Progress Drawing Update

Progress Drawing Update - brief overview of progress drawings. None of the work is currently lineweighted or noted, and some areas are missing overall details as of now (mainly the Kneeler and midrange seating sections)

Drawings highlight the overall sectional elements in the new Chelsea Market / Port Authority Google offices.

Overall section:

New facade / portion of maglev floor plate system:

mag lev system with building block seating design:

new facade for upper portion of building: different portions of the facade poles will be used for solar powered lights, vertical gardens and energy generators to cut down (however minimal) on power costs

building block office sections: most "dumb" version for office construction in the office utilizing a "citizen architect" technique of design

kneelers: kneeling floor plates allow for larger meeting spaces that cant be created on individual floors, such as parties, shareholders meetings, etc.

mid-range office system: hybrid system of building blocks and the smartest actuator building system (see "FreeShape" presentation) "citizen architect" modified, but is a modular system in the same design as the actuators

actuators: see "FreeShape" entry for more info

Walkers: floor plates used on the mag-lev system have the ability to be deployed in the urban environment to allow for ever expanding office space. the floor plates can be covered by an inflatable roofing system to be protected form the elements

inflatable roof stages: (from left to right) deflated, semi-inflated, inflated.

walker deployment diagram:

maglev section featuring walkers: detailed section of maglev towers with floating floorplates

expanding the idea of structure

Expanding the idea of structure

now that the FreeSpace system allowed for a modifiable project at the personal scale, how is the idea expanded to the building scale? and eventually urban scale. The idea was to remove the existing concept of structure and replace it with a modifiable, deployable, and living structural system which would allow for a more user defined experience. The idea was that this system would be implemented into the existing building from the top floors down, creating a unique facade of the new interactive actuator / lift system merging with the original static structure and facade

expanding the living wall / FreeShape (part 1)

Expanding the living wall:

the idea of the living wall from the first update was re-examined as a system covering the floors and ceilings as well. using pistons to actuate a lycra skin is a more achievable way to create the living wall idea. Two quick examinations were to have one lycra sheet covering all three walls, and multiple sheets for each piston.

FreeShape (Part 1):

FreeShape was the invention of Matt Lynch and Marko Icev. Through utilizing a deployment system for a bundle of actuating pistons any necessary office space can be created. The actuators can set to be desks, walls, windows, resting pods and meeting rooms. This will eliminate the redundancy of un-used areas such as rarely used auditoriums or booked meeting rooms that never end up being occupied. The system will also eliminate heating/cooling costs of those areas and with being able to modify one space into multiple spaces it will cut down on necessary office space further cutting costs. Part 1 illustrates sectional qualities and the conceptual deployment phases of FreeShape.

changing how you search / balloon pods

Changing how you search:

in examining how to change searching our team examined how to change the way in which searching is done, taking ergonomity , work group size, depth of information being searched, time spent searching, etc. When a new workstation was developed for each scenario there was then a precedent to move forward with designing an entire pod dedicated to searching.

Balloon Pods:

balloon pods were created using the search pod designs. idea behind balloon pods was that offices can be loaded into the pods section by section, the soy based plastic pods then deploy while the empty office floors are turned into vertical soy farms to grow and eventually construct more pods. The pods have the ability to walk on flat surfaces, harvest water and solar energy and hydroponicly grow supplies through an exoskeleton collection / filtration system, and can dock with each other midair for joint working between pod teams.

10.7 Designs and Musings

musings and sketches

The new googleplex is starting to use bio-organic material with a space frame and a lycra material. Two options have been discussed, the ideas of an ever expanding / living design and a constantly decaying yet renewable design. This post examines the expanding / living argument.

Design 1 explores the idea of a living wall which will change the daily environment and exist to motivate workers. If a deadline is missed, the matter will expand faster this impeding on a workers space calling to attention an impending deadline

Design 2 is in very early stages but takes a look at if matter can exist in a room which will grow and start to impact the use of that space, and eventually gets so large that you relocate to the inside of the matter and end up with an ever growing office space negating the need for finding more existing office space when more is needed.