Content Very beginning The movie What does “water“ mean?...........................................Abstract Study of water Start rolling in Modeling the parts Assembling the machine Spotting and scouting Reversing engineering Getting fuelled in Landing party Hoax of rain Explaining ship mechanics Exterior of RMIT class Landing aura effects.....................................................the end Funny thing Behind the scenes Biboography
“I draw, therefore I change” I was always fascinated by mythological storytelling, I think, therefore I struggle. I struggle about what am I doing on this planet, I struggle about who I truly am, I struggle about what I want to become. This is the reason I’m drown by science fiction, drown by drawings, drown by conceptualizing my imaginary world. Because science fiction make me gain better understanding of the world of reality. I can imagine what I want to become to understand who I am at present, drawings are my arms to help me reach that far. Why I draw? Because when I am drawing, I’m not focusing one the ink that my pen slide off, I’m laying my mind onto the paper and let that scenario happen, it’s different with writing, because when I write something, I automatically lock myself into that system, the system is opposite to drawing, the system I have to watch and focus on the words I just laid down instead of sensing all words at the same time, unless that won’t make sense if I am writing while not watching the word I am looking at. So with this special reason, with more drawings it makes that sense even stronger, the sense of visualizing things.
It’s a story of what we need to think of, about how much I know about who I am, therefore,what I am becoming.
Chapter 1 The opening The story begins in 1951, a ”gang” of architects were concerning a problem, the problem hadn’t been seen by most of public, and it hadn’t been spoken of since ever. So they decided to debate about it and hopefully could come out with agreement of solution. But the things didn’t go so well...
Chapter2 The pact After months of heating up, the discussion came to a conclusion, a conclusion which changes the world for ever. These bold and passionate architects decided to make a pact, which is the “outdoor space“ should be considered carefully and some architects would separate off from main stream architect group to deal with outdoor spaces equally. And...”We will call this new career landscape architecture” as I quote from the founder of the group , Thomas Mesh.
Chapter3 Losing control Since then, the energized young lad, landscape architecture had been booming beyond any words can describe it. Until now, the world population become ten times as 1950s, our city is covered by more and more concrete buildings, there’s almost no space for outdoor and landscape looks like losing a battle against over population. The implication here is “to make a change to survive.“
Chapter4 Planet “Dirt“ As the story carries on up until year 2030, things got ugly. Our planet have been polluted in every possible way, water source gets badly damaged by sand, soil, and heavy metal when it becomes rain. All these are contributed by urbanization, deforestation and of course over population. Our planet can be barely called living environment, the whole situation goes extremely bad. But in order to survive, we have to stick with the living way we chosen which is technology, so urbanization will go on, more and higher technology continues to be demanded for even more population. The pollution as after effect keeps being treated by technology with bring more environmental problems.
Chapter5 The Pay back We as a whole part of our own history, are getting consequences of what we have done before. Clean water are no longer easy to get, because the entire atmosphere is polluted so the rain which is used to be our main potable water source, is heavily stained. An the living environment is even worse, wind burn disaster, garbage rain disaster, the whole bunch of the words coming out indicates the situation getting worse and worse every day.
Chapter18 An unexpected landing. “Do our government still cover up UFOs? They may have been but they can’t since now!“ A CNN reporter screaming out, after the UFO crashing in Melbourne this morning. All news stations, every single one of journalist is all occupied on this news. Local residents all pumped onto crashing sight, the whole traffic was broken down, only those people who sighting this event earlier can get there before traffic down.
Chapter19 Horror and Chaos People who are lucky enough and close enough while the crashing happened witness everything, it is beyond words. “I don’t know these aliens, but I have to keep my kids away from seeing all these, it’s so sad and horrible. I saw a bright lighting fire ball cross through sky, and with a huge noise, it kind of released massive smaller vessels before its impact, and..” “I don’t think those are vessels, coz those look like their aspiration devices and med-pods staff, I meant if it is a vessel, why the hell these vessels crash as well after the mothership went down“ An other man breaking his line, and keep explaining what he saw differently. There are bodies everywhere, blood if I can say, coz it’s like sticky water, covers all over ground. And even more medpods still keep crashing. It’s like the worst aircraft crashing ever.
Chapter20 What side are we on? Government obviously hasn’t prepared for such sudden incident, and we don’t know why these aliens come back, since last time out of gas, but clearly they are in the war, if we help them, the war may be brought upon us, and even worse public do not even know these aliens since last time incident.
Chapter21 On the side of good things. President immediately made a speech as response to this crash just on that day noon. “We haven’t gathered enough information about what’s going on with that craft and the intelligence beings, but we will do what we can to rescue crews and prepare for further recovery, that’s all what I can say for the moment, thanks for the supportment.“ Thousands of fire brigade, ambulance, the big rescuing spread right after president speech.
Chapter22 Official contact. After months of rescuing, all injuries have been treated and settled pretty well, a star ambassador made a successful contact with the ship captain, I think they just made that up, we never had a star ambassador, lol. Anyway, official information about this contact hasn’t made so many details, but the most big news of that is they released part of their own history, and now you can check it on wikipedia, coz that’s so called official released confidential informations. So basically the information suggests that we are not alone in the universe, but behold, only humans in this universe is true, there’s no monsters worms evasion, the only monsters are ourselves. They are from future of us, but more successful ones, they conquered environment destructions, and stay sustained by water, in order to do that, they using technology genetically re-engineered in reptile into them selves and with proper dose of that , they can increase cell re-covery speed, delay aging, and highly rely on water, their blood, and aspiration, all of it which is good, become we all know even as present, water is clean energy source, we cant use all of it for ever. But the side effect is that they may appear reptile appearance some part, but still within control the dose of reptile gene, there wont be so much change.
Chapter23 Losing humanity But some of them got obsessed by the immortality, they over dosed the reptile gene into their gene chain, they become raging, evil and even more sextual and *** until they losing the last piece of humanity inside of them, they started invading among galaxies, they raping, conquering, and dominating. They become emotionless and only controlled by their obsession.
