The Great Ocean Beast by Yingna Sun

Hope In Perturbanism: Future Of Great Ocean Beast

The Great Ocean Beast speculates the future of the GOR, where plastic waste and erosion have taken significant impacts on both the urban and the environment. The Beast promotes a dynamic and responsive system that are designed as agents of their own, taking one primary order: to survive.

Studio 05 Hope in Perturbanism: Future of Great Ocean [Road?] Tutor: Justyna Karakiewicz

Group 3 Jiaao Wayne Wong Shi Percy Pan Yingna Celina Sun

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Team Members

Shi Percy Pan span2@student.unimelb.edu.au

Yingna Celian Sun yingnas@student.unimelb.edu.au

Jiaao Wayne Wang jiaaow@student.unimelb.edu.au

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Complex Adaptive System

Inspirations

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Table of Contents

Concept Development

Part I: Manifesto

Part II & III: Data + How We Get There

Part IV: Sections That Reveal

Part V: Communicating the Strategy

Part VI: Final Project

Film Making Process

Bibliography

Complex Adaptive System A complex adaptive system is a system that is complex in that it is a dynamic network of interactions, but the behavior of the ensemble may not be predictable according to the behavior of the components.

conservation

passive reorganisation

capital

active

growth

release

connectedness

weak

strong

Cycle of Adaptive Change.

expansion

passive simulation

connectedness

active

structure weak

destruction

connectedness

strong

Cycle of Adaptive Change [Architecture].

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Panarchy across scales of space and time.

slow

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The concept of panarchy provides a framework that characterizes complex systems of people and nature as dynamically organized and structured within and

environment

reaction time urban structure

noosphere

fast

Panarchy

Early Stage Concept Development

Blade Runner2049, 2017.

And blood-black nothingness began to spin, a sytem of cells interlinked within, cells interlinked within, cells interlinked, within one stem. And dreadfully distinct against the dark, a tall white fountain played. —— Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire

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Lebbeus Woods Fluid Space

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iceburges, free-floating structures on the surface of the sea, 1991.

aeroliving labs, heavier-than-air structures in the air, 1991.

The surface space of this planet is filled with fluids—air and water—which we humans have adapted to by both natural and technological means. We not only live within veritable oceans of these fluids, with their ebbs and flows, their flux and interactions, but have become entirely dependent upon them. Their lighter density relative to that of our own bodies, allows us to move about with relative ease. We can walk, ride, fly, float, swim, sail, and dive, for the most part safely and increasingly with speed, even while the fluids themselves continuously swirl around us according to their own necessity. Architecture, traditionally, is the anti-fluid, or rather it is a primary form of resistance to the flux and flow of air and water, creating fixed points in their turbulence. In a similar way, architecture has always aimed at providing a refuge—‘shelter from the storm’— from a sea of changes continuously occurring in the intertwined human and natural worlds.

peter cook, plug-in city, max pressure area, 1964.

Archigram Plug-in City & Walking City

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ron herron, walking city on the ocean, 1966.

Neri Oxman Fiberbots

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fiberbots, multi-agent fiber composite digital fabrication system, 2016.

Fiberbot is a digital fabrication platform fusing cooperative robotic manufacturing with abilities to generate highly sophisticated material architectures. The platform can enable design and digital fabrication of large-scale structures with high spatial resolution leveraging mobile fabrication nodes, or robotic “agents” designed to tune the material make-up of the structure being constructed on the fly as informed by their environment. Some of nature’s most successful organisms collaborate in a swarm fashion. Nature’s builders leverage hierarchical structures in order to control and optimize multiple material properties. Spiders, for instance, spin protein fibers to weave silk webs with tunable local and global material properties, adjusting their material composition and fiber placement to create strong yet flexible structures optimized to capture prey. Other organisms, such as bees, ants and termites cooperate to rapidly build structures much larger than themselves.

strandbeest, kinetic structure of beach animals, 2007.

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strandbeest, kinetic structure of beach animals, 2007.

Theo Jansen Strandbeest Constructed from plastic PVC tubing, zip ties, and string, strandbeests are the ultimate in humble down-home DIY. But they come to life with animal grace the second they begin to move: Wings flap. Tubular muscles extend. Knobby knees flex. Feet lift. Wind is gulped and stored for energy

paris spatiale, floating dwelling in space frame over Seine, 1959.

Yona Friedman Architecture of Trial and Error

“Architecture for people proposes a variant of the original ‘Ville Spatial.’ It is based on a structure easy to modify, a structure not necessarily raised over the ground level, keeping that option open if wanted. ” paris spatiale, floating dwelling in space frame over Seine, 1959.

