“To design an installation/ pavilion to run adjacent to the energy station using biomimetic algorithmic approaches in contrast to the linear truss geometry of the transmission lines and station plant equipment”
RESIDENTIAL AREAS MERRI CREEK SITE BOUNDARY LOCATION OF THE PAVILION INDUSTRIAL AREA
POSITIVES
Near Merri Creek Near cycling path Surrounded by nature Next to several reserves and parks Near residences, schools and clubs Open to and used by many residents, students, cyclists and animals.
AFFECTING
NEGATIVES
Brunswick Terminal Station
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SITE ANALYSIS CERES COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT CENTER
RESIDENTIAL AREAS
MERRI CREEK
RESIDENTIAL AREAS MERRI CREEK
MERRI CREEK
SITE BOUNDARY LOCATION OF THE PAVILION INDUSTRIAL AREA
BRUNSWICK TERMINAL STATION
MAIN ROADS/ ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION
RELATIONSHIP TO THE SITE
CERES COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT CENTER
TO CERES
TO MERRI CREEK
TO MAIN ROAD
FIBONACCI SEQUENCE
OPENINGS IN PAVILION
PLAY OF LIGHT
CIRCULATION AROUND THE PAVILION
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DESIGN DEVELOPMENT CREATE SPIRAL/ FIBONACCI PATTERN
PROJECT PATTERN TO THE FINAL FORM
CREATE OPENINGS ON THE PAVILION
PRODUCE WEDGES FOR CONNECTION DETAILS
GRAPH MAPPER
KANGAROO
SCALE
INTERSECTION
SET BEZIER CURVE IN A CIRCULAR PLANE
CREATE THE CURVES TO BE FOLLOWED
EXTRACT CURVES FROM THE GEOMETRY
JOIN SURFACES AND SELECT INTERSECTING CURVES
DIVIDE CURVES INTO 31 POINTS
TURN POLYLINES OF PATTERN INTO MESH
FIND CENTROID OF CURVES AND DIVIDE INTO TRIANGLE SURFACES
FIND PERPENDICULAR PLANE OF THE CURVES
SELECT POINTS IN A true false true PATTERN
SET PARAMETERS FOR FORM FINDING ALGORITHMS IN KANGAROO
FIND AREA CENTROID OF EACH TRIANGLE AND SCALE ACCORDINGLY
CREATE CIRCULAR CURVES ON EACH PLANE
CREATE VORONOI PLANES WITHIN POINTS
TURN PATTERN INTO AN ELASTIC WEB WITH SPRINGFROMLINE
EXTRUDE CURVES ACCORDINGLY IN THE NEGATIVE Z-AXIS
SOLVE THE INTERSECTION OF JOINED SURFACES AND CIRCULAR CURVES
INFLATE PATTERN AND INCREASE VOLUME WITH PRESSURE
DESIGN ITERATIONS/ DEVELOPMENT
PRECEDENT - ICD/ITKE PAVILION 2011
DESIGN PROCESS
PATTERN
CURVES
KANGAROO
SCALING
EXTRUDE
WEDGES
SPLIT THE SURFACES INTO TWO PARTS
SET x,y,z AXES TO LIFT PATTERN WITH UNARYFORCE
FIX INFLATED PATTERN TO THE INITIAL CURVES MADE
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FABRICATION 1 1
2
2
3 4
3
4
5
5
6 6
7 7
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10
PLANAR JOINTS 5-WEDGES ON EACH INTERSECTION
10
TEMPLATE FOR LASER CUTTING
WEDGES
VERY RIGID TIME CONSUMING
MORE EFFICIENT LESS TIME NEEDED LESS MATERIAL USED
LASER CUT
REMOVE COMPONENTS
PLANAR JOINTS 2-WEDGES ON EACH INTERSECTION
NEEDS MORE JOINTS LACKS RIGIDITY TIME CONSUMING
UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO FABRICATE THE FINAL MODEL (1:20) • DETAILS ARE TOO SMALL • WEDGES NEED TO BE LARGER
CLIP JOINTS 1 ON EACH INTERSECTION
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FOLD ETCHED LINES AND GLUE WEDGES ON THEM
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DETAILS
SECTION
COMPONENTS
DETAIL OF WEDGE
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