Chapter24 A war in future So some of them Chose to leave, the internal war broke out, it was devastating and dramatic, with cost of many lives, the last ship fired and smashed the enemy outpost, so the magnetic field won’t be effective to disturb their warp engines.
Chapter25 Recovery These alien last time visit left some high techo we can use, this time they crashed right into our house, it seems to be causal anyway. But one thing for sure, they probably have to hang on earth for quite a while.
Chapter26 A warning from future The story of alien is definitely emotional and strong, but what future would we choose is still an X, so maybe start thinking carefully, who we are and what we are going to be, wont be regretted would be fine.
Chapter27 Going home for the second time In one of the possible future, the aliens going home, no one can make decision for us to choose which path, we have to walk out our way, no matter what it is.
What does “water” mean?
A diagram of forming research question.
Title: Thirsty City Sub-Title: Landscape design for clean water scarcity. Research question: How can water systems be designed in order to improve both available clean water and quality of open space? Abstract: My passion is “Science fi ction� which is about how the present adapts to future scenario. Our living environment has been damaged by air pollution, deforestation, bush fi res and this points to a negative future. Water, the most important life depended element in this case, will become extremely precious. How to save our clean water will be a major problem and making adaptions for water systems to suit that situation is the focus of my research. I believe that making changes to water systems to use them to produce better quality water as substitution for potable water, would not put extra negative effect on open space but instead can contribute to the creation and improvement of open space. This research argues that the idea of water system adaptions can defi nitely effect open space but that these effects do not have to be negative or involve the complete separation of function. Indeed the adapted water systems can be co-operative with open space and even can create precious experiences. This research will also address RMIT campus to experiment and test the idea of using water system to improve both water and open space quality. It will focus on testing confi guration of adapted water systems and available space they create. In conclusion, making adaption for water systems is the tool to create space and experience, this research will discuss and demonstrate how to make space while water negotiates with people. Wen Sun
Study of water
Natural water cycle Water is most basic element in our life, and most important element for life sustaining. Rain, on the other hand, is our potable or indoor using water major source.
Surface water and ground water are differently considered, because ground water got more time for retention and filtering, but surface water needs further filtration.
The history of potable water in Melbourne The major catchment in Melbourne is mostly national park located in Yarra range, and it’s been closed to public for 100 years. Over 80% of drinking water in Melbourne is provided by this catchment. Melbourne ranked as 1 of top 5 best quality water providing city in the world.
Main source Rain falls are major water source in Melbourne.
Rainfalls location in Melbourne
Disinfection Even water after purification from treatment plants is still needed to be disinfected multiple times before distributed to retailers.
PH correction PH adjustment is also a very important step that can’t be skipped. Unless acidic water may damage the distribution pipes.
Protecting our health Fluoridation and PH correction can help protect our health.
Suspended solids Retention can help decrease suspended solids but it requires longer time during storing.
Open catchment In New Zealand, some places, 50% of major water income from open catchment . Open catchment require more treatment to the closed catchments, and the water quality is relatively lower than the other. Farmland is most often used as open catchment, and wetland is always with farmland as filtration to improve its performance.
With understanding differences between open and close catchments, how to deal with different situation and adjust them into a controllable way, it can help me improve water quality and decrease treatment time by shortening treatment chain.
Water distribution&catchment, and storage
Capacity total:1,812,175 million litre
1,068,000 million litre
286,900 million litre
Melbourne has ten major reservoirs to store water , and they are different in functions, size, and locations, furthermore, they are operated by different companies.
40,445 million litre
Capacity scale in percentage
37,580 million litre
200,579 million litre
30,266 million litre
96,253 million litre
26,839 million litre
22,179 million litre
3,123 million litre
Some reservoirs are open catchment, so they have to add more chains of treatment before they release water to their contractor.
Different reservoir got different problems, so they capture and store water differently.
Primary Treatment
East Treatment Plant,Filtration
Filtering the sewage water, black water.
Secondary Treatment
Sewage treatment, it is totally different and isolated with storm water treatment, the rain water requires much lesser treatment than sewage water, so they went to different treatment.
Trunk sewage
Eastern&Western treatment plants 30-40 days
Water’s functionality in recreational life&industry
What can water do, a diagram of water uses at present.
Draining storm water&storm water pollution
Start rolling in
Getting started. To understand water, I would love to conceptualize some scenarios which are the futures lacking of water. What if tomorrow, we wake up with not enough clean water? Can we survive ? or What changes may imply? Such fascinating topic to be spread up.
A future scenario of surviving in the desert.
A future scenarior completely lacking of any kinds of water
Thinking through making Making follies This follie is inspired by a space western drama “firefly“, by thinking through of the sci-fi firefly, I found it’s using very unique to combine past and future, to create an alternative present. So western drama meets science fiction, who’s going to take over and who’s going to make changes, is a very interesting question for me.
Taking over step by step while making changes step by step
Follie01, making change to survive during taking over.
More details of these follies. Building follies are very interesting, and understand them afterwards are also very challenging, but as motivation, the first gas to boost, follie plays very trick part.
Follie 02&03&04
Each follie tells me a different story, but all of them have one in common, which is tend to make dramatic changes during adaptations.
Drawing ro abstract among follies
Abstracting from follie From follies I have done, I found an interesting form triggered me. Those straws, the way they spread is the result of “forming by negotiation between gravity and the forces between them.� The way they weaved provided a concentrated spot for all straws coming through, and all straws separated to fight against, decrease the effect of gravity, in this case, it could be the resistance to water, make it slow down.
Precedent, Augmented landscape, from Smout Allen. The way it augments landscape is not using landscape as decoration between buildings, but by pushing landscapes to the rooftop, use architecture which is half underneath to boost it up.
Testing topography
Drafting of the way to arrange space
Top view
Canyon, the lowest point provide space for wetland and bio-swales in very last steps of filtration and also as alternative storage space.