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diagrams of field conditions, 1996.

Stan Ellen Field Conditions “All grids are fields, but not all fields are grids. One of the potentials of the field is to redefine the relation between figure and ground. If we think of the figure not as a demarcated object read against a stable field, but as an effect emerging from the field itself – as moments of intensity, as peaks or valley within a continuous field – than it might be possible to imagine figure and field as more closely allied. (…)”

Part 1 Manifesto

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[Beasts] become independent moving cities that at times form a greater city on the ocean.

re-purposed to be the monument of the past

nature is relived and freed from tourism

fabrication revolution, [Fluid] structure is invented

Beasts start to form city on the sea

eroded and unused

jobs move on to the sea

competition causes technology development (drone, elevator, modulaer housing)

more Beasts deployed

roads and artefacts are abandoned

job loss in local towns

factories benefit from producing pre-fabricated modules

boom in tourists

The Great Ocean [Beasts]

Beasts Prototypes

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Concept Drawings.

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The ‘Road’ is a double edge sword, a word that itself ‘reflects a culture in which human activities dominate’. On one hand, the road brings opportunities and urban developments, on the other hand, it acts as a barrier that separates urban and nature into two distinguished systems, despite it being constantly eroded by the ocean. A form of perturbation, a disturbance is required to bring a new life to the stale system of ‘road’, the new system needs to be resilient to emergence such as pandemic, it should welcome both locals and tourists equally, provoke innovations and adapt to environmental changes.

Beast Formation

PLAN

ELEVATION

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Prefabricated modular system. Reconfiguring fluid structure. Moving city system above the sea. Nomadic lifestyle.

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The year is 2053, the sea is rising and the coastline is fading. Population is growing and roads are expanding. Tourism that had once brought prosperity to the local towns, is now bringing critical destruction to the environment and its species. The Great Ocean Road is outdated, and it urgently requires new design methodologies that aim not to resist, but to adapt. The Great Ocean Road is a memorial to the past, built by soldiers returned from WWI, unsurprisingly, it had quickly been recognized as one of the most renowned tourist routes in the world. The ‘road’ itself is reckoned as the GOR’s greatest attraction, despite providing tourists with barely any supporting infrastructures. Two thirds of the trips to GOR are identified as one day trips, dominated by time spent driving on the road, along with some quick walk near the shore. The global pandemic may have dealt a heavy blow to the tourism industry, but only temporarily, people have quickly realized their desires for nature and it does not take long for the GOR to boom once again.

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Manifesto.

The year is 2043, The Great Ocean Road has turned into a monster. The once beautiful beaches and shores are now packed with plastic waste and what’s left of the abandoned ocean road. The local government in response to rising sea levels and erosions, has built elevated floors of roads to accommodate increasing numbers of cars. Mountains of plastic waste replace fields and farms, flying stripes of elevated roads devour the sun, leaving no animal nor plants to grow underneath. The Great Ocean Road that once stood for prosperity and scenery, is now left with nothing but human’s ugly traces. The ‘Road’ is a double edge sword, a word that itself ‘reflects a culture in which human activities dominate’. On one hand, the road brings opportunities and urban developments, on the other hand, it acts as a barrier that separates urban and nature into two distinguished systems, despite it being constantly eroded by the ocean. A form of perturbation, a disturbance is required to bring a new life to the stale system of ‘road’, the new system needs to be resilient to emergence such as pandemic, it should welcome both locals and tourists equally, provoke innovations and adapt to environmental changes. The year is 2053, the first Great Ocean Beast module is deployed near the Apollo Bay area. The project is funded by the government, aims to provoke sustainable resources and a nomadic lifestyle in response to the constant erosion and growing local & tourist population. The floating structure is constructed using recycled materials that are collected by both the locals and tourists in exchange for a small amount of reward, these plastic materials are then heated and reformed into the body of each unit. The module is tied to the shore at first and visitors can reach it by boat. However, as the ‘beast’ quickly gains its exposure internationally, more and more modules are built near the first one, each tied to one another. The Beast in the year 2063 consists of a large group of floating modules, these modules are interconnected, each serving different functions such as shops/bathrooms/lookout towers. Their structures are interwoven into one another each time a new module is introduced using advanced 3d print technologies. The modules now form a stable structure and have integrated into a small island that people can simply access by crossing bridges. The year is 2083, It does not take long for the Beast to evolve into something else as the shore keeps fading. These little modules have formed a volume so massive that the land can no longer withhold it, it starts to drift nomadically. The Great Ocean Beast is now truly a drifting city, it has all the basic infrastructures required for survival, and is constantly reconfiguring itself into something else responding to the environmental changes. The Beast now inhabits both locals and tourists, where they would interact and innovate, as the beast recursively walks near the coastline of the Great Ocean. The Great Ocean Beast would constantly collect not only its own waste, but also collect waste on the land through drones. The resources are then recycled and 3d printed into new modules, forming part of the new body. In 2093, the Beast would give birth to its first ‘baby’, a smaller beast constructed the same way that of its parent, using recycled materials. The land now flourishes with natural view, and the Beast would regularly take both local and international tourists directly through drones. They have become mysterious Beasts that stand as cities of their own.

