{ Week 14 } Interiors and Storytelling
This is an image heading into Oman as an example of where it can go.
Arium
Harvesting
{ Week 14 } Section
Shows atrium and how plants have plenty of sun access while accommodation is protected whilst still being able to receive sunlight.
{ Week 13 } Typical Dwelling
Workers will share showers and toilets. The crew on the level above the workers will have their own ensuites - these people will be the pilot, navigator, engineers, diplomats and other important visitors if any.
{ Week 13 } Final Floor Plans
Contains all communal areas including dining, kitchen, theatre for meetings or just use as cinema, boardroom for diplomats and guests, toilets, games, etc. The back can be retrofitted for more growing areas if needed but I have left this empty at the moment as flexible communal spaces. The gap you see between the internal and the outdoor planting is wide because it needs circulation space and the rest could also be fitted with more sofas and tables or pool tables, etc.
Accommodation spaces all have access to some form of light, either direct or from the atrium if in the inner ring. This level accommodates the workers - the harvesters, the cook, etc. They have their own rooms and share showers and laundry amenities.
This level is reserved for the crew that make the ship function, i.e. the pilot, the navigator, the engineers, etc as well as any important diplomats travelling with them. These rooms are large and comfortable and accommodate ensuites. I wanted to make everyone comfortable with sun access because people will be travelling on long voyages and I feel it is important to keep everyone physically, mentally and spiritually healthy. They are a team. I do not want them on the storage level just to increase growing capacity. There are better ways to do that.
{ Week 13 } Progress: Shell
I've always had this vision that it would be a beautiful shell that would protect its contents and there would be a fantastic community experience with people being able to look down and up at each other to establish a real sense of community.
It kept looking like a bug!
{ Week 12 } Final Hull Design
Hull in Progress.
Based on military hull. This diagram is from a HSV Commercial Ferry Model which is basically what they all look like.
{ Week 12 } Berth Considerations
Size of ship should be able to fit into many shipyards and slipways so that they can be easily maintained, repaired and replenished in existing infrastructure.
The slipway above is in Western Australia and belongs to Austal who make commercial and military catamarans and trimarans - leading company.
The catamarans shown are around 50m long and are left as a comparison. My ship is inserted in as 120m long. It fits comfortably and can be workshopped in the portal frame buildings :)
{ Week 12 } Progress: Better Proportions
Made it thinner and more proportional to normal ships. Still trying to make the spaces work.
{ Week 12 } Suggested Route We Cover
Originally we talked about Africa which made me slightly nervous because it was so far away and I had to think about how it could get there quickly and replenish supplies efficiently. Because mine is now smaller and more nimble than I anticipated, I think my ship can easily travel to many areas as shown on the map. My plan is now not so much about servicing a region but making it part of an initial response that comes in and provides food before Chau's and Jun's ships which are significantly larger can come in and provide even more help.
{ Week 11 } Ship Materials: Titanium and Aluminium
Guggenheim
Highly corrosion resistant, and is not affected by water, saline solutions or chlorine gas.
Titanium is just as strong as steel, but approximately 45% lighter. It’s 60% heavier than aluminium, but more than twice as strong.
I will use an aluminium hull with titanium frame to give a sheen.
Image: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/09/23/travel/23bilb600.1.jpg
{ Week 11 } Material Research and Selection: ETFE
+Lava, Images ©DOUG & WOLF
Benefits in Summary
- High solar gains
- High light transmission
- Maintains temperature
- Appropriate for plant growth
Negative: Rain Noise
Solution: Noise Suppression Systems
ETFE Reference: coonscholgroup.wikispaces.com/file/view/ETFE.docx
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