INFOCILIA HUMANITY
IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY DEPENDENT ON DIGITALIZATION AND THE DIGITAL WORLD.
AS
CIVILIZATION BECOMES PROGRESSIVELY CONCERNED WITH HYPER-CONNECTIVITY AND VIRTUAL INFORMATION, AN UNPRECEDENTED INCREASE IN DEMAND FOR PHYSICAL DATA STORAGE ENSUES.
LOCATED
LAKE ONTARIO OFF THE SHORE OF TORONTO, INFOCILIA IS A SOCIALLY AND ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIENTIOUS, EXPERIMENTAL ARCHITECTURE IN RESPONSE TO A POTENTIAL AND CONCEIVABLY SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN PHYSICAL DATA STORAGE DEMANDS. IT OPPOSES CONVENTIONALLY RIGID AND RECTILINEAR DATA STORAGE METHODS, IN FAVOR OF A FIBROUS AGGREGATE SYSTEM. THE IN
INTERLACED FIBER STRUCTURE CAN INTUITIVELY DENSIFY TO MEET THE REGIONAL DEMAND FOR DATA STORAGE AS IT INCREASES.
INFOCILIA
SERVES AS A MODEL TO PROVIDE HUMAN CIVILIZATION WITH
THE APPARATUS NECESSARY TO CONTINUE OUR DESIRE TO DOCUMENT OUR EXISTENCE WELL INTO THE FUTURE.
PLAN
MINIMIZING RIGIDITY
[FORMAL QUALITIES]
DORMITORIES
RESIDENT FACILITIES
MECHANICAL
AA OPEN PERSONAL AIRCRAFT
TO
BELOW
I
A
B
NVESTIGATING
SECTION AA
C
DORMITORIES
PERSONAL AIRCRAFT
DECONTAMINATION ZONE MACHINE ENTRANCE
DEPLOYMENT CONTROL CENTER
WATERCRAFT
M
LABORATORY
ASS
DEPLOYMENT / MACHINE STORAGE
F
RESIDENT FACILITIES DORMITORIES
PERSONAL AIRCRAFT
DECONTAMINATION ZONE
MACHINE ENTRANCE
MACHINE ENTRANCE
DEPLOYMENT CONTROL CENTER
WATERCRAFT
DEPLOYMENT / MACHINE STORAGE
SECTION A
SECTION B
[LAKESHORE] WATER LEVEL BOTTOM
OF
LAKE
SITE
[HUMBER BAY PARK - TORONTO, ONTARIO]
10
SECTION C
FIBER DENSIFICATION
ELEVATION
MACHINE STORAGE
G EOMETRY
SECURITY ENTRANCE
Observing the regidity of the data storage structures, it becomes clear that an increase in material flexability holds potential for a storage solution system free of rigid boundaries or static confines
ORMAL
[Flexability]
M DEEP CONTOUR LINES DEFINE THE
40
METER DEEP LAKE BED
DATA GROWTH
APPROX.
= DENSITY GROWTH BRIAN MACIEL OLIVEIRA
DESIGN FICTION & SPECULATIVE FUTURES ALA ROUSHAN & CARLOS JARVIS OCAD U - ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN 2017/18