The Great Ocean [Road?] is both an architectural and an urban project that investigates the chained consequences that human actions can bring to our world. By understanding how those actions may subsequently alter social perceptions, we can build more resilient and innovative systems. The Great Ocean Beast therefore promotes a new form of life, one that lives in harmony with all lives while constantly reacting and adapting to environmental changes. The Beasts are nomads, they wander freely on both land and sea, each customized to serve different purposes such as housing and generating energies. The Beasts also share collective intelligence, aggregate and disperse upon critical events by executing simple orders.

Part 2&3 Data + How We Get There

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The Great Ocean Road

Apollo Bay Under Erosion Photo By Peter Fillmore

Data collected by CSIRO (The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) in Australia show the current global sea level rise trend to be 3.2 mm per year a doubling of the rate during the 20th century

Sea level must plan for a rise up to 1.3 metres by 2100 and 2–4 metre rise by 2200 In the case all islands of an island nation become uninhabitable or completely submerged by the sea the states themselves would also become dissolved.

Ocean Garbage Patch Photo By Scott Snowden

Ocean Debris Photo By NOAA

MicroPlastics Photo By Stephen Woolverten

On average, Australians use 130 kg of plastic per person each year Australia generated an estimated 3.5 million tonnes of plastics every year

Fewer than 180,000 tonnes (18%) are recovered through recycling 710,000 tonnes (71%) go to landfill 110,000 tonnes (11%) leak directly into the environment much of which ends up in the ocean.

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Plastic Waste On Shore Photo By Roger Harrabin

Plastic Eaten by Animals Photo By Chris Jordan

Within the few decades that humans have discovered the convience of plastic, the ecosystem of the ocean is quickly brought to the edge of ruin. The issues that of the Great Ocean Road cannot and should not be cosnidered locally, but globally.

The plastic waste is a planetary crisis. and The Great Ocean Beast could be the first trigger to alter our perception.

Apollo Bay

Marengo

The Great Ocean Road

Sea Level Contour

Submerged Great Ocean Road Sea Level Contour

Apollo Bay

Marengo

The Great Ocean Road

Submerged Great Ocean Road

Sea Level Contour

Residential Building

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Erosion

White Waste

On average, Australians use 130 kg of plastic per person each year Australia generated an estimated 3.5 million tonnes of plastics every year

Fewer than 180,000 tonnes (18%) are recovered through recycling 710,000 tonnes (71%) go to landfill 110,000 tonnes (11%) leak directly into the environment much of which ends up in the ocean.

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Hotel and Restaurant

Institution

Recycled Plastic Flow

The Number of Beast distributed per day The Number of Beast distributed per day The Total Amount of Recycled plastic per day The Total Amount of Recycled plastic per day

Institution

High

Frequency of Visit by Beast

Low

Recycled Plastic Amount

Vertical Structure

Horizontal Structure

Plastic will be collected and used to

Horinzontal members extends from the

build up the beast structure along the

cliff and form a stablized structure with

coastline.

the vertical nests.

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Growth

Resilient System

The structure of Great Ocean Beast

The Beasts are eventually recognized as

keep expanding.

a new form of life. They are able to survive in nature, in harmony with humans and responsive to environments.

Storyboard - How We Get There?

In 2053, plastic waste & erosion become the two main threats for the Great Ocean Road region.

The Large amount of plastic-waste start to affect people’s daily life. 38

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The first disturbance happens. The beast institution has been established, in order to teach locals how to turn plastic waste into 3D print filliment, and eventually use them to create modules that are useful for the community.

The first beast is created and deployed, it searchs and collects litters autonomously. Then print them into useful parts.

