A VEILED BALLAD T R A C E Y
M D I T
D E S I G N I N G
R E S P O N S I V E
N G U Y E N
&
A D A P T I V E
E N V I R O N M E N T S
2 0 1 4
FOREST NATURAL WINDBREAKER
CLOSED at 0 DEGREE
STRUCTURAL SKELETON
OPEN at 90 DEGREES
PRECEDENTS DYNAMIC INTERACTION
RESPONSIVE TO INTERIOR PROGRAMS
THE BREATHING SHELTER Rhina Portillo & Matthias Urschler
LIGHT & SHADOWS
HYGROSCOPE Achim Menges & Steffen Reicher
CLOSE-UPS
DYNAMIC INTERACTION
RESPONSIVE TO MOISTURE
PROTOTYPING
. EXPLORING THE FORM THROUGH GROWTH & LAYERING . INTERACTING WITH BOTH THE ENVIRONMENT & SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR . LETS IN SUNLIGHT & SHELTER US FROM THE RAIN . ADAPT TO THE AMOUNT OF USERS
growth & layers
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS . USE 3D OBJECTS INSTEAD OF FLAT 2D OBJECTS ON EACH NODES . MOTION OF GROWTH IS LOCAL NOT AS A WHOLE
. INSTEAD OF LAYERING, FILL IN THE SPACES INBETWEEN STRIPS TO HELP WITH INSULATION . FOAM THAT CAN EXPAND AND CONTRACT SEAMLESSLY - FILLS THE SPACES . COVER THE SPACES WITH PLASTIC TO CREATE POCKETS OF AIR. SUCKS IN AIR WHEN EXPANDING & LETS AIR OUT WHEN CONTRACTING
group work PRACHI LAI . HUANGHE SUN . TRACEY NGUYEN
CONCEPTS SWITCHING LI’S TWISTING STRIPS This concept is about opening up the space and controlling the views, according to the amount of occupants of the space, and it’s program.
EXPLORATION
THE TOP & BOTTOM EDGES ARE TOO FRAGILE TO HAVE TOO MUCH STRESS PULLING ON IT HOWEVER, BY HOLD THE TOP AND BOTTOM IN PLACE THIS ALLOWS THE STRIPS NOT TO SLIPT YET STILL LETTING THEM MOVE FREELY WHEN THEY ARE RELEASED
FINAL EXPLORATION
THROUGH EXPLORING THE SHAPES OF THE STRIPS AND IT’S POTENTIALS WE DECIDED TO MAKE THE ENVIRONMENTAL ELEMENT OF HEAT & LIGHT SECONDARY DRIVERS. THE ELEMENT OF WIND BECAME OUR MAIN FOCUS, AS WELL AS EXPANDING IT’S APPLICATION TOWARDS SHELTERS FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT OUR CONCEPT WAS TAKEN FROM THE IDEA OF THE FOREST AS A NATURAL WINDBREAKER. THIS LEAD OUR RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS IT’S PROPERT IN POROSITY
BUS STOP
BUILDING NATURAL WINDBREAKER
FOREST 30 mph wind velocity
Turbulance wind
Height of tallest tree =X
15mph 10mph reduced velocity
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
porosity THE IDEAL PERCENTAGE OF POROSITY OF A SURFACE IS 20-30%. THIS RANGE OF POROSITY WILL REDUCE THE WIND SIGNIFICANTLY WITHOUT LETTING TOO MUCH THROUGH. THE NEED FOR POROSITY IS TO REDUCE THE WIND TURBULANCE WHEN IT FLOWS BACK IN FROM THE EDGES & CORNERS.
20%
30% CONDENSED POROSITY
SOLID WALL
APPLIED POROSITY
20%
APPLIED POROSITY
SPACED WALL
30%
CONTROLLING SCREENS’ ANGLE OF MOVEMENT ACCORDING TO THE BEAUFORT NUMBER (0-9) 0-5 INDICATE CALM TO FRESH BREEZE & 6-9 INDICATE STRONG BREEZE TO STRONG GALE WITH THIS KNOWLEDGE WE HAVE DECIDED TO OPEN THE SCREENS ONLY WHEN THE BEAUFORT NUMBER FALLS UNDER 5 (REFER TO REPORT FOR TABLE) OVERLAPPING
SIDE VIEWS
6-9
0 DEGREE
5
3
4
45 DEGREES
2
TOP VIEWS 1 0
BEAUFORT NUMBER
90 DEGREES
FRONT VIEWS
RHINO3D + GH
FOR A REAL TIME SIMULATION REPLACE THE “ANGLE OF ROTATION’ COMPONENT WITH AN ARDUINO INPUT
WIND SENSOR ARDUINO & SERVO MOTOR
WIND
SERVO MOTOR CONNECTED TO ROTATE
HIGHER VELOCITY = CLOSE UP LOWER VELOCITY = ROTATES TO OPEN
PIN HINGE
PIN HINGE
MOVEMENT WIND SENSOR NO VERTICLE STRUCTURE TO OBSTRUCT MOVEMENT
CORD CONNECTED TO PC & ARDUINO FEEDBACK LOOP ARDUINO
SERVO MOTOR
FEEDBACK LOOP
PC
CALCULATED SPACING TO AVOID THE DOUBLE SCREEN TOUCHING WHEN BENDING IS IN MOTION
MOVEMENT
30mm X 30mm MODEL with ARDUINO
MODELS + ARDUINO
WIND TUNNEL USED TO TEST THE DIFFERENT SHAPES PRODUCED USING THE MATRIX
STRIPS THICKNESS VS. ANGLE OF ROTATION 1:3 MODEL MIRRORED MOVEMENT
1:3 MODEL VARYING MOVEMENT
MODELS + WIND TUNNEL
EXPERIMENTING WITH DIFFERENT PATTERNS ON THE SCREENS ALLOWED US TO FIND THE IDEAL DESIGN AESTHETICALLY & STRUCTURALLY . THE THINNER STRIPS WERE A BIT TOO FLIMSY . ZIGZAG/ SQUIGGLE LINES POSE A PROBLEM AT EACH BEND DUE TO LACK F TENSION . THE NON-PARALLEL LINES WERE A BIT TOO RIGID AND DID NOT FLOW AS WELL AS THE PARALLEL LINES
SKELETON
SCREEN
PVC CURTAINS
STAINLESSS STEEL
TRANSLUCENCE
INDUSTRIAL LOOK BLEND IN WITH THE URBAN CNTEXT
NOT TOO CLEAR TO EVOKE FORM & MOVEMENT NOT TOO OPAQUE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY & TO PLAY WITH THE CONCEPT OF LAYERING
MATERIALS
STRONG HOLD AGAINST WIND & MOVING STRUCTURE
FLEXIBLE CHANGE THE FORM TO LET LIGHT BREEZES IN
NON-ELASTIC WORKS IN TENSION TO BLOCK WIND
DURABLE FOR OUTDOOR & PUBLIC USE EASY TO MAINTAIN
MOON LIGHT
SUN LIGHT
TOP TURNING CLOCK WISE
TOP TURNING ANTI-CLOCK WISE
2 STRIPS ROTATING AS ONE . THE BOTTOM IS STATIC . ROTATES FROM THE TOP
INDIVIDUAL STRIPS MOTION . ODD NUMBERS ROTATES FROM THE BOTTOM & STATIC ON THE TOP . EVEN NUMBERS ROTATES FROM THE TOP & STATIC ON THE BOTTOM
INDIVIDUAL EXPLORATION