PURIFICATING STUDIO A . I . R
BRIDGE
In Merri Creek
Design Proposal & Site Context
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My design concept in reponse to the Merri Creek brief is to create a geometrical structure bridge which provide a visual pleasing and a function for people to cross the bridge and pass to the other side of the creek. My design intend to centralize people experience my parametric space near the most floating population area in the site.
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DESIGN SITE
My design is located accross the creek next to the St. Georges Road where has one of the large floating population in the site. It will become the most important factor that attract circulation movement to my design. The designed bridge will make a connection between the relaxing trail and the fluxional urban city. As the relaxing pathway of the site is constructed under the foundation of the St. Georges Road, hence the designed bridge will connect the pathway to the main city road accross the river. Base on that, the design provides users the opportunity to shuttle from the two completely different environments and atmostphere in a much more convenience way.
Final Design Details And Concept
The final design structure has been changed due to the criticises from the interim presentation, the two major improvments in the final design concept are the water purification idea and the curved surface structure instead of the sharpness edge and straight form which is destructing the freeform terrain of the site. Therefore, I was trying to create a serise of curved forms for my final design bridge.
However, this method for generating forms are very inefficiency and difficult to make a stronger connection to the site. Thus, I decided to design my bridge form in term of studying the terrain of the site. Design Site
To create a stronger connection with the Merri Creek site, I started looking at the genernal form of the creek. By capturing the area arround my choosen site, I decided to generate my new form of design base on the terrain of the site. Instead of a straight structural bridge, a curved form has been created which is more integrated and harmonized to the freeform site. However, the final form of the bridge does not completely imitate the shape of the creek, the two sides of the entrance has been rotated for suiting people's movement in the choosen site.
Form Generation Final design
Water Purificate system ideal design concept
2. The method for transferring the water from the creek is using an extruded pipe which is connected to the one of the entrance's pipe. The water thus can be pumped and transfers along the labeled pipe on the facade to the graden.
After the water has been purificated within the garden, the clean water will be flowblack to the creek in the form of a waterfall.
By creating the parametric brigde cross the river, the natural features has been blocked out with the surface. However, the connection between the users and natural environment in the site is one of the design concept I have mentioned before. Hence, my intention for designing the water purificate system was going to involve the natural element inside the bridge.
1. The water purifcate system is achieving by a longitypical garden inside the bridge along the pathway. The plants in the garden will purificate the water from the creek below the bridge. At the same, the users who is walking on the bridge are able to appreciate the green and natural element with the garden.
Water Purificate system Detail Function
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1. Pumping dirty water from below the bridge to the water purification garden. 2. Water will be transfered to the garden through the pipe on the facade of the bridge. 3. Plants such as Eichhornia crassipes will remove the heavy matels contained in the water and provide the function of water purificate. This step will consume a period of time, thus the system will not let out the water constantly. 4. After the water has been purificated successfully, the ports for the water let out will be opened and the cleaned water will flowback to the creek 5. Cleaned water flowback to the creek in the form of a waterfall which provide a visual enjoyment to the users in around the designing site.
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Perspective
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