from land fill. But what if the big issue isn’t what these road infrastructures are made of, but rather the environmental impacts of the damn things driving on them. If we start to make electric vehicles a more accessible and usable form of transportation by implementing infrastructures that emphasise their value, we may start to see the monumental shift in the global transportation emissions we are looking for.
Idea:
METAMATTER
In Melbourne, we have the privilege of observing the economic rise followed by the environmental fall of megacities all over the world, giving us a very valuable vantage point to know what does and does not work. Building up and having millions of people flock to our cities is maybe a great cause of poverty and cause a deficit in resources. Spreading out rather, and building a network of smaller cities that are interconnected with one another, seems to be a more environmentally, economically and also socially sustainable enterprise for us to implement. Geelong is Victoria’s second largest city with a current population of 187,500, that is quickly increasing. The M1 is the major road network that connects the two largest cities and its commuters that regularly travel between the two. Traffic, however, is a great hinderance to this, largely caused by a bottle-neck block up caused by the limited space for parking in the city accompanied by the high demand for it.
The Bradmill Terminal is to become a place of manicured transportational excellence connecting the two cities as an electric vehicle exchange hub, simultaneously using data as a means for entertainment and didactic exploration. The architecture draws from Hassell Studio’s experiment for a New Normal, where they set out to transform an underutilised carpark in Melbourne’s centre into a two-way battery that can both charge the cars that park in it and also be powered by those same vehicle’s batteries. The result is a highly charged piece of infrastructure that has the power to not only conduct its base requirement, but also contribute to a socio-cultural agenda through live exhibits, galleries and showcase events. Worlding: With the rise of digital trolls, online bullies, hackers, and scammers a tidal wave of technological corruption could soon be on our horizon. How can we start to judge this data and what is meaningful and productive in its contribution to society? Where Instagram, tiktok, tumblr and pinterest can all be outlets for creative minds, they can also be dangerously wicked in what they let slip through the cracks. Our city calls for justice before it is too late.
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COURT VOLUME KINETIC PAD
DATA HOUSING VEHICLE ELEVATOR
PLANT ROOM EBUS TERMINAL METAMATTER
ADMIN OFFICE
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SITE 1:500 @ A2
COURT VOLUME STACK 02
PUBLIC VIEWING SCREENS
EV PARKING
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COURT VOLUME STACK 01
DATA HOUSING
PUBLIC VIEWING SCREENS EV PARKING
PLANT ROOM
ADMIN OFFICES
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VEHICLE CHARGING SPINE
VOLUME COURTHOUSES
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“IT IS SIMULTANEOUSLY A PLACE WE ALL OCCUPY BUT CAN NEVER ENTER.”
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STRENGTHS:
- A strong proposition in the matter, seeks to cure a realistic and achievable problem in the real world. - “Well thought out project in terms of its program and what it is seeking to achieve...an interesting proposition for the data centre” - Cars charging the space and the space charging the cars, becomming a feedback loop out to the community that is fed back into the metaverse - “Sophisticated in moves like the carpark’s connection to program in the physical world” - Drawing presentation is strong, the trailer could some finess and has the potential to engage with the project more in terms of composition - Lots of big ideas ready to be refined - not the other way around.
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- What is the experiential quality underneath the structure where it’s lifted up? - Carparks being the biggest resourse centre in the world big open spaces that are only occupied 50% of the time by highly charged items. What else can it do? - How do the hierarchies connect? - The carpark infrastructure becomes a skeletal thing starts to bind other program between the meta and matter
WEAKNESSES:
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- Forms are too monotonous, too linear in formal qualitiy - Lacks hierarchy - Think about what’s most important in the architecture conceptually and physically - Quite a binary program - it is X so it does Y, rather than variations of that at different scales and degradations, populated throughout the whole thing. Be less descrete and break things down. - Consious decisions to be made beyond the procedural outcomes - The data centre typology is currently an oblique mass, we are trying to break it up and make it more than that- spread it out over the site - Segregated program - Architecture underground isnt architecture - Has lost ties to some of the procedural explorations. When did the courthouse spatial typology fuse into the program and influence the new data centre type to also become a courthouse? - The two programs are working as chalk and cheese - the courthouse typology doesn’t fit the data centre carpark currently. Rethink the volumes. - The intersection spaces show where I am confused in the meeting between meta and matter. Refine this and think about what it looks like? It currently lacks the civic space
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POST MID-SEMESTER REFLECTION
THE INTERSECTION - The intersection spaces do not create a successful gaeway between meta and matter in this format. They are too literal and have not condidered a civic behaviour or way of inhabiting the space.
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THE DATA STACK
- The data stack hasn’t attempted to rethink the original ‘boxed’ typology of the sata centre. It is still an isolated, insular entity that operates next to the rest of the program, without a civic purpose.
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“THE SKELETAL THING STARTS TO BIND THE PHYSICAL & VIRTUAL” THE CARPARK: For public and private use, powers the cars that park there (civic gesture), which in turn, charges the architecture. At times not occupied by stationary vehicles, the vast open spaces can facilitate larger events, galas and galleries.
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THE DATA STACK: Harnesses energy from the carpark to power dispersed data stack nodes, that can be bought/leased by private business’, along with an extensive virtual office suite, select physical meeting/hot desk spaces and other commercial amenity
THE OFFICE: Serviced by the heat of the data centre to create a greenhouse-office space, that can nurture greenery and plantlife key to promoting a productive working environent. Physical space is only inhabited for important meetings, gatherings and conferences, while the digital office is to be occupied for day-to-day happenings
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RESEARCH - SHARED OFFICES THE COMMONS, CREMORNE
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The Commons operates as a commercial business renting hot desks. It has a variety of physical desks and meeting rooms as well as virtual spaces that can be leased out on a casual or fixed term basis to minimise the need for business’ and individuals to acquire commercial property. PAGE 167
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RESEARCH - SUSPENDED TRAIN LINE WUPPERTAL SUSPENSION RAIL
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The suspension rail is to be used as a precedent for addressing the ‘space beneath’. When structure is lifted and landscape is revealed below, an opportunity to provide civic amenity and a connection between the two programs is revealed.
RESEARCH - RECYCLING HEAT FROM PRODUCTION BOMBAY SAPPHIRE GIN DISTILLERY
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The Hampshire Dispensary utilises heat produced by the dispensary to warm greenhouses that nurture tropical vegetation which wouldnt normally survive in the UK. PAGE 169
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DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
I had a lot of trouble in weeks 9 and 10 with form and reimagining a concept for the architecture that aligned with the feedback received at mid-semester. In the following three spreads, the struggle of designing to this negotia-tion is really evident, with a reasonable amount of pushing and pulling and undoing before the final form began to emerge.
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DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
20,000sq/m is the number associated with a data centre that could be used to power the likes of Facebook or Google or a city. Producticity however, instead assumes that there are a network of these infrastructure nodes all existing within one city, as less monumental and rather fragmented and divided structures to be controlled in smaller pieces by privately owned entities. The rationale for the building’s scale then was turned on its head, because as the data centres were to become individualised, their presence on the site was to become significantly lighter.
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While the square meter guideline for the data centre was originally specified to be 20,000sq/m in the initial brief, breaking down the data centre typology and merging it to have other civic purposes has allowed for plenty of speculation with regard to how this number can be reimagined.
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Colour was used to help make sense of the different layers of access (similar to that of a courthouse), and where points of intersection and cross over would occur.
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