Wyndham Gateway Design
Model Diagrams
Process Model
Head
The head of the flower rises and wilts to distinguish between polluting and non polluting cars.
Alexandra Faure Christopher Krambias Grady Peterson
Stem The plastic tube stem of the flower expand and contracts with air pressure. An increase in air pressure will cause the flower to rise.
Precedents
Bend The weight of the head causes the Stem to bend when air pressure is reduced.
Motor vehicles contribute 51% of nitrogen oxide emissions and 44% of hydrocarbon emissions In doing this Wyndham gateway will become more than just a welcome into a Victorian city; it will become a controversial catalyst for environmental change.
Base The timber base of the installation maintains the shape of the form.
Pump
An air pump hidden in the base pumps different levels of air into the system.
Exploration
System Diagram
Following Kahns work in the over the last decade allows an understanding of why responsive architecture is so relevant to the current discourse of architecture. It is always relevent to benifiting the environment. Kahns work has developed from the Technorama facade and articulated the cloud which responded to wind for an aesthetic purpose to the more recent Firefly which illuminates the entire facade with the same power as a 75 watt light bulb
Site Model
We came across was Antanas Mockas, the 1995 Mayor of Bogata social experiment. He hired 420 mimes to make fun of traffic offenders because he believed Columbians were more afraid of being ridiculed than being fined. The project was enormously successful, our project will take inspiration from this approach and taylor it into the gateway design.
The plan view indicates the decision made to plant flowers on both ends of the highway to immerse motorists in the installation and making the intended environmental message more powerful.
No Vehicle
The flowers remain upright if there is no polluting vehicles passing
Low Polluting Vehicle
The flowers wilt slightly if a lightly polluting vehicle is passing
High Polluting Vehicle
Elevations
The flowers wilt heavily if there is a heavily polluting vehicle passing