Design Adapting to Terraces
The Elysian Field proposes an alternative to the current model of a self sustaining city. Leaving behind an excessive production and environmental exploitation of the last 150 years, it embraces key concepts of pre-industrial labor and updated with the current possibilities of Industry 4.0 and idea of digital craftsmanship. There is hardly more problematic industry in regards of resource exploitation, environment devastation and recently automation induced job loss than industrial mining.
Introduction to Site
Liddell Coal Operations (LCO) is an established open-cut mine located at Ravensworth, approximately 25 kms north west of Singleton in the Upper Hunter Valley of NSW. LCO is operated and managed by Liddell Coal Operations Pty Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Glencore Coal Pty Limited (Glencore), on behalf of a joint venture between Glencore (67.5%) and Mitsui Matsushima Australia (32.5%
Site Analysis
Project Concept
Design Phasing Strategy
Design Concept
The site is analyzed for a path with least slope along the site topography using a Path Finding algorithm. The discrete building components are positioned along this path of least resistance responding to the solar and wind vectors.
Component Combination Possibilities
Programmatic Divisions
Circulation
Component Aggregations
Habitation Units - Terraces
Section through Aggregation
Units adapting to the site topography
High Resolution Interior Spaces