ambient monsters: droughtreading room: antmometer/rain gauge

sarah williams8 october 2010

extract vertices from image of drought cracks in the landscape

convert points to spheres and create a boundary

beginning at the origin, join three points into triangles until all points are utilized

starting with the point closest to the y-axis, move one point from each triangle three units in the z-direction

take the next point closest to the y-axis in each triangle and move the point two units in the z-direction, leaving the remaining points on the z-axis

import the points into grasshopper, creating one point list for each group of points :

GROUP A: X,Y,3GROUP B: X,Y,2GROUP C: X,Y,O

deploy a planar voronoi triangulation for each group of points, leaving other inputs blank

extrude each voronoi group... set a numeric slider for each group based upon the following information:

GROUPC: represents archived data of bow river water level and flow changes (50-250)

GROUP A: indicates the months of the year (0-12)

GROUP B: indicates the days of the month (0-30)

diagramming the design process[prototype 1]

diagramming cnc file creation[prototype 2]

cnc milling attempts[prototype 2]

mill files with results in mdf (1) and form (2, 3)

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unmilled cnc file (projected result)

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3

sensory experience: pathway to reading room

sight

smell

tastetouch

sound

sensory experience

highlowshaganappi trail nw john laurie blvd nw

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existing path

proposed path to reading room

pond/wetland area

reading room pavilion area

50 m

site considerations[reading room, nose hill]

pavilion exterior area form

existing pond extract base form mirror along x-axis scale by 110%

site plan[nose hill park, calgary]

2009 2008 20052007 2006

cv curves: graphing hydrologic data[x = month, 1-12][y = precipitation, mm][z = evaporation, mm]

2009 2008 20052007 2006

relationship between curves5 years of hydrologic data in 3 dimensions

[x = month][y = precipitation data][z = evaporation data]

initial curve (front view) [1 year]

resulting curves (top view)[20 years]

resulting curves (front view)[20 years]

[scale 5% per year][rotate -5 degrees per year]

2009 2029

generation of form[reading drought indicators]

future drought projection: scale[scale subsequent year by 0.95]

2009 2008 2007 2006 2005

explore colliding geometries[copy & re�ect on y-axis at 2005]

2009 2008 2007 2006

2005

smaller colliding surface[scale by 0.70, rotate 30 degrees]

relating resulting surface to ground plane: voronoi [surface into grasshopper, divide surface, apply voronoi triangulation onto plane]

[3 surfaces, 3 sets of points]

resulting geometry[3 colliding surfaces]

1 2

3

edge voronoi pods become base for structural members[15 original curves - 15 base points]

interior evaporation/condensation

factors accelerating evaporation

evaporating air

condensation

condensationevaporation

precipitation

gas

liquid

hydrologic cycle replicated inside reading room

structure/interior conditions/data response[evaporation/condensation]

side views of reading room

indoor/outdoor ponds collect rainwater[act as rain gauges, pool water indoors to evaporate/condense]

original curves on surface[extrude]

curves become 0.5m surfaces[act as eaves, directing rainwater to ponds]

public washroom

group reading space

plan: main levelscale 1:100

individual reading space

section a

plan: main level[scale 1:100]

public restroom

section a[scale 1:100]

individual reading space

plan: roof deckscale 1:100

section b

section bscale 1:100

individual reading space[render view]

section c

section c[scale 1:100]

plan: roof deck[scale 1:100]

main floor[render view]

top view

public washroom

group reading space

plan: main levelscale 1:100

individual reading space

individual reading space

plan: roof deckscale 1:100

render view of main floor

explore colliding geometries[copy & re�ect on y-axis at 2005]

2009 2008 2007 2006

2005

2009 2008 20052007 2006

cv curves: graphing hydrologic data[x = month, 1-12][y = precipitation, mm][z = evaporation, mm]

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plan view of voronoi triangulation; pods - ponds, plan view of reading room

indoor/outdoor ponds collect rainwater[act as rain gauges, pool water indoors to evaporate/condense]