Edge
Augmented landscapes
Modeling the parts
0.8 *Height
Swanston ST
Franklin ST B14 Height: 49,000mm
B12 Height: 56,000mm
B10 Height: 56,000mm
B08 Height: 47,000mm
A Beckett ST
B06 Height: 26,000mm
B04 Height: 24,600mm B28 Height: 19,300mm
B16 Height: 27,800mm
Little Latrobe ST
B02 Height: 25,000mm
B24 Height: 14,200mm
B22
Swanston ST
Bowen ST
Height: 16,800mm
Latrobe ST
1 *Height
ST Library
Main pipes
My site is RMIT city campus, Bowen ST. The reason why I chose this site is that RMIT has already some filtration system, and I believe it is a chance to test and learn.
RMIT Swonston ST facades elevation, without filtration machines.
4 *Height
4 *Height
4 *Height
0.8 *Height
0.8 *Height
Height: 18,000mm
Franklin ST B14 Height: 49,000mm
Swanston ST
Swanston ST
Franklin ST B14 Height: 49,000mm
B09
B09 Height: 18,000mm
B09 Height: 18,000mm
B12
B12
Height: 56,000mm
Height: 56,000mm
B07 B07
B10
Height: 23,000mm
Height: 56,000mm
B07
Height: 23,000mm
Height: 23,000mm
B10 Height: 56,000mm
B08
B08
Height: 47,000mm
Height: 47,000mm
B05
B05
B05 Height: 17,000mm
Height: 17,000mm
Height: 17,000mm
A Beckett ST
A Beckett ST
B06
B06
Height: 26,000mm
Height: 26,000mm
B03
B03
B03 Height: 18,200mm
Height: 18,200mm
Height: 18,200mm
B04
B04
Height: 24,600mm
Height: 24,600mm
B28
B28
Height: 19,300mm
Height: 19,300mm
B16
B16
Height: 27,800mm
Little Latrobe ST
Height: 27,800mm
Little Latrobe ST
B02
B02
Height: 25,000mm
Height: 25,000mm
B01
B01
B01 Height: 40,000mm
B24
Height: 40,000mm
B24
Height: 14,200mm
Height: 14,200mm
B22
Height: 16,800mm
Height: 16,800mm
Swanston ST
Swanston ST
Bowen ST
B22
Bowen ST
Height: 40,000mm
Latrobe ST
Latrobe ST
2 *Height
1 *Height
2 *Height
ST Library
High density where classrooms located
Site analysis, existing pipe works, drains, irrigation and major people active areas currently.
1 *Height
2 *Height
ST Library
Individual study areas and internal pipe works
Main drain works.
Treatment for different level of particles.
Wetland and shades preferred plants. The wetland actually is very compatible, it can connect any other treatment, and even with a pond, the only thing about using wetland is to make sure put it at the last step.
Rain garden and wet preferred plants The rain garden is considerably as a series of mini-treatment combined together, it is highly flexible and adaptive, because it’s friendly appearance and almost can be plug in any where.
Bio-swale Using ecologically diverse to protect water from pollution.
Porous paving Its a pavement that slows down surface water dramatically and filters it during deceleration.
Multiple configurations of paving
Filtering trenches Thefiltration trenches actually can’t take heavy jobs on filtering, so it’s more like a retention process rather than filtering process. It’s awalys been set to the very late steps of filtration.
Bio-trench is a very special retention system, it has ability to sediment as well as filtering.
Testing on the facade Roof top catchment is considerably close catchment comparing to ground catchment, so making this part more effective may significantly increase available water and decrease treatment duration. By adding more “veg-pods“ onto facade, the building itself can handle more water and become more effective as part of filtering machine.
Roof catchment and building functions Buildings are using facades to filter water after roof catches most of the rain, and eventually goes to storage for indoor uses.
Section elevations Building sections and facade filtration “veg-pod“ top view.
Looking through of “each veg-pod� Understanding of details(Veg-pods, facade filtration machine)
Assembling the landscape machine
With the idea of augmented landscape and the idea of landscape machine, to form my own machine must make sure these two ideas support each other in a way, or at least can co-exist. In order to do that, by pushing all open space to the top of the structure and expand it all over the rooftop, this may provide internal spaces and also forming up top panel as augmented landscape.
Area 06
Area 04 Area 05 Area 01 Area 03 Area 02
Area 01
A peek from Franklin ST
Natural water cycle
Top panel filtering, then water conveys to the middle of roof panel, it goes down to underneath level for further treatment.
The rain water will be collected on the roof top of each area, filter through, finally come to the middle bio-swale like image above. And penetrating down through mid bio-swale vertically.
Top filtration panel, blue spots for water gathering after they pass through greenish filters, and continuously goes down to the left image which is located underneath of top panel.
Section1 Red
Section2 Green
The buffering water tanks, they connected to the down side which is wetland foe the last step of filtration, and also connect to the left, (the image above) right to the pipes under the rooftop panel filter.
Section03 Blue
All areas would do the same by filtering water through top panel and recollect them on the underneath level by pipes, eventually conduct them all here, this very tank.
Section 2 Green
Section 1 Red
Section 1 Red
The cut through of wetland, Drak blue
Section 2 Green
Perspective The cut through of wetland, Dark blue The pipes on the right connected to the section 2 green in area one, that water tank is a major one for buffering and volume fluctuating.
Cut through middle, with human scale
Area 3 Master plan with configurations
Section cut through Look through back of the blue section
Section cut through
Area 4 master plan and section intention shows below
The intention of the rest of three areas, they are based on same testing of configurations.
The rest of the areas.
Spotting and scouting
Getting started, Precedents.
Seoul women’s university (Since 2004, by Dominique Perrault architecture.)
The structure which is known as institution’s campus centre can house classrooms, libraries and cafeteria for 20,000 students, as well as roof treating rain water at the same time. The structure fit all these interior functions in a small space by submerging much of it underground.
