OPERATION RESTORATION

ECO-CITY INITIATIVE

Our project takes place in Manhattan in the 2071, which has become decayed physically & socially because of climate change, exploitation & abandonment. The anomalies within our context story are advanced androids, people living in outer space in communal spaceships & space pods, & the existence of a virtual void space. The city became more decayed than expected because of corporations exploiting androids to produce more space pods. The development of the space pods & spaceships was for those who wanted to leave earth because of climate change, but since that was only accessible to those who could afford it the rest of people in the city were left with abandoned spaces. Our problem is a dying city, and our solution is a research facility that solving the climate issues while proactively physically healing the earth. The research space exists within a regulated biosphere-like structure that’s separates the occupants from the decay. The primary goal of the research offices is to study the existing environment around them and find solutions to restore and improve it, and also learn how to recreate nature environments anywhere in case another future need for it arises.

We located this site in Central Park to begin in a spot surrounded by nature and then encourage healing to spread from a place of nature to the rest of the city.

Software: Unreal Engine & Rhino

Group Project: Andrew, Ruth & Tanishka

The primary programs of the facility include 3 main offices under the research division for climate control, water sanitation, & agriculture, which all come with a lab and the pod unit. Then there’s the educational division which includes a library, classrooms, and offices. Then a housing building for the employees. The employees of this facility includes humans and androids, who work there to provide a more efficient approach to the research. The solar powered androids have charging stations as their place of rest, one outside and one in the residential building. The existing void space is being used, in addition to just a vast space that can be enjoyed, as a testing site for the recreation of nature environments. And the initial concept of space pods is also being used for research. They’re attached to the research building and can detach to travel to other sites for collecting data.

Connecting the buildings we have the bionic ecosystem, which is actively restoring the surroundings. It’s an ecosystem in that it’s a contained system with its own nature and bionic in that it’s functions are enhanced by a device, in our case an energy barrier. The central exterior sphere generates solar energy that powers some of the building & charges the rings around the space. The rings emit a cleansing energy that’s restoring the harm done to the vegetation from climate change and filtering the air. Ideally in the future if everything is successful, we want to encourage people who left earth to come back and decide to use all the prevalent technologies to improve the city. If the building ever physically expanded the rings could also expand and then spread further out throughout the city to heal more land.

WATER LAB

INDOOR - OUTDOOR SPACE

ANDROID RECHARGE

LIBRARY

REST AREA

COMMUNAL FOYER

The Duluth Middle School is an inspired design form from the the Place Based Education Model that focuses on impacting communities and increasing student-teacher engagement while incorporating an open plan design with multiple courtyard spaces for the users to get equipped with the surroundings.

The design for the building is based off a central core that not only acts as a place for the entry but also, a space for socializing and bringing everyone together as a community. As Journeying into the space, the school divides itself into components of the given spaces such as the gymnasium, cafeteria, classrooms,auditorium and the library. Thus, the creation of these courtyard spaces act as a transitional space for the users to feel independant and connected within the surrounding while also being engaged to the form of the building.