TERRAFORM - SITE SURVEY / LAND MASS DEVELOPMENT

UPON ENTERING THE SITE, IT BECAME APPARENT THAT IT WAS A VAST, OPEN SPACE WITH NUMEROUS CONTEXTUAL RELATIONSHIPS, AND MULTIPLE COMBINATIONS OF PROGRAMS. A SURVEY WAS COMPLETED TO MAP THE SITE AND MODEL IT TO CREATE MORE A SPACIAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE RANGE OF SPACES AND THRESH HOLDS.


BELOW, A SERIES OF 6 HEIGHT MAPS ARE SHOWN CREATED TO MAP THE LOCATION FOR THE NEW LAND FORMS. THESE MASSES ARE SPECIFICALLY MOLDED USING CLUSTER AND INTERSECTION POINTS AS SHOWN ON A PREVIOUS DIAGRAM, COMBINED WITH THE AMBITION OF CREATING A FLUID LANDSCAPE THAT KEEPS SOME OF THE KEY FORMATIONS EXISTING CURRENTLY ON THE SITE.


ON THE HEIGHT DISPLACEMENT MAPS, THE SITE CAN BE SEEN TO HAVE VARIOUS LEVELS, CRAWLING OUT OF THE RIVER BED AND FUSING INTO ONE MASS WITH CONNECTING POINTS AND 5 OBVIOUS LOCATIONS FOR POSSIBLE ARCHITECTURAL FORMATIONS.