PORTFOLIO OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES, APPROACHES AND MATERIALS
Student Name: Wenchan Fu Course Convenor: Dr Carlos Bartesaghi Koc Course Name: LAND7321 Landscape technology 2 Term 1, 2019
1 INTRODUCTION This portfolio is based on site analysis of Gosford and research of the responsive technology. The selected technologies would be implemented into the site to solve the specific issues, especially in Gosford City Centre. The portfolio meanly aims to provide some improvement based on existing technologies and use the combined technologies to solve existing problems. It will explore new ideas and functions according to research in responsive technologies. It will be a useful research method to generate design approaches to face the challenges even after many years. It is important to find some way to design for the future by combining known techniques with possible imagination. Then, visually presenting could make responsive technology moving forward.
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INTRODUCTION OF THE REPORT
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CONTENT
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SITE INTRODUCTION
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PROFILE
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CLIMATIC CONDITION
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TERRAIN AND CLIMATIC FEATURE
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SITE ISSUES
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KEY GOALS
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INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION
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INTRODUCTION OF REFERENCED TECHNOLOGY 1
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TECHNOLOGY1 IMPLEMENTATION ON THE SITE
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WORKFLOW OF 'SMART BUS' LOOP
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DETAILED ILLUSTRATION OF 'SMART BUS' LOOP TECHNOLOGY
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INTRODUCTION OF MAJOR REFERENCED TECHNOLOGY 2
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TECHNOLOGY2 IMPLEMENTATION ON THE SITE
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WORKFLOW OF 'MOVING BALLOON' INTERACTION INSTALLATION
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DETAILED ILLUSTRATION OF 'MOVING BALLOON' TECHNOLOGY
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CONCLUSION
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REFERENCES
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3 SITE INTRODUCTION 3.1 PROFILE LOCATION: NSW Australia COUNCIL: Central Coast SURBURB: West Gosford+Gosford+East Gosford POPULATION: 21,577 (Gosford City Centre)
Fig 1 Site condition analysis of Gosford City Centre
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3.2 CLIMATIC CONDITIONS max temp (°C)
mean rainfall (mm)
Temperature (°c)
min temp (°C)
Fig 2 Main rainfall and temperature diagram
GOSFORD CITY CENTRE WATERWAY GREEN OPEN SPACE MAIN ROADWAY STREET NETWORKS
0-5 km/h (10m)
5-10 km/h (10m)
10-15 km/h (10m)
15-20 km/h (10m)
Fig 3 Wind analysis diagram
Gosford has a pleasant temperature most of the time in a year. Due to It is near the coastal line, the weather of the coastal area is humid and cool, which is comfortable for living and travel. ●The rainfall is much heavy from March to June, and the mean rainfall could reach up to 145mm. ●The wind of the east Gosford is stronger than west Gosford, so the wind control is necessary in that zone.
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3 SITE INTRODUCTION 3.3 TERRAIN AND CLIMATIC FEATURE
Fig 4 Terrain of Gosford
MAJOR FLOOD ZONE
Fig 5 Flood map
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GOSFORD CITY CENTRE
HIGH SOLAR DURATION
MEDIUM SOLAR DURATION
LOW SOLAR DURATION
Fig 6 Relative solar duration map
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4 SITE ISSUES â—?ISSUE 1: High Car Dependency & Lack Public Transport Service RAILWAY LINE BUS ROUTE WALKABLE DISTANCE CYCLE TRACKS
Fig 7 Public transport map
Gosford City Fig 9 Travel method comparison diagram
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Fig 8 Current traffic & road conditions Photo resource: Central Coast Community News
Sydney Statistical Division
Gosford is an important centre of Central Coast. However, the traffic condition is not satisfactory and systematic. Due to the mountainous region of Gosford, car dependency is pretty high. Many roads usually over busy in the rush hour and holidays. From the bar chart, Gosford's car dependency even more than the Sydney area. The over depend on cars may cause a lot of issues like traffic congestion, road accidents and these cars discharge much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The air pollution and greenhouse effect will be more serious with the increasing of vehicles. As a result, the sustainable and eco-friendly public transport is necessary for Gosford city.
