Disruption: An Interactive Flow
2018
Design | Architecture
Cambridge, Ontario | 2B Design Studio: Jane Hutton | Skills: Model Making, Photoshop
Disruption is an observational study of the behaviour and flow of water. Observing water is an elusive and captivating experience. The pedestrian bridge is placed on the pre-existing human made dam wall, angled and flat so that water passes over quickly and smoothly. The bridge interrupts the smooth flow where it connects to the wall, allowing water to pass over the glass covered bridge, as well as catching it and redirecting water through the foot path. This disruption constructed allows for the occupants not only to have a new perspective of the water falling over the damn and down the river, but also see how an intervention can change the flow pattern of water and give a chance for further interaction.
As the water continues down the water, the state changes from laminar, smooth, to turbulent, disrupted. As the water meets different circumstances such as the damn, rocks, and piers, it results in an observable change on the surface.
This plexi and plaster model aims to capture those different states, and the relationships that the movement of the top layer of water has with interventions and disruptions, whether natural or human imposed.
In collaboration with Kevin Kunnappilly & Salman Rauf
