Displaced People Week 1M

Jo Szczepanska Mark van der Gronden

Walga Rock, Cue, Western Australia

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Displaced People Within the theme of displaced people, imagine yourself in a certain scenario where you are displaces. Think of a more practical and not so loaded way of being displaced. For instance, being on a survival tour in the forest, trying to climb Mount Everest or just doing a 2 year study away from home. Describe the situation you are in as detailed as possible; temperature (day/night), wind, dangers, water and food supply.

Design something to make the situation more comfortable. This could be a toy for a child, a couch to rest on, or a lamp to give some light.

This assignment you will be working with aluminium sheets of 0.3mm thickness. They are used in the printing industry. Make use of specific qualities that this material has. Think of clever ways to make rigid 3d objects. Be-

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cause the material is so thin and easy to work with you start making model in it as well. That way you’ll get to know the material a bit. It is allowed to make use of other materials in addition to the aluminium. Make sure that the 0.3mm thick aluminium sheets are the most important to the design. Do not use it to cover up a wooden model for instance. With making material combinations, make sure it still makes sense to specifically use aluminium sheets with their qualities in your designs.

Don’t hesitate to spend a lot of time making some kind of press/tool/mould/ machine with which in the end you might be able to make multiple versions of your final design. Also don’t hesitate to spend a lot of time on making your sandwich material/building block/ raw material before starting to make your final object.

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Marble Bar is a small and isolated town located 1476 km north of Perth, which was officially gazetted in 1893 following the discovery of gold in the area in 1890. The name Marble Bar was derived from a nearby Jasper bar mistaken for Marble which ran across the bed of the Coongan River.

In 1891 the town boasted a population in excess of 5,000 which was very large given its remoteness; this boom was brought on by the discovery of gold around the town.

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By 1895 the town had its Government offices built; based on colonial styles and cut from local stone which are in great contrast to the natural backdrop.

Possibly the most famous building in the town is the Ironclad hotel built in the 1890s, constructed of by and large out of corrugated iron.

The locality of Marble Bar is often associated with mining, isolation and, heat. It is known as ‘the hottest town in Australia’ a fact which is still recorded by the Guinness Book of Records.

For 161 consecutive days to 20 April 1924 the temperature in the town never dropped below 100°F (37.8°C).

This record still stands after eighty five years. During all the time that records have been kept the temperature at the town has never dropped below 0°C.1

1 Marble Bar, http://www.smh.com.au/news/Western-Australia/ Marble-Bar/2005/02/17/1108500208281.html [accessed 30/08/2009]

Little Hartley, New South Wales

NEVERTHELESS, AS CORRUGATED IRON SUCCUMBS TO THE LAND, AS IT LOSSES ITS SHINE AND ITS RIDGES RUST, AS IT WEARS AND TEARS, AS ITS PAINT WEATHERS, PEELS AND BLISTERS UNDER THE SUN, A KIND OF RIGHTNESS ABOUT IT EMERGES. OVER TIME, AND RATHER QUIETLY, CORRUGATED IRON FINDS AND SETTLES INTO ITS PLACE.

In Australia corrugated iron has had a kind of elsewhereness attached to it and somehow it seems more so in those most distinctive of all Australian landscapes. Corrugated iron was, and by and large still is, the stuff that protects the farm machinery, that covers shearing sheds and haystacks, that mineheads are clad with, that sawmills are roofed with, that envelops warehouses and factories and whatever. In some ways its a kind of “elsewhere indicator.” Very frequently that which is under it either came from, or is destined for, somewhere else.1 1 Corrugater IRON Materiality and Placedness, Ray Norman 2003, http://www.corrugated-iron-club.info/norman/ Corrugated.Placedness.Text.html [accessed 30/09/2009]

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THE NUMBER 1 RABBIT PROOF FENCE BEGAN IN 1901. AND IS STILL THE LONGEST FENCE IN THE WORLD. IT STRETCHES 1834 KILOMETRES FROM THE SOUTH COAST TO THE NORTHWEST COAST, OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 12

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COOLGARDIE SAFE The Coolgardie Safe is a low-tech refrigeration unit which uses the heat transfer which occurs during evaporation of water. It was named after the place where it was invented — the small mining town of Coolgardie, Western Australia in the 1890s.

For the prospectors who had rushed here to find their fortune, the harsh desert climate created great challenges. One such challenge was to extend the life of their perishable foods — hence the invention of the Coolgardie safe.

The safe was invented in the late 1890s by Arthur Patrick McCormick, who used the same principle as explorers and travelers in the Outback used to cool their canvas water bags: when the canvas bag is wet the fibers expand and it holds water. Some water seeps out and evaporates, especially if it is in a breeze, and this keeps the stored water cool.

This technology in turn is commonly thought to have been adopted by explorer and scientist Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell, who had observed the way some Aborigines used kangaroo skins to carry water.

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scoring + folding Gave a range of nice forms. They were unfortunately quite shallow, and if twisted broke very easily.

But could be used for a lid or other aspect of a future product

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hammering Allowed me to create bowls, although my technique and the fact that the aluminuim I had access to was coated ( which prevented heating) mean you could only work the aluminum until it was work hardened.

I tried using a large diameter hammer, a small one, and a combination of the two with varied results, but all had the same conclusion, that I’m no metal smith.

The be result I got where with the small hammer at the start followed by the larger head one.

Although I could create a bowl of container it was in no way waterproof which would make the refrigeration a problem, especially if fueled by water evaporation.

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cooling vessels I created two small prototypes, one based on the Coolgardie Safe, and one which was a combination of a Zeer and the refrigeration Emily Cummins had come up with.

Both worked, but only marginally. the Coolgardie one worked better but that was because it has far more surface area to evaporate from.

Water supply was an issue as well.

Particularly in refilling, It was at this scale quite difficult and time consuming in the sand based one.

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darting Interesting but not in any way water tight, enough said.

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adding fabric This was an attempt to increase evaporation of the unit, making it cool better and faster.

Having metal would mean the liquid would heat faster, meaning it evaporated faster.

Unfortunately having the metal as the exterior also meant the water vapor had less surface area to expel from, slowing the process down the process.

Making it ineffective.

But maybe the concept of mixing the materials could be applied in another way.

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Twisting Twisting the metal was an interesting discovery I made when I was trying to replicate some corrugated iron with plyers.

When bending in a particulat way I was able to create bowls, although shallow, but withough any weak points. The material maintained its mechanical strength while making some pretty interesting forms.

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