1. FLOW SYSTEM LOGIC

is session explained the steps to nd a proper ow system which separate the form and matter and runs as a cycle.

Following gravity

To make matter keep owing through space, the owing is separated into two types: falling and delivering.

Inspired by the mining harvest system, the delivery sand normally gets transported to a higher level than falling into containers. By using gravity directly, the matter will directly fall through the architecture vessel.

Mechanical delivery

Spiral Conveyor is a machine which is able to deliver sand into either direction. is infrastructure then becomes the background system in later design to motivate matter owing through the space.

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Space emerge in the falling process

Based on the infrastructure, the architecture needs to become a vessel liked tunnel. e formal language should follow the big life cycle and then detailed by function.

e right diagram shows the basic mode of space in the falling process. Wall is double layered with the vacancy in between. Material can ow through. Based on this basic mode, di erent programs decide how to pause the ow. is could be sorted according to di erent time lengths.

Concrete waste sand

Re ect to people’s behavior

It is the trace of people’s activity. As people start to occupy the space for a longer time, around a few hours, the falling material will start to accumulate in the wall surrounding them. How people generate accumulation is to operate some furniture attached to the wall to stop falling.

e diagram on the le is a conceptual explanation of short term pauses.

Folding mode

Flipping mode

Re ect to function requirement

For certain event like exhibition or public gathering, the space needs to be more speci c and require more private enclosure. In this situation, the matter will pause for weeks or months to generate a certain atmosphere for the event. A er the event, the pause matter will return to owing again.

is is achieved by setting up a block surface at the bottom of the wall to stop the falling, and then pull it out a er the event.

Block panel insert

Matter pause and accumulate

Block panel remove

Biological help

Long-term pausing needs material could be naturally decomposed. erefore, the matter used for long-term use is no more construction waste like concrete sand. Agricultural waste and mycelium are combined as the matter to ow through. As time passes by, the space enclosure will change from interior to exterior. e program will change according to this.

Agricultural waste

Mycelium and bacteria

1 Year 2.5 Years 5 Years

To test how exactly the mycelium will decompose the agricultural waste, during the semester, by using a continuous experiment, the decomposition process becomes very clear. It takes four days for the mushroom to grow on co ee grounds and then three days to generate mycelium root. During the process, the co ee ground was consumed around 10% into water. en the decomposition stopped due to the limited space and nutrients.

Test 1 result fail to decompose

Test 1: cotton + moss + mycelium week1 - week4 Test 2 result decomposition started very quickly

Test 2: Co ee grounds + mycelium week6 - week7 Test 3 result generate moister and mycelium start to emerge

Test 3: continue test2 week8 - week14

e basic owing system logic is clear. e architecture will be a complex of three pausing types.