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DESIGN NARRATIVE OCULUS is a room-sized artefact, that shapes a unique universe composed collectively by peoples’ minds that meet and coexist underneath it. Like a book, Oculus transports the visitor to a different world by immersing one within its envelope. Isolated from external stimuli, silent books’ projections provoke feelings, while setting a common ground to
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exchange views and ideas, or simply inspire your next reading choice.
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This transitional canopy sparks deeper connections with your thoughts and those of others. During public events, the canopy folds and allows more people to stand underneath it, creating a new meeting point or a PLANAR & COLLAPSIBLE
backdrop for the presentation of a new book, at the library’s entrance.
VISUAL ENCLOSURE
PRIVATE & ENCLOSED
ADAPTABILITY
PU BLIC & OPEN
CONSTRUCTION & ASSEMBLY Detail B
Hatch Fill
Detail C Detail A
1 | ARCH & FOUNDATION
2 | PLANAR ASSEMBLY & MOUNTING
3 | LIGHTING AND FIXTURES
Primary support structure
Panels assembled with hinges planar on the ground and mounted onto main structure
Lighting, projectors and motor to recline the pavilion will be mounted on the steel compression ring
4 | FABRIC ATTACHMENT Elastic fabric attached to the inside of the structure in parts
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Elastic Fabric 2mm Steel Cable 8 (w) x 2 (t)cm Plywood Angle Stopper Rubber gasket 100x40mm Butt Hinge 5mm dia Steel Rod
40x120mm Steel Rectangular Hollow Section Bolts 10mm Steel Plate
20x100mm Plywood Bolts 10mm Steel Plate
Plywood
Screw Tip Fabric Fastener
A | HINGE JOINTS
B | ARCH & COMPRESSION RING Team 2 | G e o rg i na G i as s i a, Ju n We n Lo o, Kwan-li n Wang , Rhe a Is hani
C | BASE CONNECTIONS