Week 3 Continuing Concept Development

At the same time that I was developing my ideas, other members of the group were concurrently developing some ideas with regards to the form and tectonics. Some of us thought that something immobile was possibly the best way to go about the folie design.

The reason why we endorsed the idea of an immobile structure was because:


We wanted to give people the initiative rather than simply containing them in the folie.


We were mostly thinking along the same lines with a form that responded to the story bridge, its shape, materials etc. Once again I was inspired by some photographs I came across (This time of the Howard Smith Wharves)

So I drew up a revised sketch of an immobile structure (That utilized materials from the site) The framing of the story bridge however at this stage was not resolved. I just investigated some structural ideas.

Here I thought the structure should be partially cantilevered

The direction that the group agreed upon though was more a steel based design as opposed to the timber

The first concept the group pushed was this steel based structure. Quite triangular/diagonal. This design was actualised by Josh and it resolved how we would frame the views. The external shutters shown here would restrict the views to portions of the bridge only. Each portion would represent a different stage of construction of the bridge.

In the group, some of us felt however that the following design above was unresolved and was almost detracting from the bridge by placing too much emphasis on the K bracing etc

This design was resolved in terms of assemblage, it was clear and the structural composition was efficient. Flooring system composed of joists/bearers based off the concept that I proposed. I felt that the facade should communicate the economics significance of the bridge also - so it should be richer - hence the detailing/materials etc. 

Neutral colours on the interior so the visitor is not distracted from the bridge and the more rich external face to signify opportunity/wealth.