The Sun Shade Shelter
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References and Precedence
There are many presidencies of kinetic walls and installations, but out real inspiration was the sunflower and its ability, when it is only a bud, to track the sun across the sky for a full 180 degrees, called Heliotropism. The default position is facing east, so that is why our installation can be manipulated to face only only direction.
Positioning
Our installation aims to become an intervention within any urban or rural situation, the most important thing is, it creates a shadowed meeting space from those who use it.
Grasshopper Model
Morning
Midday
Evening
Model progressions in Grasshopper: We were attempting to produce the geometry of the complex design, without complicating the program and intensions we all had for the outcome.
Technical Detail
Model Stills Showing the tracking of the model with the movement of the sun
Plan
9 am
11 am
1 pm
1 pm
3 pm
5 pm
7 pm
Spring
Autumn
Summer
Winter