More people start to realise the potential of beasts, the innovation start to boom. Various forms of beasts are created by different local designers. The Apollo bay is now a center of beast innovation. 39

Beast Prototype

BODY

BONES

LEGS

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Greater Mobility

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Beast Innovation - Standarized Design

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The Great Ocean Beast speculates the future of the GOR, where plastic waste and erosion have taken significant impacts on the both the urban and the environments. The Beast promotes a dynamic and responsive system that are designed as agents of their own, taking one primary order: to survive.

Part 4 Sections That Reveal

Beasts Sections

0 1

Scavenger

Swimmer

Climber

Beasts Perspectives

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Elevation

Cross Section

Longitudinal Section

Piezoelectric Movement into Energy

Compression

Normal

Extension

Torsion

Plastic Bubble

Structure Details

Platic Bone Detail

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Section: Nest

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Section: Growth

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Part 5 Communicating the Strategy

Reproduction & Construction

Stage 1. The Great Plastic Rush (First Disturbance) The Beasts collect plastic, and use them to re-print more parts of the Beast. The Beasts construct not only themselves, but also the ‘nest’ in which they would inhabit in.

Plastic Waste Beast Trail Coastline 2020 Coastline 2053

Nest

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Stage 2. Vertical Nest

Energy re-Generation

through piezoelectric movement, which is then used to charge the Beasts.

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Tidal force produces energy

Stage 3. Horizontal Platform

Platforming Horinzontal members extends from the cliff and form a stablized structure with the vertical nests. The platforms also provide oportunities for activities.

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Stage 4. Growth

Resilient System

recognized as a new form of life. They are able to survive in nature as a system, in harmony with humans and responsive to environments.

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The Beasts are eventually

City Transformation

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The Great Ocean Road is crying in tears of plastic. Growing local population and rising tourism has tipped the balance between human and environment. Brought along with the prosperity in the economy are tremendous amounts of plastic waste that are left wandering in the wind and sea, only to be fed to careless animals. The Great Ocean Beast represents a new form of life, acting as the mediator between human and nature. The Beasts are collectively intelligent, collecting plastics from both land and sea while recycling these collections into their own inhabitants, cleaning the environment and thriving on doing so.

Part 6 Final Project

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Beast: Kit of Parts

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First Perturbation: The Plastic Rush

Reproduction & Construction

The Beasts collect plastic, and use them to re-print more parts of the Beast. The Beasts construct not only themselves, but also the ‘nest’ in which they would inhabit in.

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Nest Building: Strategy

2. Horizontal Platform

3. Growth

Energy re-Generation

Platforming

Resilient System

Tidal force produces energy through piezoelec-

Horinzontal members extends from the cliff

The Beasts are eventually recognized as a new

tric movement, which is then used to charge

and form a stablized structure with the vertical

form of life. They are able to survive in na-

the Beasts.

nests. The platforms also provide opportuni-

ture as a system, in harmony with humans and

ties for activities.

responsive to environments.

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Beast: Scavenger

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Plastic Bone Detail

Elastic Skin

Conducting Wire

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Piezoelectric Movement into Energy

The nest, while working as beasts’ shelter, also represents a network of energy. The network gains energy from nature without preserving the energy for its own good, instead the energy is absorbed by the beasts who are currently resting.

Compression

Normal

Extension

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Network Of Energy

Torsion

Beast Wander Simulation

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Nest Formation

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Nesting Building: Logic

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net system

recycled plastic canvas

plastic rods and joints

plastic bones

Perspective Section: Details

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Spacial Experience

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Section: Connection Detail

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Section: Nest

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Section: Coast Stablization

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Film Storyboard

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Film Making Process

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Bibliography.

Blade Runner 2049(2017), Film, Villeneuve, Denis, Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling, and Ana de Armas. Karakiewicz, J, 2020, “Purturbanism in Future Cities” AD article, PDF available from Justyna Louisiana Channel, 2017, Yona Friedman: architecture of trial and error, viewed March 2021, < https://vimeo.com/230572062> Lebbeus Woods, 2009, Fluid Space, viewed 20th March 2021, < https://lebbeuswoods.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/fluid-space/> MIT Media Lab, 2020, Fiberbots: Design of a multi-agent, fiber composite digital fabrication system, viewed March 2021, < https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/fiberbots/overview/> Theo Janson, 2021, Strandbeest, viewed March 2021, < https://www.strandbeest.com> Stan Allen, 1985, Field Conditions in Points +Lines, 1985 Vladimir Nabokov, 1962, Pale Fire, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, United States

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Special Thanks:

Justyna Karakiewicz Onur Tumturk Linus Tan Siavash Malek

Master of Architecture CDE Design Studios Design Studio 05 Hope in Perturbanism: Future of Great Ocean [Road?]