Monday 12 January 2015

Weeyang_1405060C

                         1:100 scale model of the main structure supporting the roof and the access point to the high element activities.


                                            Section showing the spiral staircase inside the structure


   Glass railings are included to prevent people from falling off.











Forest Adventure @ Bedok Reservoir


The ropes courses are not located very high above ground, mostly because of the structure of the trees. As for my project, it is possible to make it higher due to the man-made structures.
These are the more challenging ones as compare to the previous sets of photos. We can see a hierarchy of challenge which is already applied in my project.

 I asked one of the instructor working there regarding the length of the zip line,
Longest: 220m
Shortest: 120m
From my observation, i felt that the speed of the person travelling is rather slow, so maybe the line can be titled more to encourage higher travelling speed

Zip line diagram
Picture taken from http://zipline.wvu.edu/Calculations/Example.php

Also noticed the way how people land. Sand are located at the end point of the zip-line which acts as a soft cushion to absorb the impact of landing due to kinetic energy, so that it would not hurt the person landing.



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3 comments:

  1. EVD PROJECT 1 TD 0113 January 2015 at 23:04

    Good but just 1 site? What are the strenghts and weakness of this play area? What can be learnt and incorporated into your design to make it better? - Ron

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  2. EVD PROJECT 1 TD 0115 January 2015 at 23:32

    1. I like the organic form and the perforations. Do your towers and height activities need to be so high?
    2. How are people going to get up the towers? Pls check that the spiral staircases work?
    3. What is the square flat area shown on the left side of the 1st model photo?

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  3. EVD PROJECT 1 TD 0115 January 2015 at 23:49

    Try to think out of the box. Do you really need vertical towers (like Changi Airport) to bring people up to the higher levels? Look at organic columns or arches or ramps that serve as circulation access as well as structural components for what you want to do. Think integration of the organic form that you have and the functional aspect of bringing people up.
    Check out metropol-parasol or Google "organic architecture columns".

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