Friday, January 16, 2009

02. PROCESS SKETCHES

FURTHER STUDY...


THE WEB-LIKE FORM MASKS THE CORE, THUS FORMING A DOUBLE-SKIN THAT WILL BE EXPLOITED AND UTILIZED FOR SELF-SUSTAINABILITY














THE "CONCEPT" SKETCH










SPIDER LIKE FORM THAT IS BUOYANT ON INVERTED WEB AND LEGS, HAS A TENSILE-LIKE CORE ON TOP.














A SERIES OF SPIDER-LIKE LEG STRUCTURES THAT WOULD CREATE THE CORE; WITHIN WHICH THE PROGRAM WOULD BE HOUSED IN.

SPIRAL TOWER THAT WOULD ARISE FROM A PERIMETER BASE THAT WOULD BE MOVED BY GIANT TURBINES THAT WOULD ALSO SERVE TO GENERATE ENERGY.

"OCEANIA" IS A CONCEPT THAT WOULD HARNESS ENERGY THROUGH TIDAL STREAM GENERATORS. ALTHOUGH THE DESIGN IS ANCHORED, IT COULD VERY WELL FLOAT ONTO THE OCEAN AND THUS USE THE GENERATORS TO MOVE AROUND.

"THE WATER SPIRE" DERIVES OFF THE IDEA THAT A SPIRE CITY WOULD ACT AS A PIERE. THIS SPIRE CITY WOULD BE ABLE TO DETACH FROM ITS BRIDGE COUNTERPART AND FLOAT ONTO THE OCEAN.

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