Serenity’s Conceptual layout (By Joss Whedon from “firefly TV series“)
The ship layout is from a sci-fi space western drama ”Firefly”, The “core” that heavily fascinates and triggers me is the way they conceptualize the internal space of the ship from horizontally to vertically in an absolutely isolated environment which here is the inside of the hull, the out side is the vacuum of outer space. This is the public space and living space for all of 5 crews, every day, they talking and laughing in dining room together during flighting, play ball games in cargo bay, pick up passengers upon different planets that they travelled by to make some cash, they even have an infirmary room for emergency purpose. All these spaces are placed, stacked and connected interestingly vertically, because out side of the hull during long journey there’s nothing but absolute silence, darkness. The ship is like their entire world and the idea of living in outdoors becomes very interesting to me.
About the site. Bowen ST. The testing on this stage is to test and extend the previous testing methods, Bowen ST is an avenue all the way through the campus block and it is the major public activity area for major buildings around campus. But for the moment, the entire area is more functioning as an avenue, it’s not so much working as public open spaces for all different student activities among different purposes, therefore, this makes it idea testing site.
Bowen at present.
An illustration of general location of RMIT and Bowen ST within it.
Inventing while applying. Previously testing from facade to the ground, the water has been studied to be conducted, stored and treated, eventually started very beginning of forming space yet. At this round, it will be focused on conceiving final water treatment as well as making spaces. Space and treatment, people and water, they could be brought together simply, they could be one serving to form the other, more likely, it could include all above.
Bowen and Buildings surrounding it (RMIT)
A portrait of concept of new Bowen (Based on previous water treatment study)
Improved Open spaces by the structure(Underneath spaces and rooftop space)
Ground
Constructed wetland
Previous testing of treating water while making space, with a constructed wetland as final stage of treatment.
Living in “the” spaceship Bringing the idea of augmenting water treatment structure to roof top, it can not only create improvement of roof green spaces, but also create a certain amount of underneath spaces for interior uses. This may visualize a chance that living in the landscape is possible because of water, and better thing is living in the landscape can improve water quality, therefore, save water in a way.
Filling in the “gas“ (space making and water treatment gesture)
A concept of building upon crash(from my sci-fi movie story boarding)
Elevated underneath spaces(Orange area)
A peek from the bottom of the wetland.
Previous strcture area
Topview
Treatment panel and plating(green zone)
Constructed wetland brought from previous study(Blue zone)
Section view
Concept of new extended structure
Treatment panel and plating(green zone)
Constructed wetland(Blue zone)
“Something underneath.� Making the interior spaces. To make interior space, I must understand what are these underneath spaces first. The interior spaces are actually driven and created by the rooftop treatment plating, so the negotiation of making interior actually is between the demands of amount of underneath spaces and the requirement of rooftop which are rooftop space improvement and water treatment plating(Filtration, distribution, storage).
Section view
Regular amount of space For less intensive purposes,Also the head of the entire structure, it may provide better detailed interior use.
Topview
Bridging area For entering, passing and security purposes.
Back bridging area For passing and entering purposes. Huge amount of space capable for intensive purposes
Huge but relatively more closed area for some outdoor activities but within interior space.
Interior space arrangement(Draft)
Conceptualizing of the RMIT spaceship. Thinking of fit the interior back to exterior. Either sailing on the sea or flying in the outer space, a ship is needed to provide isolated living environment to keep crew away from the environment they won’t be able to survive, in this case they are oceans and vacuum. Making isolation of internal space can provide exactly indoor demands as an enclosed living environment(part of the architecture and interior functions), therefore, it may make living in the landscape possible and proper-able. In order to do that, the concept addresses the lighting areas, the areas are covered with glass-plating, so they can retain water and capture light for interior at the same time.
Concept of “vessel of RMIT”.
Interaction between different level of spaces.
The water stashing areas in front of each interior component are also for natural lighting, which are provided by the glass under water-stashing point.
Stashing and Collecting
Major water-stashing point diagram on the ship.
Glass-plating+Grass-plating.
Water-stashing point collecting and filtering.
seating areas(Public space) taken over by flood.
Scenario of water-stashing and light harvesting.
Lighting while channelling The water collecting points are deployed on several spots on the rooftop, For the future reference, these water stashing point won’t take any charge s of filtration, so they may be extended to several glass-bottomed tunnels through the whole rooftop filtration vegetation plating, ultimately channelling water to stashing point as well as functioning as natural lighting.
General Interior spaces.
Entire interior underneath spaces within RMIT-class vessel and natural lighting areas with water stashing points.
Reversing engineering
A detailed illustration of Pod, a small transitting vessel for occupying onto different gravity environment.
Boarding the pods(a scenario of alien internal ship environment)
Making of the interiors. How to make interior space. The vessel idea brings interior space making, a way of looking at the all internal spaces as one whole, to divide an entire space, the abstract from story boarding suggests shifting interior ground level instead of making physical walls. Because when living in the ship, the outside of the ship is completely isolated, the ship is the home as well as open space, each of the crew together makes whole thing running, not without every single one of it. It’s about hanging and functioning together as a whole.
Illustration of UFO crews boarding into the pods to adjust gravity field from internal of the ship(Horizontal gravity) to earth atmosphere(Vertical gravity) In order to do space travel, the ship need an internal gravity field so the crew can act as normal and feel no difference to be on their own planet. The internal gravity of the UFO is lighter than earth gravity and most importantly, the direction of the gravity field is horizontal, this may make the ship fit more crews as well as pushing water fuel automatically to the polar pole of the ship which is the ship main engine.
Concept of Interior abstract The abstract of making internal space is “shifting the interior ground levels variously in order to divide a huge space into multiple functioning zones�.
Dividing Interiors. Based on the draft of interior space arrangement, the demands and requirements for each interior components start forming them distinguishably.
A diagram of Dividing the internal space.
Interior criteria. What defines an interior space, what is the space used for, what are the needs to be this space, a whole set of criteria is needed to be lay out.
A chart of interior criteria in details.
Testing the layout. Testing the layout of divided interior spaces is to adjust each of the interior component while fitting in internal pedestrian. The aim is to get a sense of what size can each component become and what does that mean to use of purpose in term of size for later on.
