planet tower of power

Concept Sketch

This an a concept image of the Sprial Super Highway Universe

Spiral Super Highway Idea

Final Conceptual Thoughts

Since the commencement of this project, as a group we have been constantly developing and refining a concept to base our design on. Building upon the proposed framework focusing on the central tower with an emphasis on the religious hub at the peak of the building.

The idea of using a pyramid as a precursor to the design emanates from having the four earthly elements represented on the ground plane (earth, wind, fire, water) reaching towards the heavens with a spiritual peak at the zenith.

We have expanded upon Second Life being a virtual world to further develop it to being a 'virtual universe'
Working within the parameters of second life the idea of having a spiral abater super highway as a way of leading the protagonist through this virtual universe.

Church Ideas

Some conceptual ideas for one part of the central tower, the church located at the peak of the tower.

Much conceptual strength of the church is already expressed by the site- the circular floor plan is representative of the holy, as is the cruciform lanes of access to within. This is further strengthened in section, the church being elevated up to 60 floors, floating in the sky. These elements will be essential in forming a successful concept. Considerable focus will be paced on harnessing and exploiting the potential of what already exists.

Micro Level

We have decided to focus our attention on the central tower because this is the most important element of the macro level design. Contained within this tower is the religious and educational buildings as well as some of the commercial and residential areas. For the purpose of the assignment, we have specified what building types would be most appropriate for these designated areas on a micro scale. An example of this is shown above, where we have identified the type of religious buildings that we think would be appropriate for this project.

Conceptual Ideas

Some of the preliminary conceptual ideas that we have had include:
-using the central tower to make a hub for the surrounding community
-creating a 'green' sustainable space
-integrating the diverse cross section of a community together by the use of this central space

The following perspectives give a 3 Dimensional view as to what we are proposing to do, the central tower is surrounded by the dwellings.

Ideas

if we are to use the current design, we need to think broader in terms of conceptual ideas...not just having the church.eg if we use that central space to come up with a area which people go there to socialise etc.

just need to think in broader terms of design- going on from what the RSU students have developed so far, we take then next step in design -concept ideas, but we dont go into detailed design eg just the church

Our Project

This is a section and plan of our chosen Macro Level of Design.
We will focus on the peak of the central tower, to create our own concept for the religious establishment.

Group Formation

Members

Mark Tisdell

Michael Dernee

Blake Holmes

Troy Newman

Tom Radcliff

Andrew Berryman