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 The site bearing strong wind. It is crucial to have a strong structure to stand against the wind to have little or no maintanence during the prototype lifespan. TLFA brief also note the requirement to have a safe structure despite the strong current on the GLA site. Technical consideration has to be involved.

Santiago Calatrava 

STRUCTURE

Work by Architect Santiago Calatrava in Valencia, Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències.Though much of his work focused on aesthetic and much similiar look to my prototype,one wonder how it would look like if it is based on parametric design approach.Much critisms were made due to its impracticality and structurally unstable,which i should take into consideration when building my machine.

 

 

The future transit hub at the World Trade Center site in New York City, to be completed in 2009. This is an early rendering. Theproject being built has much shorter spires.

 

 

Front View of Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències.Looking at how all the secondary branches connected to adjacent primary branches.This created a micro-climate environment for the organism living underneath.I was lucky to find out a webpage that describe how this structure was built. http://en.structurae.de/structures/mtype/index.cfm

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Angel Station and Exhibition in Bartlett.

An interesting structure built at Angel, Islington. The structure was built using steel, like the joints in an umbrella. Another example here showing a prototype built in Bartlett, London.Both these shows how branches can be attached using different material, which how later be investigated. Here an link to 3d models of Leonardo’s inventions.

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JOINTS 

I wanted the prototype to work in a tradition way, a way which does not require any electricity. So i started to investigate on Leonardo’s Machine and Theo Jansen’s Mechanism to see how these both could be made to capture wind energy, to store it for releasing the fine water.

LEONARDO

http://www.leonardo3.net/leonardo/machines.php

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For over ten years Theo Jansen has been occupied with the making of a new form of nature. This new evolution is not made of pollen or seeds but plastic yellow electricity tubes! Theo Jansen is already “breeding” the seventh generation of his multi-legged walking critters designed to roam the Dutch coastline. His multifarious constructions—or perhaps “life forms” would be a more appropriate characterization—range from tiny creatures to immense yet surprisingly nimble behemoths that blend high-tech engineering and biological principles. They all have one thing in common: They move about on multiple sets of legs, and all of their movements are fed by gusts of wind, whereby Theo Jansen’s creations can also be said to represent a vision for futuristic, alternative forms of locomotion.

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