SITE FILES

Here are two files to help you position your aggregations onto the site.  One is a full scale Rhino model of the site section we will build.  Two is the topography of the site.

FINAL REVIEW

MACRO-AGGREGATION TOOLS

As you develop a digital model of your quarantine cell/unit you will begin to investigate methods for aggregating this unit the same way that you aggregated the line to create the unit.  Here are a pallet of tools to explore for this investigation.  Thus, you are now aggregating the cell/unit to now form a larger building complex.   

DUPLICATION – the cell remains the same during aggregation, simply multiplies.

• Copy
• Array [Array Srf, Array Crv, Array Polar]

 TRANSFORMATION – the cell changes / morphs during aggregation

• Flow Along Curve
• Flow Along Surface
• Paneling Tools  - Custom 3D 

SITE INSTALLATION

Here are a few process shots of this weekends site installation.

3d: MACRO-AGGREGATION

We have examined aggregation at the micro scale in order to develop an individual Quarantine Unit. We are now moving up in scale and designing a Quarantine Facility with multiple programmatic elements.  The approach here will be the same, yet now the unit for aggregation is your Quarantine Unit.  Therefore, we will again examine digital methods for aggregation to now form a larger Quarantine Facility that continues to respond to your selected infectious agent. The program can be found HERE. 

3c: SITES OF QUARANTINE

x6 Mississippi River 
x5 Louisiana 
x4 New Orleans
x3 Port of New Orleans
x2 District 13
x1 English Turn Site

THE MACRO: THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER

The Mississippi River, 3,779 km (2,348 mi) long, is the second longest river, after the Missouri, in the United States. Its triangular drainage area, covering about 40% of the country and including all or part of 31 states, is approximately 3,250,000 sq km (1,250,000 sq mi), the third largest in the world.

THE MICRO: THE ENGLISH TURN & DISTRICT 13

District 13, known as River Park / Cut-Off /Lower Coast (commonly referred to as English Turn) is the south-easternmost District in Orleans Parish. It is like no other District in New Orleans, mostly because of its natural and non-urban setting. English Turn is the sharp bend in the Mississippi River and was named in 1699 by New Orleans’ founder, Sieur de Bienville, when he managed to convince a British expedition traveling upriver that they had reached a dead end. The British turned about, and France’s claim to Louisiana was thus made. English Turn has retained a rural quality to this day, with development constrained by its relative isolation.

ASSIGNMENT 3c: SITE OF QUARANTINE

We will understand site through an analysis of macro and micro scales.  Instead of identifying site as an isolated condition that ends at the property’s edge, you will begin to recognize it as a network that extends beyond visible and invisible thresholds.  The site research and analysis will be conducted in a collaborative manner and will consist of three elements: Research Collection, Site Model, and a Site Installation.  You will work in groups of 2-3 to collect and organize information on a specific scale of site.  Then, collaborate as a studio to build a site model that acknowledges the various conditions and scales of site.  

The focus of the analysis should be quarantine and isolation.  Analyze these scales of site through the lens of the studio’s focus.  How has the Mississippi River, Louisiana, New Orleans, Port of New Orleans, District 13, and The English Turn acted to enable or prevent conditions of quarantine?  

SITE: 
1:2 
MIILES

SITE: 
1:200 
FEET

ENGLISH TURN: FACING SOUTH

ENGLISH TURN: FACING NORTH

WORKSHOP 01

A series of videos from the Rhino workshop held Sunday, 3.28.10 have been posted HERE.  These cover Paneling Tools operations for 2D aggregation of your operative word diagrams.  Sorry, three of the videos have audio problems, so unfortunately you will not be able to listen to those.  Hopefully you can just follow along the video.