â—?ISSUE 2: Lack Social Interaction In Public Green Space RAILWAY LINE GREEN OPEN SPACE SOCIAL CENTRE SCOPE
Fig 10 Current green open spaces and social gathering service map
Fig 11 Current park usage and social interaction condition Photo taken by author
Social interaction is becoming significant in a modern society increasingly. Gosford is the primary centre which has more residents than other suburbs in Central Coast. Therefore, social interaction needs to be enhanced in the centre of Gosford by providing diverse and interesting social activities for citizens. There are several green open spaces located in the Gosford. The current condition of these parks is only for recreation. Not too many people would stay at parks for much time due to the insufficient park's infrastructure. There are just a few public seats on the site without any shade facilities. People have a short talk and sit for a while. As a result, developing the using potential of public green spaces - parks could increase the interaction among visitors. It not only can enhance social ties among residents but also could attract visitors from other areas to visit.
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5 KEY GOALS 'Bring Colourful Lifestyle Into Gosford'
'Smart Bus' Loop ●Improve Public Travel Service
GOSFORD
The primary goal of 'Smart Bus' Loop is creating a new bus route around the 'Gosford City Centre'. It will connect many communities to providing travel convenience for residents. Also, for environmental consideration, most technologies can generate energy from nature, which achieves environmental protection goal.
'Moving Balloon' Interaction Installation ●Facilitate Social Engagement In Public Green Space
'Moving Balloon' is a smart interaction installation, which aims to active ‘Gosford City Centre’ with many interesting social interactions. It also has many ecological functions related to weather condition. Fig 12
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LEGEND BUILDING FOOTPRINT BRISBANE WATER LAWN AREA (Propose Implement social 'moving balloon' installation) EXISTING TRANSPORT NETWORK PROPOSED 'SMART BUS' ROUTE NARARA CREEK GOSFORD CITY CENTRE CONTOUR
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6 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION 6.1 INTRODUCTION OF MAJOR REFERENCED TECHNOLOGY 1 INTRODUCTION Nowadays, the smart city technology has become a popular trend, it has developed new possibility for vehicles' connection and communication on the traffic road. These kinds of smart innovative technologies would open the driving way in the future. The technology of Smart Highway is interactive and sustainable roads system, Designer Daan Roosegaarde and Heijmans Infrastructure developed this kind of technology of sustainable, smart lights and signage with traffic roads.
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TYPE OF NAME
●Interactive Light
Fig 13 Fig 10-14 recource: PreScouter, 2019
TECHNOLOGY
● Glowing in the dark lines Dynamic paint
CHARACTER & FUNCTION
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●Electric charging
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● infrastructure ● Road printer ● 'Smart' inverter ● Interactive light ● Motion sensors ● Interactive highway wind lights ● Supply wireless ● Energy saving electricity to the ● Low maintenance vehicle ● Long-term lifespan ● High efficiency ● Generate green safety energy naturally ● Energy sharing
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●Solar panel roadway
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●Van Gogh Path
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● Integrated roads
● Photovoltaic
● Glowing in the dark
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technology High-resolution fiber optic sensors Wi-Fi sensors
● ● Smart electronics ● Traffic monitoring ● Modular, ● ● ●
upgradable, and removable Solid and costeffective Long-term lifespan Road and weather traffic management
techniques Polycrystalline thin film cells
lines Dynamic paint
● Generate enegergy
● Collect solar energy
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from solar power High energy performance and lifespan Composite material ensure durability and safety Directly installation
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during the day Light up in nighttime
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and safety Active and beautify the site by colorful lighting pavement
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6 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION 6.2 TECHNOLOGY1 IMPLEMENTATION ON THE SITE DESIGN INTENTION
LEGEND
Gosford can be seen as the core of 'Central Coast' due to it has the city centre of the site. Therefore, building 'city image' is important to 'Gosford City Centre'. In the current traffic condition, there are only one train station and a few bus routes. Many residents have to drive the car go and from home. After that, car dependency is pretty high which creates air pollutions and lead to traffic congestion.
