Machine Highway
Title: Machine Highway Space
Date: 2018.10 - 2018.12
Class Type: Advanced Topic Studio
Instructor: Greg Lynn, Marta Nowak, Kaiho Yu
Team Member: Nanxuan Zheng, Tingji Guo
Project Size: 50m x 30m
Introduction:
We use this project as a attempt to figure out the relationship between human and robots within architecture, obviously, machines being introduced into building are supposed to serve human being. We are trying to build a machine highway system within architecture which would achieve the harmonious relationship between people and mobile device.
Principle
Highway is a endless loop
People and robots do not share a path, they are either:
a. crossing;
b. tangent;
c. discrete
People and robots use tangent circulation route
Highway makes spatial islands due to contiuous loop & crossing
Intersection Simulation
Human need to be safe while machine are running fast, so we thought it could be better for them to work separate spaces, it means mostly people and robots are not together, but we did consider that people need to have certain interaction with these devices and we tried several ways to make it happen while keep people safe. As a starter, we focused on 2D - dimensional intersection and interaction between human and robots.
Loose Pedestrian
Medium Pedestrian
Congested Pedestrian
Simulation of Different Intersection
We set several intersections between machine and people to do the simulation, trying to figure out the pedestrian status and machine running speed within each circumstance. The diagram below demonstrates the results of simulation, the more difference between pedestrian status and machine speed, the more possibilities people would get annoyed.
Work Procedure
Conceptual Model
Section View
Rendering