An illustration of divided interior spaces and internal pedestrian layout
A testing of divided interior layout Interacts with water.
Putting every pieces together
The entire underneath space is divided into 7 parts, each part will hold to their purposes and be formed differently by different demands, requirements and of course purposes.
A diagram of overall interior space arrangement.
What it look like?
Multiple levels
Venting machines
Sitting areas
Flat TV
Bar area
Multiple levels
Studio space(Captain’s quarter01)
Refreshing area.(Captain’s quarter02)
Natural lighting as well as roof top stashing point.
A test run of detailed interior master plan with lids off, includes captain’s quarter and bridging area Testing area 01, includes A.rooftop water stashing(natural lighting through glass, so part of interior as lighting) B.Major studio space for quiet drawing& writing practice. (Two levels) C.Refreshing area.(Couch, sofa, Flat screen TV for RMIT TV program, DVD scr, Video games, Dart, board games stocked in side board, bar area, side tables, sitting areas, individual seats, group seats, bathroom, an access to rooftop via stairwell and stairs,venting machines,an entrance to ground level, an access to wetland, a fold-able table into ground for special group event.) D.Bridging area.(Major entrance to ground level, access to wetland, corridor connection for cap quarter with the rest of the ship.)
Bridging area(major ground level entrance)
A detailed interior master plan of first two parts of 7.
Location of the testing area.
Standing inside. Perspective drawings01. With previous master plan, a test run of making it spacial.
Studio space(Captain’s quarter01) two levels.
Outside the ship
Glass for light harvesting and water stashing. stairs to rooftop
Inside level 02 Inside level 01
Perspective of Studio space with lids off (Captain’s quarter01) two levels. Referring to previous page of masterplan
Perspective drawings02.
Even in one divided space, slightly shifting internal ground levels can even be further more making distinguishing rooms. Slightly different levels in same room, slightly different activities. The bar area is higher then the couch area, and two sides of the couch area higher than the couch area for individual sitting.
Multiple levels
Wetland on the side
Outside of the ship Couch and sofa with TV
Multiple levels
Bathroom
Stair well to rooftop
BAr area
Refreshing area with lids off.(Captain’s quarter02)
Perspective drawings03.
Drafting perspective of the entrance from a different angle.
Rooftop area walking accessible.
The door of entrance.
Outside of the ship
First time filtering through roof top panels
Ground level entrance
Second time filtering through the side veg-belt and eventually go to wetland on the other side of the entrance through under ground.
Bridging area(major ground level entrance)
Getting fuelled in
Overall position of the location.
Topview
Section view
Location of the testing area.
Fuelling from building. From facade filtration onto hull(Ground) Collecting water from surrounding RMIT building rooftops can significant increase water income for filtration and storage, and very important to maintain wetland level. Also average of 50m building high is a long journey for water to travel if they got trapped and filtered. This test is trying to figure out a method for facade filtration and conduct the water back to the ship, ultimately flow back to wetland for further uses.
The ship
Previous testing area interior master plan, lids off.
Green areas are the filtration elevated from ground level recieve water from building facade.
Glass for natural lighting and water stashing
The rooftop of Refreshing area(Couch area)
The rooftop of bar area(internal level 2)
Side walk
Rooftop of entrance
The rooftop of studio space with two levels.
Same testing area with rooftop water systems on, lids on. A concept of rooftop water system with open spaces
Visualizing the concept of section.
Make it happen. conceptualizing facade filtration solution and distribution to ground level The roof water from RMIT buildings actually stream into two stems, one go through building structure, such like half opened facade, the other half go through the Veg-arm facade filtration onto Veg-pods which on the side of ground filtration plating. Good thing for this is to decrease and share pressure from 50m heightspeedy water may not get long enough filtered in either of the system.
The building facade are half opened allow water travel through, trape them and filter them as well as connecting indoor and out door environment.
Ground level along on the side of plating, there are veg-pods lined up for receiving water from facade and eventually conducting the water to the wetland through under ground.
Indoor activities of RMIT buildings
Blue zones show that how the water is being treated from rooftop to the ground, and getting joint by water from facade.
Building roof collecting
RMIT buildings
Facade filtration
The pods, conducting water to gathering point, then go under to the wetland
Plating of ship hull
A peek of facade filtration system,Veg-arm.
Section cut location.
Rooftop of plating filtration and creation of open space
Section cut of water cycling with rooftop on and facade filtration
Engineering of the Veg-pods.
Alien effects. Making of Veg-pods As part of the water treatment and a visual, tangible artefact, the Vegpods play an very interesting and essential part, its alienation effect also can help making space more sensible. Due to its amount, the water they handle and passing through them is also significant, all these make the pods existence robust.
Can we touch water in a different way?
Reverse-engineering
As part of artefact responding to the alien effects, water bench obtain the abilities that Veg-pods may not provide, seating and lying. (Vegpod only provides leaning as part of open space artefact as well as alien residue), but water bench can only trap water because it’s being part of light harvest for underneath level, nevertheless, a parade of water benches on the rooftop plating can significantly decrease the pressure for panel filtratering, furthermore, make more time for filtering.
Engineering water bench.
Configurations of water bench in parade.
Conceptualizing the bench.
Engineering water bench.
Landing party
Location of the constructed wetland
Roofwater collecting& filtration
All gassed up.
Facade filtration, plating panel filtration and stashing conducting water, the testing area water cycling and new Bowen topography make the ship fully fuelled.
Rooftop level stashing point
Concept of new Bowen topography
RMIT Buildings
Rooftop level stashing point
Rooftop level stashing point
Constructed wetland for storage and last step of filtration for further uses on ground level all water are being conducted to the edge of the area
Underground pipes Receiving water from rooftop plating, and Veg-pods
From edge area, the water slowly being released to the wetland through under ground piepes.
Concept of water collecting rearrangement
Hoax of rain
Faking the rain.