ELECTRIC CHARGING LANE AT THE BUS STOP
SMART PAVEMENT WITH SOLAR PANEL
'SMART BUS' AROUND OF THE GOSFORD CITY
As a result, the 'Smart Bus' Loop is an eco-friendly public service route around the Gosford. It uses innovative technology such as 'interactive lights', 'smart pavement', 'electric charging lane' and 'glow in the dark path' to build the bus service system. It aims to offer a well-experienced travel service to both citizens and visitors by using green and sustainable energy which were generated from the natural environment in innovative technology.
VEGETATION BARRIER
VAN GOTH PATH WIND TURBINE
INTERACTIVE LIGHTS
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6 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION 6.3 WORKFLOW OF 'SMART BUS' LOOP 1. 'Smart bus' has a wireless signal that passengers can connect with their smartphone. They can check the arrival time, and book seat to have wellplanned travel experience.
TECHNOLOGY
wireless position system
Fig 19
2. The electric fast-charging lane would charge the bus when it stops at the platform. The charging rate could be so fast that meet the battery well work condition.
TECHNOLOGY
electric charging lane
Fig 20
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N 3. When bus approaches of the road, the lights will brighter as bus come closer. And the power was generated by the solar panel and wind turbines. Moreover, the smart pavement could send road and weather information for the bus.
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4. The 'Glow in the dark' technology would be used into the pedestrian path, and the path will light with colourful words, which compose to the stop station's name. It would improve the nighttime safety for both pedestrian and cyclists after they get off the bus, and guide them to go.
TECHNOLOGY
interactive light
smart pavement
wind power generation
wi-fi sensors
plants power generation
TECHNOLOGY
glow in the dark (Van Gogh path)
road printer
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6 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION 6.4 DETAILED ILLUSTRATION OF SMART BUS LOOP TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY ILLUSTRATION The mainly innovative technology in each part of the 'Smart Bus' Loop has many specific techniques to support the system working.
glow in the dark lane 2000mm
vegetation buffer
interactive light
This part will introduce different techniques of 'Smart pavement'; 'Electric charging lane'; 'Interactive lights'; and 'Van Gogh path'. The major high-tech materials and advantages will be discussed in each technology.
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Fig 23 Detail Section of Smart Bus Design Proposal (Scale 1: 50)
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'Smart Pavement':
The system of 'Smart Pavement' applies high-resolution fibre optic sensors which have been installed inside the pavement to receive bus positions in real time as well as the road's situation. Advantages: Easy to upgrade and remove; Solid, cost-effective and sustainable high-tech materials which have a longer lifespan and higher durability.
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interactive light
smart pavement
vegetation buffer
glow in the dark lane
1000mm
2000mm
Technique:
1 Patented Combined Access Port
3 Router
Initially used to left and position slab into place. Once positioned, void with interior connector accommodates a cylinder of sensors, processors, antennae and other technology to be installed, while remaining easily accessible for replacement or upgrade (PreScouter, 2019).
The routers connect to slab neighbours and send road information to Linear Data Centres alongside 'Smart Bus Road'.
Technique:
2 Digitizer Layer/Vehicle Detection Loop
4 Dowel And Conduit System
The layer of fibre optic strain mesh can be laminated to the slab's reinforcement. It is similar to the touch screen system, and it could identify tire positions rather than finger positions.
A serious of dowels connect the smart pavement by extending into adjacent conduits. It filled with grout through grout ports for the stable connection.
