Anatomy of a Terramorphic Nabe

Dwelling-

3x Towers -- 50 - 100 Units Each (Variable) -- 200 people (min.)/ Tower x3 = min. 600 People

100x Single Family Dwellings -- 300 People

300x Single Person Dwellings (room for Expansion)-- 300 People

Population/Nabe: 1100 - 2800

Population/District: 7200 - 9000

Platform/Grades - Level platforms span between and across each Terramorphic Profile. Every platform is considered as a city grade, and is to be used as public space.

Central Marketplace - Fresh food and artisan goods within walking distance.

Commercial Offices/ Services - Specialized workplaces managed by democratic Guild Councils.

Community Gardens - For beautification, and for individuals to grow their own fresh produce.

Piazzas - With restaurants and cafes.

Wetlands - For the natural treatment of greywater.

Helioplexes - Outdoor Sportsgrounds and Playgrounds.

Educational Facilities - Minimum 1 Dedicated Specialized facility per Nabe.

Maker Spaces - For innovation and experimentation.

City Services - Including sanitation department, power management department, fire brigade, medical centres, and police.

Political Space - Includes Courthouses, Guild Council, and City Council Chambers. Also places of protest and demonstration.

Construction

Terramorphic Profiles are intended to be long-lasting infrastructure which will allow the city to interact with floodwaters in varying ways over time. Each Terramorphic Profile is composed of bookending corten steel sheet piles driven deep into the desert soil. Steel tie rods are attached to each side, spanning their interior space. This interior space is filled with a pozzolan mixture created from extracted mountain aggregate from the process of creating agricultural terraces and subterranean water reservoirs in District Terrace-Forma. Once cured, platform-supporting truss structures may be anchored into this pozzolan interior. Finally, areas which are not in direct or future contact with water may have some sheet piling removed, exposing the pozzolan interior. This pozzolan may be carved and sculpted to adapt to city needs, or express artistic desire.

Finishing

The large-scale monumental brick work of the ancient Roman Empire is used as a manner of finishing - with reference to the longevity and beauty of these ancient constructed works. In particular, opus reticulatum and opus barbaricum are applied as a finish to the top, and interior spaces within each landform profile. Opus reticulatum uses pyramidal stones angled at 45 degrees, while opus barbaricum utilizes pebbles and small aggregate to form distinct patterns on a finished face.1 If used in conjunction, these brickwork techniques could be revived and altered, providing ornament and craftsmanship to each distinct location on a Terramorphic Profile.

Opus Reticulatum

1- Roberto Marta, Tecnica Construttiva Romana: Roman Building Techniques . Rome: Kappa, 1986, 22.

Image Citation: Scott, Ian. Opus Reticulatum from Herod’s Palace at Jericho. Photograph. 2016.https://www.flickr.com/ photos/ian-w-scott/27287629236/in/photostream/ 11- Geosynthetica. Sikkim Slope. Photograph. 2013. https:// www.geosynthetica.com/wp-content/uploads/SikkimSlope_Full.png