"The more our world functions like the natural world, the more likely we are to
endure on this home that is ours, but not ours alone."
Janine Benyus

Thursday, June 16, 2011

WEEK 15 PRESENTATION: MAIN POINTS AND IDEAS

MAIN POINTS IN MY PRESENTATION:

STORY BOARD:

FOLIE CONCEPTS

- APPRECIATION AND ENHANCMENTS OF THE SITES UNIQUE VIEWS, LANDSCAPE AND HISTORY

SECOND PROJECT

-BIOMIMICRY INFLUENCE – TREES AND LEAVES - COVERED A BROAD RANGE OF TOPICS

-CENTRE FOR CHANGING PERCEPTIONS OF THE SITE

-RECOGNISED THE OPPORTUNITES EXPLORATION WITHIN THE SITE

-2 IMAGES WITH THE MOST RELEVANCE TO MY DESIGN

THIRD PROJECT

- BIOMIMICRY - FUNCTION AND FORMAL QUALITIES OF TREES

- URBAN PARK - ENHANCEMENT AND AWARENESS OF SITE QUALITIES: VIEWS, VERTICALITY, LANDSCAPED ENVIRONMENT

THE URBAN PARK ACTS TO ENHANCE AND CREATE AWARENESS OF

THE QUALITIES OF THE SITE:

AMPHITHEATRE

-CREATES AN ENGAGEMENT OF PEOPLE WITH ARTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

-FORMS A CONNECTION BETWEEN ART AND THE GREEN - ACTIVATING AWARENESS THROUGH ARTISTIC EXPRESSION

PARK

-SEEKS TO CREATE NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR POTENTIAL VIEWS AND ENHANCING AND EMPHASISING EXISTING VIEWS; VIEWS FROM THE SITE AND VIEWS OF THE SITE (VERTICALITY OF BRIDGE, PILLARS AND LANDSCAPE).

TESTING GROUND

- TESTING GROUND FOR NEW SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES AND CONCEPTS SUCH AS GREEN ROOFS, VERTICAL FARMING AND PERMACULTURE

-DEMONSTRATING THEIR SUCCESS/FAILURE

-CREATING AWARENESS OF AND ENCOURAGING SUSTAINABLE BEHAVIOUR IN BRISBANE


TECTONIC

PARK

-INSPIRATION FROM BIOMIMICRY PROCESS: ROOT SYSTEM DESIGN

-PARK LANDSCAPE THAT WAS NOT JUST GRASS

AMPHITHEATRE

-LIGHTWEIGHT GREEN ROOF

-INSPIRATION FROM TREE CANOPY

-HEIGHT GIVES RISE TO NEW VIEWS

-BEAM AND COLUMN SYSTEM - EXPRESSION OF ROOTS SYSTEM

-STRUCTURE ELEVATED OFF GROUND - REDUCING THE

ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT

CAFÉ

-DERIVED FORM OF TREE GROWING ON CLIFF

-LIGHTWEIGHT PODS WITH LARGE GLASS WINDOWS

ELEVATED ON STILTS - REDUCING ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT, AS WELL AS GIVING RISE

TO NEW VIEWS AND ALLOWING SURVEILLANCE OF THE PARK

RETROFIT OF WHARF BUILDINGS

#1- LIGHTWEIGHT GREEN ROOF

-MAKING USE OF PREVIOUSLY UNUSED ROOFTOP SPACE SUBJECTED TO GOOD VIEWS

- SOUTHERN WALL FOLDS OUT TO CREATE AN EXTENDED VIEWING PLATFORM EXPOSING USERS TO WISER VIEW

-STORAGE OF FRESH PRODUCE

#2 - GREENHOUSE

- FOOD PRODUCTION


CIRCULATION

TO THE SITE

-PROPOSED NEW WALKWAY THROUGH SITE

-TAKES USER OUT IN FRONT OF THE SECOND WHARF BUILDING,

THROUGH PILLARS, UNDERNEATH THE GREEN ROOF AND OUT TO

PARK ENTRANCE

-ONE LEVEL APPROPRIATE FOR CYCLISTS

-PROPOSED GREEN LANE

- BOUNDARY STREET

-RECLAIMING THE STREET AS GREENSPACE

WITHIN THE SITE

-ROOT SYSTEM

-PROJECT 2 MANIPULATING/ DIRECTING PEOPLES MOVEMENT

-SPREAD OF LANDSCAPE - SPREAD OF ROOT SYSTEM