009 [W3] MOBILE

Context:

The year is 2040:
        - Human race has just discovered the side effects of peak oil
        - Resource collection is at a standstill
        - Great depression grips 9/10 world
        - World population at 11 million
        - Water scarcity
        - Mexico has just won a major war against USA
                      - Because USA was decimated by EMP bombs sent by the Russians
        - The world is in uncertain times
        - 90% of worldwide farmland is useless due to air pollution

Users:

          Farmer John            Yr. 48

          Wife                        Yr. 52

          Son 1                      Yr. 28

          Son 2                      Yr. 18

          Son 3                      Yr. 11

          Daughter 1             Yr. 20

          Daughter 2             Yr. 12

          Daughter 3             Yr. 8

          Daughter 4             Yr. 2

Current Address:

Rural Brisbane

            - Fire Prone

            - Flood Prone

Situation:
Two options for the farmer.
    1] - Continue living where he is, tilling the land hoping for a decent harvest.
        - Times are hard. His children are hungry and he constantly has no energy to work
        - The mother has fallen sick
 
     2] - A local government official drives up to the front door of the farm. He is offering all farmers in   this area the option of government help [they have just devised a new system which links the local people to the whole of australia. Giving them a voice.
         - Government aid
         - Food & supplies
         - Medicine

Strategies / Results:


Option 1
The follow diagrams show what will happen if worst case scenario is chosen;
    No fossil fuels - People can't use automobiles anymore.
    Crime and destruction

Due to such high temperatures and humidity no farmers can grow crops;
     - Everything is rotting

Option 2 
After 6 months the government aid which was offered at a early date is well and truly underway.
The local community has benifited widely with better infrastrcutre and technology available to them.
The future looks positive.

008 [W3] FLEXIBLE

Context:

The year is 2250. Aliens are invading earth to enslave the human race.

The current super power is Korea [Korea has signed a treaty with the aliens. Exchanging the earth’s resources (people) for food.]

            World Famine

            One currency

            Fossils fuels are depleted.

Apple is the biggest company, bought out by LG, holding 30% of the current market.

World Environment:

            Average temp increased by 6%

            Corn does not grow anymore

            Sea levels have risen by 3 m in the last 4 years

            No polar Icecaps

            No more Panda

            No more Bees

            No more Tigers

            No more Elephants

            No Koalas

Users:

            An Australian Family

-       Mum [Sharon Smith age. 62]

-       Dad   [Bob Smith age. 45]

-       Child 2 [Mable age. 24]

-       Child 1 [Keith age. 16]

-       Child 3 [Dave age. 6]

-       Child 4 [Libby age. 2]

Current Address:

45 Pioneer dr,

Giraween,

Northern territory

Situation: 
Below is a diagram showing the immediate concerns facing Australia.

One world government – Based in Canberra

Aliens communicate through this entity.

The aliens have established a brief for human selection. 

The Smith family meet the criteria of this brief and have received a letter of conscription.

They have been instructed to collect their belongings and prepare for eviction.

The family has two options of approach.
1. Go underground with a nomadic resistant approach
               - Receives a modular pod to live in
               - Part of the resistance
               - Humanities only hope
2. Follow the letter of conscription
               - Certain Death

Strategies / Results

Strategy one:

            Receives live pod 

-       Communication via virtual means

-       Networking is essential

-       Mobile, virtual, distributed all means of survival


Sketch of proposed pod below:

Strategy two:

-       Communication with Aliens

-       Living under a communist regime

-       Distribution is main means of survival

007 [W3] LECTURE & TUT NOTES

Week 3 Lecture:

>Yasu has planned the unit around 3 main sections:

- Infrastructure

- Strategy

- Presence

A selection of unique examples was shown throughout the lecture focusing on aspects, which would enhance our future assignment.

These included;
                 - Next 21: Osaka, Japan
                 - Shigeru Ban : Nomadic museum, New York
                 - Red Telephone Box : Sir Giles Gilbert Scot

:: Thoughts ::

I quite like the ‘red telephone box’ example Yasu used, as the design itself is so widely known and acknowledged yet the design so basic.

Below are a few notes taken from the lecture for later perusal:

What aspect of parliament am I to re-design?

Does my new proposal need to replace all functions of the current parliament building??

            -No: need to come up with an architectural solution to replace or enhance one or more specific function the p. house currently provides.

            - Discuss with team leader

Do I need a solution for week 6?

-       Own specific strategy to deal with the rest of semester.

-       Design brief for building.

-       Very much schematic.

Support structure:

-       Things that move have to be supported by something…

-       How do these distributed functions get support for it to exist

-       Virtual – organizational structure

How users of architecture entity interact with design?

-Certain design decisions by thinking about certain scenarios

Transportation:

-       Cannot say my building moves around without showing ‘how’ it moves around.

-       How can all my entities arrive at specific spot

-       National Train line

o   Road network

o   Airplane network

o   Shipping

- Shigeru Ban: Nomadic Museum, New York

Digital Network:

-       Rely on digital network

-       Available and useful

-       Satellite network vs lan-line network

-       Provide access to people in various locations

e.g Keith Urbahn – Osama death

            -    Map digital to physical locations

Wi-Fi: creating ‘wifi’ areas [better solution needed]

Presence:

-       No one can identify what parliament is ‘actually’ doing.

-       Extremely important ‘what Australia as a nation is aiming for’. Design for this

How to give identity to architectural spaces?

-       Color and specific design repetition…

Code more defined by color

-       e.g Bernard Tschumi: Parc de la Villette

Tutorial Activity:

Formation of Groups (4 people max)

Katherine Aland

Hannah You

Steve

What issue should parliament be focusing on?

-       Disaster mitigation

-       Ageing issues

-       Water scarcity

-       Resource depletion

Good way to go about it…

What, Who, When, Where, Why, How

Think about specific story. Give a context, users, situations and strategies.

            What solutions are available?

The following 4 posts will show the results of each theme brainstorm…

006 [W2] DISTRIBUTED

The following diagrams/images highlight important research within distributed theme.
Once again this post has been split into two sections...

Mobile Mind-map:

:: Thoughts on brainstorm ::

Distributed Sketch:
The follow sketch was inspired by a thought i had within the lecture. Yasu was giving examples through class which focused on infrastructure. I remember seeing a photo similar to this sketch many years ago which connects local desert communities through a virtual progression. This distribution style allows for mini societies to dominate the desert type landscape.

005 [W2] VIRTUAL

[STILL TO UPLOAD]

004 [W2] MOBILE

The following diagrams/images highlight important research within the mobile theme.
Once again this post has been split into two sections...

Mobile mind-map:

[THOUGHTS ON BRAINSTORM]


Mobile Sketch:
The following sketch has been chosen to push the boundaries of mobile research.
These pod like structures exist in the ground, yet distributed at a rate which makes it mobile.
Not only will it re-nourish dry land, but create a homestead for humans and animals.

003 [W2] FLEXIBLE

The following diagrams/images highlight important research within each theme domain.
The theme research posts are broken into two section...

First being the tutorial tasks: Group of 4 we brainstormed up anything associated with theme.
Whilst second part is individual research of images/ sketches which will influence the coming projects.

Flexible Mind-map:
This mind map exercise was quite fun as we kept trying to come up with wacky different examples.

[THOUGHTS ON BRAINSTORM]


Flexible sketch:
The following sketch has been done as i like the way it morpths with the context whilst creating a place for someone to inhabit. Its flexible construction allows for robust use ranging from garden seating to horticulture setups.
The sketch has tried to capture its flowing simplicity in construction with much flexibility in design.