The rooftop of the ship can obtain water by stashing and storing it such like water bench, pods and topography while filtering, but what if it’s dry weather? There’s no rain, and is there only a certain answer that for those water which are already in the last stop of wetland? Can it get out somehow and as part of water process?
Spinner showering water back on site
Each spinner connected with water pipes and cover the whole testing site to sprey water back on site.
All water being drained by giantic pump in engine room
An illustration of how the system redistributes the water back on site during dry days Multiple times of filtration over and over by spreying water back for better quality of water
A portrait of water spreying back(for second round filtering)
With this idea, the water is no longer certainly passive in cycling process, with multiple rounds of whole site scale re-filtering, the water output quality is vastly various and flexible for different purposes.
Water flowing trend chart(before sprey back)
Redistribution system network covers the entire testing site(Pipes and spinners locations)
Commander centre. This part of building is designated to fit in a two levelled flat for study uses (better lighting and view)and be able to contain a gigantic pump which pumps water to its top,so it can provide major initial pushing power before water can free-flow through all the pipes after pumping.
Pumping in the centre
Elevated higher than ground level Dramatic view and better lighting for the centre
Water from pumping to redistributing back through commander cantre’s top
Explaining ship mechanics
Making the spaceship. Living in the landscape.
With previously prototyping interiors, and some testing of the rooftop filtration systems, last round is checking rooftop vegetation and topography, and after that the ship seems ready to land.
Extension area
Ship rooftop a
Topview of the area
Veg-concentration on side of the ship rooftop panels.(Driven by w
Water storage on the rooftop of the structure.
Veg-concentration on the ship roof panels. (Driven by water stora
area
water storage and water flow)
age and water flow)
Landing party. Visualizing ship mechanics “You are whom you think you are.“ “Perspective is everything.“ I believe time is only connection between me and the “me” that “I” will become, and understanding is the result of time. The way I look at things is determined by my understanding relatively to those objects, and what I see will dominate what I do, so all the sequences connect together, makes who I am. With time stacks, drawings help me reaching various levels of understanding, help me changing the way I look at them, and ultimately I become who I want to be. That’s pretty much what I learned from this research and that’s how dramatic Science-fiction influences me.
Master section part01 Master section part02
Master section part03
Section part01 Visualizing ship mechanics part01 For crews who enter this part would gain: studio space, sleeping pod seats, bar area, Flat screen, wireless, couch, sofa, video games, individual and group seats, isolated spaces, natural lighting zones, under water views and rooftop access. Rooftop deployed various of veg-concentration zones as well as providing possible open space for crews activities outside the ship. Crew can even gain access to rooftop via front glass. The extending area in front of the ship, create water barriers with rock-scape combined with vegetations as well as making open spaces before water enter the wetland which located on the port side of the ship(opposite to the starboard).
Section part02 Visualizing ship mechanics02 For crews who enter this part would gain: main entrance, corridor, sleeping pods, natural lighting areas,in door vegetations as part of rooftop filtration, natural lighting with multiple genes of vegetations, filtering walls, cafeteria, sofa, couch, individual and group seats, bar area, book shelf area, personal lockers,dancing pool, art work decorations, theatre capable for concert performance, and movie, plays, group seats in coffee areas. On the port side of the ship is wetland, all sleeping pods are located near it, this may provide natural and relatively comfortable environment for nap or even spending of the night. This part of rooftop also contains sand areas, it’s natural filtering barrier against fast flowing water as well as hold them within a certain amount, most interestingly, it creates open space differently, such like sand area for sitting and lying, the vegetation on the sand is mostly desert plants,cactus etc. This shifts the vegetation dramatically and making experience on rooftop even more fun.
Rooftop of this part experiences dramatic changing on topography, different levels may offer different views and various of vegetations and eventually make different open spaces, the higher part may even closer to the tree which grows on the ground level, taking benefits such like shading and moistening.The lower part gets natural noise barrier by topography, so some sleeping pods are set there for nap and sleeping.
Section part03 Visualizing ship mechanics03 For crews enter this part would gain: best view and natural lighting in ship from com-centre, study areas, individual and group seats, wetland pump, various vegetation under natural lighting, rock-scapes, basketball court and tennis court, watching platform, water tap for refreshing. The vegetation of rooftop includes larger scale of filtration solutions, so more pedestrians and more grass based space are made, some spots are for water osmosis while raining, but if there’s no rain, those spots can be for lying. This part of rooftop also contains the largest water-stashing point over the other two major stashing points. This major point can allow water go underneath for vertical filtration as well as making effect to interior space in terms of vegetation and rock barriers.
RMIT Class landing.
Long section of “living in the landscape“.
Exterior of RMIT class
Overall testing area with structure in(Location of the structure)
Working on the rooftop panels Separating the testing area into several zones may help me work in steps, so the next zone may gain more experience from previous testing and the last major area at last may test different combinations of filtering system to make space. With arranging water from top, gathering to the main tunnel, distributing to stashing area, and flowing off panels may inform the shape of the topography of each testing zone for further test.
Topview of the structure’s rooftop with different testing zones.
Rooftop overall view with stashing points.
main tunnel channeling water to stashing area
Stashing area
main tunnel and collecting water
Water free flow on rooftop of the structure driven by slope of the topography
Series of testing of conducting water
Relating top and underneath with water. This testing aims with water flows, the underneath space inform the shape of top panels. It demonstrated with water engaging the top panels are quite variously responsive to underneath spaces.
Top view of water flowing configurations related to the image on the right.
Section of different configuration for water flowing
Section of water flowing + water collecting tunnel& lighting+human activities
The underneath space can have absolute isolation by combining water tunnel on the roof top with natural lighting glass plating.
Testing around main water tunnel in sections through making of space and vegetation set, topography and lighting areas.
When it’s raining, the interior would be covered with water both literally and psychologically, raise the sight to the ceiling from inside, all glasseplating for lightings are under water, this make the isolation effective for crews from inside.
With being aware of testing sections may help inform back to master plan, The idea of testing water way on rooftop create opportunity for vegetations and human activities.
