So the Street car terminal is under way. The first iteration of the structure too a circular form. The idea is to be able to enter from either side of the street to reach the street car you wish to take. You could simply also walk along the platform to avoid the traffic below.
The form however was undesirable so I began to tinker with it.
These arches would be constructed as box trusses, which unfortunately took a little longer than expected.Once completed I began to place them on the site, bringing in the elements of the bridge and stairs.
Due to the torque I used to manipulate the ellipses and circles I had a limit of having only one set of stairs per stop.
With this now I have reworked the form and have cut it down as not all the side walks down the center of the street are over 100 m long. The bridge and stair construction is now under way.
M. Defina
Good to see you changed it up a bit, we were talking before about how the entire terminal doesn't necessarily need to be symmetrical, so its good to see there's some more variation in the form. That's currently what I'm trying to overcome but I think It's going to be more of a variation on similar bays in order to create some sort of dynamism in the project. It would be cool if the trains left out the yawning end like it was a roller coaster or something lol
ReplyDeleteYou need some cross-bracing to provide lateral support especially as the arches appear to be only reliant on the two ground connections available. If you are sincere about your approach to the project as a box truss, then I would suggest you adopt that in your design. If not, turn away from the notion as it confuses your thinking. The same applies to the "parametric" issues you are describing as I find it difficult to see how this design has come to rely on parametric interface. Be clear about what you are trying to do and I think you can pull off a successful project.
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