Wildlife shelter and evacuation system
Academic work,individual Supervisor: Dr. carlos bartesaghi koc Semester 2,2020
Site Analysis
Wildlife Distribution In this map, we can see that native vegetation area and reservations shares an overlapping area in Flinders Chase National Park. Due to growth of eucalyptus trees, bush fire will be out of control easily in some circumstance.Also, this area are wildlife habitats .It detected that kangaroos, koalas and dunnarts active in this area.So, I choose this place as my site.
watercourse line
high density low density
populatioin map
A.Vegetation area
vegetation area pipeline road
DEM model
native vegatations wildlife reserve
B.DEM model
kangaroo koala
Devastating wildfires in Australia have caused the deaths of more than 40,000 animals on Kangaroo Island, where animal groups are trying to save as many as they can. The government's Primary Industries and Regions agency said nearly 44,000 sheep, cattle, horses, and other domesticated animals died in the fires or were euthanized. About 30 wild animals -- including koalas, wallabies, opossums, monitor lizards, and birds -- arrive daily at the island's wildlife park for treatment, where veterinarians have established an emergency medical center. Unfortunately, SA and WA do not allow pets in evacuation centers (with the exception of assistance animals), meaning they must be housed outside or at a different location. Animal management plans in these states cite fairly vague "health and safety" reasons for the exclusion.
So, I would like to design a project to help wildlife survive in the bushfires. I will design a network to evacuate wildlife from bushfires and build a shelter in the center of the network.
Wind Rose Map
Bushfires Spread
Dunnart
Vegetation distribution Eucalyptus>41 years
Eucalyptus18~40 years Eucalyptus<17 years
According to those three maps, we can see the movements of bushfires. And the movements of bushfires were affected by the vegetation distribution and the wind direction.
Fire Movement
Road closure during the bushfire
Evacuation System
network
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fire map overlap
road closure map overlap
site
extracting the most important section of road form the overlap map,and then use this section of road to build evacuation network.
The site is located in the wildlife reserve. And I will use the selected road to connect this district. Also, some underground shelters will be built along this lifesaving road
Design Concept
Network system
My design concept is to generate a wildlife center from the organic shapes.Also, the whole construction need to correspond to the site.I want my structure has a feeling of forrest.Also, koalas can attach to these structures.
temporary underground shelter
surveillance camera send data
2m
send rescue team
small animals
1m
The first diagram shows the program of the wildlife center. When the bushfire happened, many wildlife will be burnt. So, they come to the center and find a shelter. Also, some plants such as aloe planted in the center will save their lives. The second diagram shows that the different sizes of wildlifes.Therefore,it necessary to build two types of shelters in wildlife center.
Master Plan
command room
Temporary shelters will be distributed along the evacuation route. When a bushfire spread out, small animals can quickly find the nearest shelter. Rescuers use a signal from the camera to find them and bring them back to the wildlife center. send wildlife to center
Detail
temporary underground shelter wildlife center
solar and wind energy
Wildlife
tourists
D
0
0.5m
B
Animals like the Wombats use these earthworks to dig holes. These burrows can be used by small animals during bushfires.
A
E
0
50
100m
A. wildlife shelter B. tourist center C. buffer area D.car park E. Evacuation Road
Aloe to treat burnt
water tank
water pipe
It shows that the roof will gather the rainwater and irrigate aloe. Then, doctors will use aloe to treat burnt animals.
Adobe brick for small animals Tree columns structure
plastic garbage
aloe
Underground shelter
Adobe brick for small animals
Digging trenches produces a lot of abandoned soil. Then we will pile the soil into earthworks and place them next to the shelter.
Solar pannel Roof
Kuka Robert
shelter
C
evacuation road
Large animals
water tanks
In this wildlife center,wildlife will attract tourists during the normal time. The tourist will produce many plaster garbage.Therefore,I can reuse these waste and garbage to 3D-print the structure of wildlife center.
Pond
Buffer area and roads
wildlife center
iteration
rendering
roof structure
roof
contour
support structure
extract curves and anchor point
convert mesh to spring
produce the roof structure
bird nest tree columns structure
underground shelter
set the boundary by draping roof structure
q u e l e a - p o ly m o r p h i c types (Particles/Agents)
growth of the support structure
Structural Optimizationby millipede
Adobe brick for small animals
underground shelter for big animals minimal surface
simplify the form
fit the form into the site
small animal shelter
underground shelter for human
set the boundary, food point, emitter and obstacles
ant colony algorithm
Bionics Design & algorithm
growth in the future
kangaroo
Generate the roof structure from GH(kangaroo )
bees Generate the inner structure for birds and bees from GH (weaver bird )
Koala Generate the columns from GH(quelea and Millipede)
wombats 0
roof space frame
Generate the underground structure for animals from GH (minimal surfaces )
5m
The shelter is a bionic design. The design of the big roof follows the jump of kangaroos and creates exciting places for them. They can jump and climb on the roofs. The structure of the column is generated by quelea and using Millipede to refine the structure. Koala can attach to those columns. The underground shelter were inspired by wombats' holes, which save small animals during the last bushfires. Finally, the mesh structure of the roof is built for birds. They can nest their homes.
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