THE 10-SECOND EXPERIENCE
WESTERN GATEWAY DESIGN PROJECT A design proposal to create a Gateway into Wyndham for city bound traffic into Princes Freeway. The compelling proposed Gateway is highly eye-catching to those entering the urban precinct of the municipality and to those travelling along the freeway.
EOI
In the Expression of Interest stage, we as a group had developed 3 major ideas to form a design proposal. They are lighting (cut/diffused technique), cellular skin (voronoi/layering) and ecology (rooting system).
CHENG, YOKE YEE 345573 CHUNG, SZE MAN 538128 KWAN, WEI KUAN 524163
CONCEPT
Indication of distance travelled.
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DESIGN IDEAS VORONOI & LIGHTING The tunnel is made up of 2 layers of voronoi pattern, forming a structural skin. Using an interval of every 50m, an attractor point is applied while constructing the voronoi pattern. This results in a big contrast between the cell sizes. Extrusions - diffuse reflection and diffusers Since it is a dual layer design, larger cells are then extruded unevenly by joining the 2 layers, and these extrusions then become the main support for the whole structure. Besides, they provide spaces for diffuse reflection, as light will bounce within the volume, hence creating diffused lighting, a technique to allow penetration of diffused, scattered or unfocused light. More, coloured semi-transparent glass is used as diffusers to create scattered coloured lighting in the desired areas. Smaller cells are not extruded to provide ventilation and acts as a cut light technique. Cut technique is achieved through the pattern for light penetration. The scale of the gaps becomes a major issue in controlling the desired amount of light for penetration. By using voronoi pattern and applying different lighting techniques, the tunnel is now a 10 second experience (100km/hr), rather than a structure.