MIDWAYGRAY
WATER PAVILION
WATER THEMED PUBLIC PAVILION
A SERIES OF CONNECTED RIDGED PODS FORM A PAVILION WITH FLUID PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION ON THE GROUND AND LOWER PLANES
VIEWING TERRACE OVERLOOKS STATEN ISLAND FERRY TERMINAL AND UPPER BAY; ACCESSIBLE ONLY FROM UNDERGROUND ENTRY
UNDERGROUND PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE BUT WITH OPTIONAL PRIVATE PROGRAM: BATHROOM, ADDITIONAL SEATING, BAR LOCATED ON UPPER FLOOR REACHABLE FROM UNDERGROUND SPIRAL STAIR
RIDGED LOOSELY CONNECTED MEMBERS CARRY WATER TO UNDERGROUND FILTER SYSTEM; WATER IS REUSED AS MISTING STATIONS: COOL IN SUMMER / WARM IN WINTER; THIS PROCESS ALSO WATERS THE MOSS;O2 FROM MOSS HELPS AERATE UNDERGROUND AREAS; IT ALSO SOFTENS AND WARMS A TYPICALLY HARD AND COLD OUTDOOR [CONCRETE/METROPOLITAN] SPACE DEVOID OF ACCESS TO EXTENSIVE VEGETATION
POROUS WALLS/FLOORS/CEILINGS COLLECT AND DIRECT WATER TO A CENTRAL CORE; A FEW SOLAR KEENLY PLACED PANELS POWER THE MODEST HEATER AND PUMP; THIS WATER IS RECYCLED AND REDISTRIBUTED AS STEAM; THIS SOLVES THE PROBLEM OF HEAVY LIFTING, SANITATION, AND TEMPERATURE; THE FINS THEMSELVES ARE HOLLOW THIN ALUMINUM;
ESSENTIALLY - WATER COMES DOWN THE OUTSIDE AND UP THE INSIDES
AERIAL RENDER FACING NE FROM SW CORNER
LAYERED RIDGES COLLECT AND DIRECT WATER AS IT FALLS
WATER COLLECTION SECTION; RIDGED LAYERED FINS, BOTTOM CONCRETE POOL WITH VAPOR PANEL DECKING COMPONENT, CENTRAL DRAINS
DIAGRAMMATIC UNDERGROUND PLAN
INTERIOR MISTING PODS FROM NE ENTRY
TOPOLOGY ETABLISHED WITHIN THE DESIGN OF AN ORIGINAL BUILDING UNIT RIDGES PINCH 'HOOK' FLAT VS CUPPED
TOPOLOGICALLY CAN BE FLATTENED BENT PUSHED STRETCHED ETC CAN BE USED TO CREATE A STRUCTURE THAT IS COMPOSED OF MULTIPLE ELEMENTS ACTING AS A SINGLE POROUS 'SURFACE' THIS POROSITY ALLOWS FOR THE CONTROL OF WATER
HOOK
POD AND RIDGE UNIT TYPOLOGY LANGUAGE APPLIED TO SITE
LAYERED RIDGED FINS MAINTAIN WATER TRANSFERRING PROPERTIES WITH HIGHLY OBTUSE TO RELATIVELY ACUTE CURVATURES; AN INFINITE VARIETY OF FUNCTIONAL SURFACES AND ENCLOSURES CAN BE FORMED WITHOUT LOSING THIS PROPERTY
INVERTED RIDGES FOR AREAS WHERE DEFLECTION OF WATER IS DESIRED
STRUCTURAL CANOPY STUDY USING PASTA PIECES; THE 'MANTIS' PASTA AS TOPOLOGY PRECEDENT - DESIGNS VARY IN ABILITY TO HOLD/DISTRIBUTE SAUCE
MANTIS STRUCTURE ELEVATIONAL
SHELTER PODS AND SHADER
UNDERGROUND PODS FACING NW; MOSS AND MISTING STATIONS; POROUS FLOOR
SITE CROSS SECTION
INTERLOCKING UNITS - REQUIRE NO ADHESIVE WITH STRUCTURAL FORMATIONS POSSIBLE IN COMBINATIONS OF 3 OR MORE
TRANSVERSE SITE SECTION SHOWING 'BATHTUB' BOTTOM MOST LAYER BELOW RIDGED FIN SYSTEM; 6' TALL RECTANGLE FOR SCALE REFERENCE