SnakeTower

AOF ANIMAL PAVILION PROJECT

SnakeTower EXAMPLE PROJECT

The content on this page is an example project called SnakeTower that shows a process of designing architecture

4 STAGES TO A PROJECT

There are 4 stages to the design process: Pre Design, Design, Developed Design & Visualise.
The SnakeTower images on this page show the 4 stage design process of designing an Animal Pavilion.

At Stage 3 - 3D model your architecture using Sketchup or Minecraft or Tinkercad.
At Stage 4 - Use Pixlr or Photoshop or TwinMotion to create visuals of your architecture in your site location.

What stage are you at?

STAGE #1 PRE DESIGN

1.1 Pre Design Research, 1.2 Climate Change, 1.3 Animal, 1.4 Site, 1.5 Culture

1.1 PRE DESIGN RESEARCH

Before you can start designing your Animal Pavilion you need to complete these 4 documents for the Pre Design stage of your Animal Pavilion project. All information is on www.architectureschool.co.nz/your-pavilion-project.

1.2 CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH

This information is part of the research I did on how animals are being effected Climate Change.
I learnt about Earth's ecology & how animals & technology are providing valuable research into global weather patterns.
Watch this fascinating 40 minute long video. What is Earth's ecology & how does it relate to animals?

The United Nations says that ”Climate Change is the defining issue of our time and we are at a defining moment.
From shifting weather patterns that threaten food production, to rising sea levels that increase the risk of catastrophic flooding, the impacts of climate change are global in scope & unprecedented in scale.
Without drastic action today, adapting to these impacts in the future will be more difficult and costly”.

HOW ARE ANIMALS BEING AFFECTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE?
Click the circles below for more info about animals + climate change.

ANIMAL PAVILION CLIMATE CHANGE STATEMENT:
Example Statement
"A proposed SnakeTower animal pavilion example project designed for a waterhole site in the Zakouma National Park, Chad, Africa.
The animal pavilion is for scientists using AI technology to study the effects of Climate Change on the animals in their natural environment & for tourists to experience all the wild animals of the park". nationalgeographic.com/animals/artificial-intelligence-counts-wild-animals.

What is your Animal Pavilion Climate Change Statement?

1.3 ANIMAL

This Animal Pavilion example project is based on a Snake. www.tripsavvy.com/africas-most-dangerous-snakes

These drawings explore the shape of a snake.

1.4 SITE

The site location of this example project is: a water hole in the Zakouma National Park, Chad, Africa.
The park is located South of the Sahara Desert & is the primary safe haven for Central & West African wildlife.
These images are the research of a site, part of the design process means you need to understand the site location.

Google Earth link to site

These site investigation drawings show the scale of the waterhole, site features, land contours & sun over the site.

1.5 CULTURE

What is the culture of your site & animal?

Design for culture. Consider past historical or present use of the site you chose for your animal pavilion.
What is the culture of the people or animals of the site?
Use cultural 'design elements' of the site (country, location, environment) or animal for your animal pavilion design.

The case study example of designing for culture is the Auckland City Rail Link & Aotea Station design.
Read how Maori principles shaped the City Rail Link's award winning design.

For this SnakeTower project, these 3 examples of culture at Zakouma National Park inspired this pavilion design.

#1 culture of the park is how lots of different animals hang out together around the water hole.
These photos show how animals co-habitat with each other & stay together in groups for safety in numbers.

#2 culture of the park is that the animals are considered valuable so armed guards help protect the animals.

#3 culture of the park are tourists who visit & holiday at 3 different camps to observe & experience the animals.

CULTURE KEY-WORDS: animals co-habitat, safety, valuable, protect, tourists, observe & experience.

Click the camp images to see what each offers to tourists at Zakouma National Park.

STAGE #2 DESIGN

2.1 Design Brief, 2.2 Design Era, 2.3 Era Architecture, 2.4 Design Inspiration Keywords, 2.5 Design Inspiration Board,
2.6 Key Design Features, 2.7 Design Detail, 2.8 Idea Generation, 2.9 Feedback

What does your Animal Pavilion project look like?

2.1 DESIGN BRIEF

Describe your Animal Pavilion project brief in one sentence.

BRIEF: Design a multi-use tower for park rangers & tourists near a waterhole in Zakouma National Park, Chad.

BRIEF SPECIFICATIONS: easy to build/unbuild/move, custom made pre-fabricated modular building materials, be able to change structure shape of tower, flexible floor layouts, water collection based on Warka Water towers technology.

BRIEF KEY WORDS: Animals co-habitat, safety, valuable, protect, tourists, observe & experience, multi-uses,
breaks the expectations, ornate sculptures, captures your attention.

KEY FEATURES: A multi purpose design for the needs of animals & humans, the 4 key design features are...
#1 Artificial Intelligence animal sensor technology is fixed to the tower, watch this video about animals + earths ecology.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDRBX8NsfhQ&feature=emb_title
#2 An observation tower for the Zakouma Park armed security guards to spot & stop animal poachers.
#3 A tower for scientists & tourists to stay/sleep on, to observe animals for scientific research & animal experiences.
#4 The rainwater collection technology enables plants to grow at various heights of the tower so Giraffes don’t have to bend down to eat & birds can rest or nest on the tower.

What is the design brief for your animal pavilion project?

2.2 DESIGN ERA

The architectural design era of this example project is: Deconstructivist 1988-2000s
www.architectureschool.co.nz/timeline.

Review the eras & pick 1 architectural design era that interests you.
Use the eras "design principles" to develop designs for your animal pavilion.

