MERRI CREEK PROJECT
FRASER MOY 641532
USERS
Cyclists Cyclists pass quickly through the site. Used as a thoroughfare. Cyclists don’t opt to dismount. electing to continue to CERES.
Students/Staff Used as an informal teaching space by the CERES staff educate students on Merri Creek ecology.
Pedestrians Predominating the site are various walkers whom are using the site as either a passage under the road bridge or following Merri Creek.
FEATURAL ANALYSIS
MOVEMENT ANALYSIS
SOUND ANALYSIS
Artificial
Natural
ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS
Artificial
Natural
TESSELLATION IS AN ASPECT OF DESIGN THAT HAS BEEN ABLE TO BE EXPLORED AND EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENTED INTO CONTEMPORARY PARAMETRIC DESIGN. TESSELLATION AT ITS PUREST FORM IS THE PANELLING, OR TILING, GEOMETRIES ACROSS A SINGLE SURFACE, WITH A SINGLE PANEL OF GEOMETRIES BEING REPLICATED ACROSS THE SURFACE.
TESSELLATION
GRASSHOPPER VECTOR DIAGRAM
LIST ITEM
MOVE
Selecting arcs in the list to allow for separate manipulation.
Moves base curves to avoid arc intersects.
CURVE
DIVIDE
EXPLODE TREE
Setting three base curves to initiate function.
Segments curves with equal points.
Breaking up divided curves into separate lines.
DISTANCE POINT Referenced point to manipulate geometry.
Determines the distance between two points.
SHIFT Shifting arc between differing points on opposite curves,
GEODESIC
EXTRUSION
Creation of arcs between base curves between defined points.
Extrudes curves or surfaces along a given vector (provides solidarity to curves).
DIVISION
MULTIPLY
Equation to divide the distance of the curve points to attractor point.
Enlarging the effect of the division.
35
POINT X-EXTRUSION
50 POINT
20 POINT
36 POINT
SHIFT 1 SHIFT 2
SHIFT 3
SHIFT 4
WAFFLE GRID
GRIDSHELL
PROTOTYPE 1: Shift 2 Ease of constructability. Maintenance of gridshell form. Minimal midth causes structure to be highly exposed to climatic conditions.
PROTOTYPE 2: Shift 1 Ease of constructability. Maintenance of gridshell form. Minimal midth causes structure to be highly exposed to climatic conditions. Single shift causes each individual arched segment to become disconnected.
PROTOTYPE 3: Shift 2 Highly technical design, through simplistic measures. Difference in extursions effects overall visual.
Stabiliser Bolt Primary Bolt
MATERIALITY
RUSTED S -
CERES a
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Rusted st
whilst being a v
view from close. - Onto this
shape and hold i
GALVANISED STEEL: -
Inspired from the materiality of the electricity pylon
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Stark materiality lost when in sculptural form.
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Highly durable and strong, ideal for the site locatio
TIMBER: -
A higly aesthetic material, adds a level of softness.
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Highly malleable.
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Snaps under stress, timber is not an ideal material in
terms of structural integrity.
STEEL:
advocates the reuse of materials.
teel can blend into the environment from afar,
visually interesting and dynamic material when
. it is it structurally durable and able to take the
itself in an arch.
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MODEL CONSTRUCTION 1. Unrolling the individual strips into two different arc groups (those onto and those below), and nesting for laser cutting.
2. Sanding back any burns and cross-referencing with digital model in readiness for physical fabrication.
3. Cutting the scored ends out of the laser cut sheet. I assembled them strip-by-strip along the base to ensure correct sequencial assembly.
4. I connected the base of the strips to the base plate with pins (to simulate bolts) whilst using glue to ensure pins have a firm hold (may simulate welding).
5. After completing one set of arcs (the lower arcs), I then went back and assembled the upper arcs to complete the form.
6. Tracing the contours for the base onto card to be cut out in stages to act as a template for each sequential contour level.
7. Gluing to contours together to form the base. The model itself (now complete) will sit onto this.
EASTERN ELEVATION
EASTERN SECTION
WESTERN ELEVATION
ELEVATION
SOUTHERN ELEVATION
SOUTHERN SECTION
NORTHERN ELEVATION
MOVEMENT PATHS
5m
1:200
25m
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