Natural lighting
Water collecting tunnel in section(various size) Vegetations
Human activities
Testing, the demands of open space interacting with water in human scale . Different configuration for different purposes.
The testing suggests that combine lighting zone and water collecting tunnels as one part to provide light and create absolute isolation by revealing water to underneath spaces is possible, lighting can be an element that manipulated by water, while interacting water with the spaces.
A water tunnel connected with an other on rooftop.
Sections of underneath space taking light from rooftop.
Sections of underneath vegetation taking light and water from room top.
Overall location of the testing area. (Rooftop structure of captain’s quarter)
Testing topography01
Rooftop of the ship(Exteriors) A test run on configeration of water streamings,filtration panels between them and open spaces it created.
When in and after raining, the only places appear water are these glass tunnels and stashing points which connected with these tunnels, the panels between these streaming tunnels are holding and filtering water but not appearing any visible water. Water stashing area receiving water from the stem which conAll the water tunnels are made nected with the rest of streams of glass, to harvest light at the same time. The empty spaces between them will be placed with filtration panels and open spaces for rooftop human activities.
Underneath iunteriors Access to ground level on the side
A topography model of major water tunnel stem connected with the rest of streams
Forming master plan(Captain’s quarter rooftop) The critical corner where stream conveys into stem.
The connecting corner of stem and the rest of the streams would be critical when water piled on.
The critical corner where stream conveys into stem. (With vegetation barriers on)
Because water ways are the lighting zones as well, the barriers also surround it .
Making spaces while complexing configuration of vegetation barriers and filtration belts
Filtration barriers with water in
Fully formed space without flood
Fully formed space with flood Concentrated treating areas with space making
Grass deceleration belt Concentrated vegetation belt
Testing topography02
Testing rooftop of captain’s quarter 02
Location where two stems joining together
Making space with water barriers and filtration panels on. parallel stems conveying into an other stem.(Without water barriers)
Grass decelerating belt
Concetrated treating area with space making.
Flooded When raining really rapid, the area may get flooded some facilities such like seats and vegetations may be submerged.
When in and after raining, the only places appear water are these glass tunnels and stashing points which connected with these tunnels, the panels between these streaming tunnels are holding and filtering water but not appearing any visible water.
The empty spaces between stems are water treatment areas and the open spaces they made
Topography of water stem joining together
Under neath spaces
Topography model of connecting multiple main stems.
A testing of stem configurations
The open space created by stems.
Partial master plan01 (Captain’s quarter’s rooftop area).
The green zones are landscape barriers for water treatment, blue zones are streams where water passing through all treatment barriers after, conveying, streaming slowly, at the mean time the rest of the area is created as public spaces by the landscape barriers and filtrations.
Port side of the ship(The opposite of starboard side) On the port side of the ship, there is a bluish zone representing constructed wetland, all streaming water are going through stashing point and eventually go into here.
Partial master plan of making space by interacting water and water treatment.
Testing area02
Overall location of the testing area, (Rooftop structure of bridging area)
This testing area is relatively smaller than previous one, so that provides possibilities for parallel water treatment panels putting through and making space. In larger areas, parallel set of barriers may not be able to cover better angle of water flows, therefore, there won’t be enough time for panels functioning as treatment.
Spaces made by parallel water treatment panels
Streams are located in parallel patterns.
When in and after raining, the only places appear water are these glass tunnels and stashing points which connected with these tunnels, the panels between these streaming tunnels are holding and filtering water but not appearing any visible water. Parallel filtration panels among them
Each of the stream tunnel is made of glass tolet the light through while streaming water.
Main stem on the side of the structure
Underneath spaces Access to ground level
The streams are deployed in parallel pattern, between parallel parts are where landscape barriers and water treatment fit, eventually, after passing through parallel panels, water is conveyed into side stem.
Topography model of parallel stems
Making of master plan(rooftop structure of main entrance and Bridging area)
Water gets stacked in the blue zones which represents where the parallel stems meet the parallel filtration panels. So the water there or before gets there, is needed to be decelerated and held for filtration.
Whole area gets flooded. When raining really rapid, the area may get flooded some facilities such like seats and vegetations may be submerged.
Water tunnels in parallel patterns(Without barriers)
The critical corner requires barriers to slow water down as while as filtering and holding it. Grass panel decelerating water speed.
With water(not flooded)
The critical corner with treatment barriers on and the open spaces which created by the barriers.
The water is on glass plating so it can let light through while streaming water.
The spaces which created by deploying water barriers and fully equipped with treatment solutions.
Partial master plan02 (Bridging area’s rooftop zone). The blue zones representing the way water collected, the green areas are concentrated treatment areas, they decelerating, holding and filtering water while making open space.
Partial master plan of making narrower space with parallel water treatment
Port side of the ship(The opposite of starboard side) On the port side of the ship, there is a bluish zone representing constructed wetland, all streaming water are going through stashing point and eventually go into here.
Testing 03
A general location of testing area in this round.(Rooftop of the rest of the ship)
Grass deceleration panels
Final round of testing is focused on combining all configurations of treatment from previous testing to make open space, meanwhile, create isolation for underneath interior by only revealing water in these glass tunnels with light passing right through.
Filtration panels
Under the water are glass plating meanwhile letting the light through. Main streaming tunnel
All bluish areas are covered and stocked with water which already filtered through the systems surround these tunnels. So the appearance from underneath interior will be completely covered with water and the light through it.
All water are conveyed into streaming tunnels and filtered through these combined previous testing barriers and treatment panels, at the same time, they are making space together.
Grass deceleration panels Holding areas(wet and foamy)
Seats with in filtration configuration Flooded areas Concentrated areas and the space for human activities. The master plan of this testing area in a combination of making space with water treatment
Port side of the ship(The opposite of s
Partial master plan03 (The rest of the ship’s rooftop zone).
starboard side)
Master plan of massive water tunnel come through the filtration panels, meanwhile, making open spaces.