2.3 ERA ARCHITECTURE

These 4 projects are examples of Deconstructivist era architecture & are inspiration to this example project.
What are the 4 era architecture projects that inspire you for your project?

Warka Water towers www.warkawater.org

Orbit Tower in England by Anish Kapoor

Sendai Mediatheque in Japan by Toyo Ito

Pompidou Centre in France by Shigeru Ban

2.4 DESIGN INSPIRATION KEYWORDS

Based on your pre-design research, copy/paste your summary of key words for design inspiration to help inspire your animal pavilion design. The blue text are examples of key words copied from learners animal pavilion research.

For this example project; 4 keywords were selected to use as design inspiration for the SnakeTower project.

Physical & virtual space, environmentally sustainable, negative space, discover the beauty in ordinary objects, simple things are beautiful too, incorporates aspects of history while also drawing inspiration from modern times, grand & striking, multiple uses, eye-catching golden exterior that glistens in the sunlight, stands out against all the other buildings in the vicinity, breaks the expectations, free & relaxed form, complements its surroundings, simple & minimalistic but still manages to be ethereal & beautiful, captures your attention, lines between exterior & interior are blurred, blends in with its surroundings while still remaining eye-catching, dramatic & intricate, ornate sculptures, whimsical & fun, elegant & graceful while still remaining simple.

DESIGN IDEA KEY WORDS: multiple uses, breaks the expectations, ornate sculptures, captures your attention

2.5 DESIGN INSPIRATION BOARD

The design of architecture is based on 7 key principles of aesthetics & function.
The 7 aesthetic principles to consider are: Shape, Form, Geometry, Proportion, Space, Texture, Colour, Material.

Aesthetics means: what something looks like.
Function means: how the design of a buildings floor plans & elevations & sections influence how a building functions.
Refer to Form vrs Function design philosophy at architectureschool.co.nz/design

Create a design inspiration board for your project.

Example of Inspiration board for SnakeTower

2.6 KEY DESIGN FEATURES

SnakeTower is a multi purpose design for the needs of animals & humans, these are the 5 key features of this design.

#1. Artificial Intelligence animal sensor technology is fixed to the tower, watch this video about animals + earths ecology climate change https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDRBX8NsfhQ&feature=emb_title
#2. An observation tower for the Zakouma Park armed security guards to watch animals & look out for animal poachers.
#3. For experts to observe the animals for scientific research & tourists to have close up multi-animal experiences.
#4. The rainwater collection technology enables plants to grow at various heights of the tower so Giraffes don’t have to bend down to eat & birds can rest or nest on the tower.

#5. SnakeTower structure is built from a single size structural steel pipe material, screwed at one end & multi-directional fitting at the other end to enable different snake tower shapes. Key benefits of this pipe design feature are:-
- pipes are pre-fabricated so are cost effective, quick & easy to make & transport anywhere.
- build by hand without tools or specialist knowledge.
- can be built in different forms & quickly unbuilt & moved to different locations.
- pipes are hard wearing & long lasting, individual pieces can be replaced easy.

What are the key design features of your project?

2.7 DESIGN DETAIL

One of the main design details of SnakeTower is the suspended flexible mesh net flooring that can be attached at various levels to the steel pipe tower structure that you can lie on to observe & experience the animals

2.8 IDEA GENERATION

Drawings of SnakeTower ideas based on the triangle FORM

Drawings of SnakeTower structural steel pipe connections

3D paper FORM physical models of SnakeTower made from folded A4 sheet 2D triangle drawings

FORM line drawings of SnakeTower 3D matchstick physical model of SnakeTower

Colour ideas for SnakeTower

Drawings of multi-shape ideas for SnakeTower

Water & gold foil TEXTURE ideas for SnakeTower

2.9 FEEDBACK

Once you have done design drawings & made a physical model/s then you should get feedback from another person. Describe your design in one sentence & show your drawings. What do they think? Consider their feedback.
How can you make your design better based on feedback? Do more drawings to refine your design.
For 12+13AOF you will need Stakeholder Feedback.

EXAMPLE: SnakeTower feedback Stage #2 Design
Add more snake curves to your design, what other options are there instead of mesh net flooring, how do you get up the tower if you cant climb, how do people use the tower?

Ive considered the feedback & have done the following drawings to refine my design.

Curved form drawings based on the shapes of snakes

Exploring ideas for curved stairs to the various platform levels of SnakeTower

Instead of mesh net flooring: this refined design idea uses single size custom-made light weight triangular shaped
carbon fibre panels that interlock together to create a free form floor platform that people can sit on.
Carbon fibre has a excellent strength-to-weight ratio wikipedia.org/Specific_strength.

This is a Sketchup 3D model of the platform & an idea for a spiral snake stair between levels

STAGE #3 DEVELOPED DESIGN

Once you have completed the Stage#2 Design of your Animal Pavilion you can 3D model your design.
Use Sketchup or Tinkercad or Minecraft to 3D model your architecture, 360 degrees design.
If you use Sketchup or Tinkercad you can 3D print your design.

STAGE #4 VISUALISE

Once you have completed the Stage#3 Developed Design you can visualise your design in the site location.
The following images are concept ideas of SnakeTower at a waterhole in Zakouma National Park.

Use Photoshop or Pixlr or TwinMotion to create visuals of your animal pavilion

This first image shows the final SnakeTower animal pavilion design in its site location at Zakouma National Park.
The 3D Sketchup model image & 8 Internet images were used to create this image using Photoshop. Or use Pixlr.