Within a world that is continually moving and changing, a city must be able to adapt to this ‘speed’ and change. Current ‘city urban’ design does not allow for this ‘speed’ which comes with successive change and continual growth. Clean growth is not afforded in current city design, with the result being a static city that allows for the creation of dead urban spaces.
The urban cell project uses natural algorithms to create a coherent and livable city which receives and perceives the needs and wants of the users and grows accordingly.
The research and analysis undertaken includes the study of worldwide density in contrast to the current Sydney position, open space available to public in contrast to major cities, the introduction and affect of the digital age which is now upon us with the response of free Wi-Fi, the ne
ed for security cameras to watch over public space and the growth patterns in the Koran angel fish in contrast to how a city is perceived to grow.
The density diagrams demonstrate how the cities density pattern is redistributed to the north of the site to allow for balance of population flow to the existing urban fabric.
The high density area is placed around the nucleus of the project which is the brain project, this allows for the connections and the ability to respond to the occupants needs and change and grow accordingly. This brain interface forms the nucleus of the project and the external armature allows for connection nodes to be placed in regard to the density patterns of the city. This linkage affords the ability to change and move ahead of the ‘speed’ the world is moving at.
The growth of the city is likened to the growth of the Koran angel fish ‘Pomacanthus semicirculatus’. Unlike current city growth ‘ the balloon affect’ where stripes are laid out on the balloon and the balloon is blown up and each line is stretched to breaking point, with the end result being
a static city and the creation of areas of dead public space.
The urban cell begins with an intended population goal and the infrastructure needed and a layer is added when needed, which results in clean city growth and allows for a livable urban fabric which affords moment of urban intensity and intimacy. The pace of the growth is controlled via the user through the brain computer interface system.
Circulation and the creation of public space are intrinsically linked in this project. With no major space allocated for public use and no vast waterfront parklands.
Public space is temporal and movable within the urban cell and is allowed and created within the existing circulation paths. Piezoelectric technology is used within the circulation paths to represent the invention and awareness of public space that has been created with a large gathering of people.
The distribution of program has been achieved throug
h the voronoi geometry algorithm. Various rules for living
have been set up to allow this:
-Residents must live within 200 meters of transport source, with the result creating circulation paths.
-Residents must live within 500 of work, and the result creating zones of industry linked throughout the city.
The connections to the existing urban fabric occur above Hickson road which becomes a visible working canal. This will divide the existing urban fabric and the new cellular city
and provide a dynamic connection that suggests the linkage of a past working wharf and a direct living reference to the new urban cell.
The end result is a new typology for cities which casts aspiration towards an urban virbance and a dynamic architectural form.