The bluish zones are glass tunnels for water collecting and conducting. There are layers of water treatment set along with water tunnels to hold and filter it before it streams into these tunnels. On the port side of the ship, there is a bluish zone representing constructed wetland, all streaming water are going through stashing point and eventually go into here.
Landing Aura effects.
The landing aura. Testing the previous idea from the ship areas onto its extension areas(The surrounding areas of the ship structure, the other side of the wetland
Dividing the testing site into multiple zones. the water would be stored for retention and filtration in the blue areas on each part after filtered from the other side.
Elevation of decelerating water speed topography
Elevation of decelerating space arrangement
A study of tank armour absorbing forces and decelerating speed of gun shells by angling the platings in different ways. General locations of the extension area(Testing area)
Applying speed decelerating onto topography
Testing area01 of making pedestrian for testing zones with water treatment
Water streaming trends and topography models via different configurations
General locations of the extension area divided into different zones (Testing area01)
General locations of the extension area divided into different zones (Testing area02)
The topography not only allows ground level water free flow into the other side during retention, but also receive Building roof water through pods.
The first round testing of area01&02
Area2 topography model with water collecting edge(retention)
Topography01
Topography02
Topography03
Topography04
Testing space and water performance on the multiplied types of previous testing topography. The ship would be on this side of the wetland Testing on water retention and topography configuration with pedestrians
Constructed wetland
The long area of testing site(Area01&02)
RMIT Building roof water filtered through pods onto ground level. Topview of water streams.
Water after treatment stack on this side and getting ready for retention later on.
Walking pedestrian area during raining.
Topography model 01,02,03&04 in combination of various testing previously. A section of water stacking side when it’s flooded.
A section of water stacking side during regular rain days.
A section of the other side of the testing zone(pedestrian)
Testing area01&02 with vegetation, Veg-pods on
Topography01 with water flow
Elevation01 with veg-pods receiving water from roof and release water with ground free flow together onto topography01
Topography02 with water flow
Elevation02 with veg-pods receiving water from roof and release water with ground free flow together onto topography02
The topography not only allows ground level water free flow into the other side during ground filtration , but also receive Building roof water through pods.
Topography03 with water flow
Elevation03 with veg-pods receiving water from roof and release water with ground free flow together onto topography03
Topography04 with water flow
Elevation04 with veg-pods receiving water from roof and release water with ground free flow together onto topography04
Partial master plan04 of testing area The topography testing suggests a possibility of making pedestrian and water stacking work together and enhance both qualities in terms of filtration, retention and walking experience.
General locations of where testing area(03) are.
Second round of testing(area03)
Blue belt representing retention zone.
Vegetation combined with open space uses can provide concentrating treatment for water before it goes into retention zone.
Testing with vegetation, water systems and the open space on
Topography model with retention&stacking slot
Partial master plan05 of testing area On the upper side of this testing zone, it’s the wetland location, water will flow back to it underground after retention and filtration.
partial master plan04 of testing area
General locations of where testing area(04) are.
Third round of testing(Area04)
Topography model with retention&stacking slot
Constructed wetland
Concentrated treatment area with open space uses and vegetation to hold and filter water before it goes into retention spots.
Retention spots
The overall vibrating retention and filtration patterns can provide maximum coverage for water treatment. This method fits onto larger open area where needed to hold and retention water before it runs into wetland.
Open space area.
Partial master plan06 of testing area A top view for the testing area with retention belts and filtration belts stripe and weave together.
The main aim of this area testing is to simplifying a way for water collecting after retention and stacking. After layers of belt decelerating and filtering, water joins together in the main gutter.
Belt zone 01 Belt zone 02
Belt zone 0
Deceleration belts as filtration belts as well
Water retention zones Eventually water is filtered into main gutter. The main gutter conduct water from all retention and stocking point together and transport it into wetland which connected with it.
Belt zone 04
Belt zone 03 Belt zone 02
A top view of the testing area.
Belt zone 0
03 The vegetation configurations for stocking and retention for water at where two edges meet with slightly ground level shifting.
01
General location of the testing area.
Retention points
Retention points Filtration& deceleration belt 01 Filtration& deceleration belt 02 Wetland
Main gutter
Filtration& deceleration belt 03
Filtration& deceleration belt 02 Filtration& deceleration belt 01 Filtration& deceleration belt 03 Filtration& deceleration belt 02
Filtration& deceleration belt 01
Main gutter layers of filtration belts with retention points
Main gutter
Retention points
Filtration& deceleration belt 03
A concept of two ways of how main gutter and retention points work together as a chain by passing water through layers of water filtration belts.
General location of the testing area.
layers of filtration belts with retention points
Full Master plan assembled
Master plan of the whole site after series of testing individually.
A fun way to look at my research afterwards
Living with landscapes
Sub merging my house
A fun fact by playing and applying abstracted idea from my research onto regular housing projects.
House area
Flatted only one level
Yard
Vegetations,court yard.
Interior Spaces, inside of the house Open spaces,court yard
Water quality depends on the length of journey while collecting and filtering(very little stored in rain water tank most goes to drains) Three different levels all available to access Roof,ground and underneath.
Vegetations, massively nourished.
Open spaces,increase 2 times.
Interior Spaces extended 2times
Water quality depends on the length of journey while collecting and filtering(90% of water being treated properly and stored safely)
Behind the scenes,bloopers and making of the folio
Bloopers It’s been a fairly long and enjoyable journey to approach the project, how long, it may not be recorded by time, but by joys. 250 drawings. 100 markers involved, one and a half pack of A4 paper, pencil, fine liners which I cant exactly remember, all these remind me what a wonderful journey we made with such great people, what an experience!
Right, this was pretty much of what’s going on in my head before every thing begins, before this semester even. it was mess, but booming.
I have been trapped by myself for some while and can’t get out, but after wards I realize everything I have done is valuable for myself, for my research, because without failures, no one can see the right track clearly.
Bibliography 200 of science fiction movies collection
Thank you for walking through my folio.