The Meteor Strike/Solar System
The meteor originates from an asteroid belt that's located
past mars, which is the 4th planet from the sun and I use that, to bridge the
adjacent pier located near the site to increase traffic. That will allow people
to take a stroll amongst the stars, while hitching a ride on the meteor to the
center of everything. That center for my site will represent the meteor impact
site, the sun, and the body of a comet, due to them all sharing this center
that has massive kinetic and penitential energy. The impact will create a massive crater, which will be my reflection pool (Sun) and the resonating shock will raise the earth to form my stage, ramp/seating, and store. The impact doesn't just push earth around, it shoots back debris into space that can potentially form into planetoids (Observation Decks), which are massive rocks that are too small to be considered planet, but too large to be asteroids.
The largest Blue circle is the reflection pond, my Sun. The smaller ones are the planets, Mercury, Venus, and Mars. That allowed me to locate the asteroid belt. The gray area is my seating/ramp, which is the back part of the store. The green part are my observation decks that will allow people to watch the stars.
Perspective view of the pond, stage, and seating/ramp.
Perspective of the observation decks with the store in the back.
Earth's Orbit/Comet
I used the Earth's orbit and a comet to create the massing, which will hold much of the exhibits and theaters. The Earth's orbit is not actually a circle, but an ellipse. This unique shape controls the amount of sun we receive as well as the seasons. The comet is used as the other component for the mass because it's the counterpart to a meteor. It doesn't impact anything and just passes by, but it does share the same head of the meteor. Instead of a triangular tail, it has one that fans out.
The purple is the orbit, the greens are the position of the Earth during it's cycle(Equinoxes & Solstices), and the blue is the comet.
The reasoning for the Earth's being at different heights, is due to how much sun it's getting on its orbit. The shortest one is the Winter Solstice, the large one is the Summer Solstice, and the ones in between are the Equinoxes.
I wrote a brilliant comment then lost it to the ether. The re-composition of it will be less than inspirational, but here goes:
ReplyDeleteThe translation of the storyboard into form is an incredible accomplishment. It is really successfully formalizing the concepts into a viable massing. With the phenomenology addressed, you can move onto formal refinement and such.
Take this moment to reassess the spatial needs of the programmatic elements and work on the massing. It appears to my naked eye that you are a bit light on volume. Also, think about other disturbances in the cosmology model which could affect the formal investigation. The straight extrusions are not quite right for the elaborate story and aftermath of the meteor strike. Also, the purity of the geometry is distracting from "story" so far. Fuzzy is good too sometimes.
This is a very complex narrative yet it all ties together which keeps your 'storyline' in tact. I think your translation of the celestial movements into physical form should be commended. I would be interested to see now, how you could bring in some more experiential effects that give the user the sense they are 'walking among the stars'. What I mean by this, is that your translation of the planetary pathways might not be as evident to a visitor to the space as it would be to someone taking a birds eye view over the masterplan. How can you bring in some ethereal experience through materiality, light, spatial flow etc.? Nice work thus far.
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