BUILDING ON TRUST

from Bartlett MArch Architecture Part 2 Application

by Yunan.

ADDTIONAL WORKS

A Pavilion Project About Edinburgh Frindge Festival

THIS PROJECT STRIVES FOR CONNECTIVITY, INCLUSIVITY AND SUSTAINABILITY TO BUILD TRUST IN THE CITY. IT HAS INTRODUCED A NEW CRYPTO CURRENCY, NAMED GREENCOIN, TO REACH OUT TO MULTIPLE USERS. THE PROJECT UTILISES THE DIGITAL TWIN, A CONCEPT COMPRISED OF A DIGITAL NON-FUNGIBLE TOKEN (NFT) INTRINSICALLY LINKED TO A PHYSICAL ASSET. THE PHYSICAL MODULE IS VERSATILE ALLOWING FOR MULTIUSE PURPOSE AND A NEVER-ENDING CYCLE, SUSTAINABILITY IS THE KEY.

Documenting the systems that keep edinburgh functioning from water pipes to deliveroo. these are often systems that are hidden and occur “behind the scenes“ yet we still heavily rely on them. the reliability of systems create a network of trust in the city, when one fails the remaining systems will be questioned and city trust will be made fragile.

Exploring The Existing City System

GRATON PARK

Graton park lies on the outskirts of Edinburgh, it has very limited facilities which comprise of a dog park and benches which require very little maintenance in order to develop trust.

Recycling collection points - noticing a sparse collection in New Town

ATMs focused around the city centre - money flow and trade keeps the city functioning

There are three main water treatment plantations in Edinburgh - an unnoticed system despite it’s high demand

Water Treatmet Plantations

Leith walk connects the port with the city centre - the longest road in Edinburgh Automated Teller Machine

Recycling Points

Leith Walk

The initial task is to research smart contracts which is crucial for the crowdfunding of park maintenance. However, later we considered how smart contracts could be utilised to track and log public participation in city maintenance such as picking litter. This reduces council responsibility and relies on blockchain to reward the participator with crypto currency (named Greencoin) without a third party.

The project uses the smart contract to develop a decentralised application (DApp) to engage the public with a prominent park issue, litter. The public can participate by collecting litter and scanning the item via the DApp. The helper will be rewarded with Greencoin in return.

This collage shows how Edinburgh Fringe suffered huge repercussions from the pandemic. Subsequently, the Fringe was reconsidered and analysed increase its success for future years to come. The aim was to introduce more outside spaces in response to Covid-19 and safty. The structures involved in the Fringe were to be more sustainable.

Physical Model Test

To link the structure with physical NFTs, it tests several possibilities of modular, and finally picks the structural flexible trangles. The projecy aims to assemble these modular stuffs to build a pavilion where people can gather and interact.

Before the modules are delivered to George Square for the Fringe, they are delivered to buyers’ home first, so that at the bottom of this page, it explores a variety of uses for both the indoor dwelling and the outside assemblies of tables, benches, lamps and shelves.

Design Proposal

In order to response to the Fringe Festival’s new targets, the project selects the site, George Square which incorporates a large underused green space in addition to being surrounded by university buildings to invite more younger students in. And the multiuse modules answer to the Fringe’s aim to use more sustainable infrastructure.

The Construction Process Of The Pavilion

The diagram below shows the process of assembling the pavilion. People use the modular physical NFTs to form several scaffoldings at first, in order to help people climb and construct the highest part of the structure, which is used to hang the fabric canopy. After finishing the construction on a high level, people gradually divide these scaffoldings. Then, these modules are changed into seating or tables located at the centre of the pavilion, providing places for people to rest, communicate, and enjoy the performance on the stage.

Participants gain the instruction of assembling the pavilion from DApp, so that it could be built with minimal centralised intervention. This app will establish its location, degree and positioning via a geolocator that is embedded within the module.

To ensure the structure can be assembled without a centralised authority, the blocks themselves can be assembled into scaffolding to allow everyone to reach the required height. Blocks will move from scaffolding blocks being used for the tables and chairs on the ground. The DApp can withhold information on the next brick until safe scaffolding is in place.

In orfer to satisfy the principle of construction and let more light in to form a vivid space, this pavilion is composed of three kinds of modules with different thickness. The physical soap model below reflects how the light would act in the proposal in addition to the light-weight structure despite it producing a strong presence in the space. The string wrapped around the soap represents the framed modules which show the stability of the structure. 1CM Thick Modules