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6 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION 6.4 DETAILED ILLUSTRATION OF SMART BUS LOOP TECHNOLOGY ●Electric Charging Lanes: This system developed by ElectReon which called 'Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer'. This technology could provide a sustainable charging lane on the road. In the 'Smart Bus Loop' project, it would be used into 'bus stop point', which could be charging batteries when it is stopping, it would save a lot of money than build the charging lane along the whole road. Advantages: High efficiency and safey, w h i c h m o r e t h a n 8 0 % e ff i c i e n c y ; Sustainable energy sources for public transport; Environmental-friendly of public transport.
●Interactive Lights:
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The interactive lights work when the bus approaches of the road, then the motion sensor lights up the dark road. These lights will be brighter because the bus comes closer and they will slowly dim away owing to the vehicle passes. Advantages: The technology of these lights would save energy than the usual street lamp. It is a smart light which could be implemented into the bus lane. Also, all of these lights' power will be generated from solar, wind and plants, which is sustainable and eco-friendly.
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●Van Gogh Path
Van Gogh Path is a branch of the Smart Highway technology, which mainly consisted of Photoluminescent Phosphorous which create power from the sun. In the Smart Bus Loop project, theses photoluminescent phosphorous will be printed on the road with the monogram of bus stop's name. Advantages: This technology not only can ensure the travel safety of passengers who get off the bus but also provide a colourful night view of the city.
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1 Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer Lane
2 'Smart' Inverters
Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer has constructed a base on an induction coil infrastructure which would install under the layer surface of the road. This technology is safe for people in the vehicle, due to the operating mode of these devices is optimised.
The 'Smart' inverters could exchange the information with the bus in real time. It could generate energy and transmit to the bus through the lane. This technology would be installed at each bus stop point.
Technique:
1 Glowing Lights
2 Interactive Wind Lights
This design element is a kind of glow technology which besides the bus road. The lights are made by painting which includes photo-luminising powder. It can collect energy during the day. The green markings can glow for up to 8 hours each day.
Some wind turbines can generate energy from vehicles . As the bus passes by those wind turbines will generate energy from the wind of passing cars. Then, interactive lights will be lighted up of the roadway. This technology can work with the 'glowing lights', which would support the lights with sufficien t electricity.
1 Road Printer Technique:
A road printer is a machine which could print a variety of patterns on the road. It can make the photoluminescent phosphorous together to compose different image or words.
3 Plant-e Technology The living plants can generate energy for the interactive lights via photosynthesis. In this technology, the electrons could be harvested as electricity to support the interactive lights. It is a green approach to develop the energic potential of living plants.
2 Photoluminescent Phosphorous It was made from the material of strontium aluminate which absorbs photons and electromagnetic radiation. It will be like a shiny path when eyes are fully adjusted to the dark road. As a result, it would be pretty light in the midnight. The pedestrian and cyclists will feel safe on the path, and it also can guide them to move forward. Moreover, in the 'Smart Bus' Loop project, these phosphorous could form words of each bus stop's name, so the passenger can easily find self's location, which is helpful.
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6 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION 6.5 INTRODUCTION OF MAJOR REFERENCED TECHNOLOGY 2 INTRODUCTION 'MIMMI' is a high-tech macro-mood installation which has been installed on the plaza of Minneapolis, likes an emotional gateway to the modern city. This installation is a large, iconic inflatable sculpture suspended by a slender structure which installed into the public green space.
MIMMI, the Min
DAY/NIGHT LOOKS
It can bring citizens and visitors together under it. MIMMI uses both virtual and physical layers of the community by implementing responsive technology to see the city in a new angle. Visitors could send texts to MIMMI through local Twitter, then MIMMI will analyse this information in real-time and changing colours to reflect these text mood (positive are hot colours; contrary are cool colours). It also can create night lights show and regulate microclimate during the day. If the mood of the city is sad or negative, the residents could come together to cheers MIMMI up and help to change the behaviour of MIMMI.
