Saturday, May 21, 2011

Project 3 Development - Week 11

One point raised, perhaps the most important, is that i need to explain more clearly my concept and how it is integrated into my design.

The fitness centres design has been based on the concept “interaction”. The design has been influenced by the interaction between a sunflower and the sun. A sunflower is constantly re-orientating its flower to ensure its face captures the maximum amount of solar rays. This provides the plant with the energy that it needs to grow, and flourish.

Like the sunflower the fitness centre can move, re-orientating itself to suit changes in the external environment. It will respond to changes in sun angle, wind, temperature, noise, and rain. It changes its form to best suit the real time conditions, providing the people within the building with conditions for the best quality of living.

Here are some digramatic images showing how my building could respond in a similar fashion to a sunflower in the sense that it orientates and reshapes itself to suit the external conditions:

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