WEEK 2 - DEVELOPED DESIGNS

DESIGNS OF MONUMENTS & MEETING PLACE

MONUMENT - Crafted to the Landscape

MONUMENT - Biomimicry - inspired by cellular structures

 MEETING PLACE - Both concepts used



MONUMENTS & MEETING PLACE

IN CRYENGINE3 ENVIRONMENT

The cryengine3 environment I created was largely focused on a

forest with a large surrounding area occupied by tall forest tress.

The monuments themselves were to be situated on the edge of this

forest and inter-connected or associated with large waterfalls leading

to the ocean below (hence produced over cliffs).

The idea was to arrive via helicopter on the platform and then make

your way to the meeting place, whereby you would view the

cellular monument based on Frei Otto, before proceeding down the

stairs to the glass platform overlooking the monument base on

Elizabeth Diller and her concept of incorporating architecture into

the surrounding environment.

Aspects of the design of the meeting place focused on incorporating

the surrounding environment (e.g. the tall linear extensions associated

in and around the forest tress) whilst also displaying elements

depicted in the two monuments.

This 'Biomimicry' monument was only a draft for the final design

that would multiply and combine the elements used for this design.

The 'waterfall' monument made use of linear lengths to convey

an artificial representation of the water-flow present in the waterfall

that it was linked to - associating itself with (and imitating)

its surrounding environment.

The link between the monuments and the surrounding environment

needed further attention whilst the materiality of the structures was

yet to be developed and utilised in the designs.