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Fig 30 Fig 25-29 recource: www.urbaindrc.com/mimmi
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TECHNOLOGY
● Custom web apps ● Wifi-enabled LED bulbs
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CHARACTER & FUNCTION
● Attract visitors ● Regulate microclimate
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guage parsing of social media streams
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● Textual analysis system
ractive water misting system
gage communities
erial Recycling
● Enhance social cohesion ● Energy saving
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6 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION 6.6 TECHNOLOGY2 IMPLEMENTATION ON THE SITE DESIGN INTENTION The 'Moving Balloon' Interaction Installation referenced from the 'MIMMI' of Minneapolis, but add more design thinkings to improve the installation to be multi-functional. There are many ballons compose of a ballon line above the lawn, and it has many sensors to interact with visitors. The key design intention is to enhance social interaction among Gosford residents by offering an enjoyable green space. People will have a target destination and have communication with each other under the balloons, which would make the site more active and popular. As a result, the city image of Gosford will be built well, and residents will have the 'colourful' leisure place for recreation.
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Implementation site (Garnet Adcock Memorial Park)
Fig 34 The view of 'Moving Balloon' installation in Gosford
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6.7 WORKFLOW OF 'MOVING BALLOON' INTERACTION INSTALLATION 1.Only a few people under the 'Moving Balloon', the balloons may not come together for shading. They are ranged with some space, and the colour also not change a lot due to the site is not active enough.
TECHNOLOGY
internet interaction system
Fig 35
2. These balloons can be a safe place for shading rain, people need to come closer under balloons, and balloon could get the location of where people gathering. Then, the balloons would gather tightly to shelter people from the rain.
TECHNOLOGY
motion and weather sensor
water collection
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TECHNOLOGY
self inflate pump sensor
interactive water misting system Fig 37
4. With many residents come to the park after dinner, the balloon will be excited and colourful due to more and more people send a message and come together. The ballon also changes shifty colour with the background music for dancing people.
TECHNOLOGY
Wifi-enabled LED bulbs
Wifi-enabled sounder
Fig 38
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6 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION 6.8 DETAILED ILLUSTRATION OF 'MOVING BALLOON' TECHNOLOGY
5000 mm
steel structure
electric wire
10000 mm Fig 39 Section diagram of 'Moving Balloon'
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Stored helium
The 'Moving Balloon' system uses recycled helium to fill up the balloon. Helium enables the balloon to float, and the PVC Fabric limits the amounts of helium that escapes, and the gas discharge and fill are all can be recycled and automatically. Fig 40
Recycled from rain-proof Pvc fabric
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Self-inflate pump with charging helium
These balloons will be larger when more people come together and send messages for requiring more shade. Then, the self-inflate pump would fill more helium into the balloon to make more shade for people.
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Water meatus Sprayer
2 Rainwater recycling system Those balloons can collect rainwater into the middle meatus to transfer the water into the bottom of the balloon. The sensors could monitor the temperature-humidity of the ground, and if the soil is dry enough, the sprayer will sprinkle spray to cool down the lawn. People can also send texts to require cooling spray.
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3 Smart movement and interactive system
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Solar lights
Motion sensor
With more people come together under the installation, the motion sensor could push ballon moving, and they move together with various colours. Residents and visitors and send texts to 'Balloon', it can shift colours with the active level of the site. These sensors also have wifi-speakers to play music to facilitate people dancing.
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7 CONCLUSION KEY ASPECTS This report focuses on dealing with two main issues of Gosford, which about public traffic service and social interaction life. It analysis the current situation of the site and finding responsive technologies to solve problems.
RESEARCH FINDINGS There are many interesting techniques were used to the site, and imaging new ideas with making the combination of existing technology with other new techniques. This attempt will be useful for further exploring of potential technologies to solve unique issues.
TECHNICAL SOLUTION IMPLEMENTED The technological solution of those two projects mainly focuses on a sustainable and ecological approach to generate energy to support the system working. Most of the materials are recycled and eco-friendly. Therefore, further technology trend may focus on creating energy from the green and natural environment by high-tech materials. Also, humanised design factors are necessary for the modern city. Energy-saving, cost-effective and sustainable technical solution is the future trend which the landscape architect should focus.
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