This model was a further investigation into the digital production techniques I identified. Conceived as an experiment with tessalation, this evolved into a folding excercise. The model is a combination of the sites of underground historic interest in bristol and that of present day point of interest.
This diagram rearranges the elements of my programme under four major groups (Education, production, presentation and research) , and looks at the relationships that each element requires.
This diagram is an attempt to understand the connections necessary between different programmatic elements of the institute. The circulation can be broken down in respect to different users, something that I’m currently working upon. There is a dispersal of breakout and studio spaces throughout the programme to bind the spaces together and encourage collaboration.
This was a detailed study into the dimensions of the local roads that would restrict the movement of anything produced within the facilty. The result being that I now know it’s possible to deliver an ISO container on a artic lorry to the site. Therefore component construction would be limited to this size (unless I propose an additional facility elsewhere in the city with enhanced transport links) although any building component can generally be unassembled for transportation.
This map communicates the relationship between the past secret underground caves/storage/mines of Bristol and the present day vistas and points of interest. I am using it to try to get an understanding of the layering of the history of the site, coming from a rich Industrial past and trying to identify the requirements of future Bristol.
For the examination into circulation of processes that I am proposing on site, I have also done a study into the different routes that users will follow through Bristol to reach the site.
This is a diagram of the relationship of the proposed programmatic spaces as discussed in the mid-feb crit.
For general interest, I have details of costing and people to contact in London for creating 3D printed models in London. Below are two examples which I was given, the mathematical sphere is printed using a formiga P100 by EOS and calculated by voume taken up in machine (roughly 6p/cm3), printed using SLS technology (in nylon) and bouncable. The car contains 4 moving pistons (moving models can be created if a tolerance of 0.3mm is left between components at scale) and is printed on a powder machine from zcorp. This can also print in colour, although fairly limited in selection, and is generally cheaper as calculated in volume of material used. The technicians will hollow out the model for you if it is porous enough to air blow material away. Files can be e-mailed across and they will deliver, saving the journey to London and back. If interested, its quick enough to obtain a quote, just bear in mind the queue may be a week long towards final presentations of the year.
As one of the methods of digital fabrication that I identified, I have created a site model of the area by contouring the site using plywood cut with a jigsaw. This was then cast in concrete to convey the permanace of the site as well as the archaeological history of Royal Fort House and surrounding area. The model portrays an image of a ruined city rather well I feel!
Site specific growth strategies to arrange the proposed programmatic elements. These were done initially to experiment with the different ideas but I’m going to try and analyse these mathematically to develop rules that can possibly be applied later in scripting.
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