THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY. MARCH PORTFOLIO

-77.282323, -56.529926 “THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY” DESIGN PORTFOLIO

DS 23 DS 23 MARCH (II) MARCH (II) UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER HARDIK PATEL (W1422105) HARDIK PATEL

THESIS PERSONAL INTERESTS WITH SPACE AND THE FUTURE COLONISATION OF MARS, LEAD ME TO INITIALLY RESEARCH INTO THE CONDITIONS PRESENT ON THE RED PLANET. WHILST THERE IS 0.16% OF OXYGEN WITHIN MARS’ ATMOSPHERE, MAKING NATURAL HUMAN LIFE IMPOSSIBLE, THERE ARE VAST AMOUNTS OF OTHER RESOURCES THAT MAY ALLOW FOR OTHER LIFE TO BE PRESENT. THE LARGE AMOUNTS OF ICE AND DRY ICE, POSITIONED ON THE POLES OF MARS, MAY ALLOW FOR BACTERIAL LIFE TO BE PRESENT WITHIN THE ICE. THE INITIAL PROJECT INVESTIGATION FED BACK INTO THE HABITABLE PLANET OF EARTH, AND HOW LIFE CAN BE POSSIBLE STORED IN THE VAST AMOUNTS OF ICE ON OUR PLANET. THE INITIAL INVESTIGATE LEAD ME INTO TO THE DIRECTION OF STORAGE, AND PRESERVATION, LOOKING INTO THE PAST NARRATIVE OF NOAH’S ARK AND THE INTENDED PRESERVATION OF LIFE, WITHIN THE SCENARIO OF A GLOBAL DISASTER. HOW COULD THIS BE TAKEN INTO A LITERAL MODERN DAY SCHEME, BEING CAUTIOUS OF WAY BECOME OUR FUTURE? INITIALLY THE RESEARCH BEGAN WITH CURRENT PRESERVATIONS, WITH SEED VAULTS, SUCH AS THE GLOBAL SEED VAULT, LOCATED IN SVALBARD, NORWAY. THIS BUILDING IS SEEN TO BE PLACED WITH THE PERMAFROST OF THE ARCTIC, SEALING WITHIN ITS FACILITIES, SEEDS FROM THE GLOBE, STAINS OF EXTINCT PLANTS TO RECENTLY DISCOVERED VARIATIONS. THE SEED VAULT NOT ONLY FUNCTIONS AN INTERESTING SCHEME, BUT ALSO SITE. THE CONDITIONS OF THE BUILDINGS CONTEXT ALLOWS FOR THE STORAGE OF THE SEEDS TO MAINTAIN ITS LIFE, DUE TO FROZEN ENVIRONMENT OF ITS SURROUNDINGS. THIS ELEMENT OF FREEZING LIFE BECAME THE MAIN PREMISE OF THE DESIGN, THIS IDEA ALLOWED FOR THE FURTHER INVESTIGATION INTO DEVICES WITHIN ICE, WITH THE FURTHER RESEARCH INTO ICE CORES AND THE INFORMATION THAT IS STORED WITHIN, HOLDING ATMOSPHERIC DNA WITHIN LAYERS OF BUBBLES WITHIN ITS DEPTHS OF ICE. THE CORES BECOMING A TIMELINE OF LIFE, FROZEN AND PRESERVED WITHIN THE ICE SHELVES OF ANTARCTICA. THIS DEVELOPMENT NATURALLY FOCUSED THE SITING OF THE DESIGN TO BE WITHIN AN EXTREME REGION OF THE WORLD, DUE TO GLOBAL WARMING THE ARCTIC (NORTH) IS SEEN TO BE SLOWLY MELTING, AT A SLOWER RATE THE ANTARCTIC (SOUTH) IS SEEING THIS MELTING. THE ANTARCTIC SHOWS TO HAVE AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF -48 DEGREES, WITH A MINIMUM OF -89.6 DEGREES, THIS ALLOWED FOR THE PERFECT CONDITIONS THAT CAN STORE LIFE, WITHIN THE NATURAL GROUND BUILDUP. THE RONNE ICE SHELF BECOMES THE IDEAL LOCATION OF THE PROJECT, LOCATED WITH THE BRITISH ANTARCTIC REGION, ALLOWS FOR THE DESIGN TO FOLLOW BRITISH REGULATIONS WHILST ALSO FOLLOWING ANTARCTIC REGULATIONS. THE SCHEME FOR THE TREASURY MAINLY FOLLOWS A DESIGN ETHOS DERIVED FROM ITS LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS. ALLOWS FOR THE TREASURY TOWER AND FIELD TO WORK AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE. ADAPTABILITY IS WHAT DRIVES THIS SAFE MANOR OF DESIGN. QUICK AND SIMPLE CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION IS ALWAYS ANOTHER DRIVING FACTORS THAT THE TREASURY UTILISES, SHAPING AND EVOLVING THE DESIGN TO BE CONSTRUCTED OFF SITE AND INSTALLED ON SITE, THESE ARE THE MAIN DRIVING FACTORS FOR THE TREASURY SCHEME. WITH TWO MAIN FUNCTIONS OF STORAGE AND RESEARCH, ALLOWING FOR THE FUTURE PROTECTION OF LIFE.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I: METAMOPHOSIS IN MECHANICS - 4 THE EVOLUTION OF SOCIAL INTERACTION ROTATION AND INTERACTION ROTATION & SLIDING MOVEMENT AND ROTATION ROTATION AND DEPLOYMENT VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT THREE STATES THREE STATES MODEL

CHAPTER II: DATA IN A NETWORKED AGE - 13 VESSEL OF LIFE DNA LIFE - EVOLUTION OF LIFE GLOBAL SEED VAULT - THE BACK UP OF LIFE ICE CORES - FROZEN PAST LIFE ANTARCTICA - CURRENT COLD LIFE ANTARCTICA - ICE AS A THERMAL MASS ICE STORE - BASIC PROCESS OF DNA STORAGE PRESERVER - PRODUCTION OF DISTILLED WATER FOR DNA CORES

CHAPTER III: LOCATING THE FIELD - 22 ANTARCTICA - POSSIBLE LOCATION FOR THE GLOBAL LIFE VAULT ANTARCTICA - SEASONAL MOTION ANTARCTICA - SCHEME PROGRAM ANTARCTICA - BAS AND SITE LOCATION

CHAPTER IV: THE ANTACTIC TREASURY PROGRAM - 27 THE FROZEN ARK - THE SCHEME THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY - SCHEME MASTERPLAN THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY - HOW THE SCHEME WORKS

CHAPTER V : ELEMENTS OF THE TREASURY FIELD - 31 THE TREASURY ROVER - FUNCTIONS THE TREASURY ROVER - TECHNOLOGY THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY FIELD - INTERACTION THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY OVERWATCH - TECHNOLOGY AND CONSTRUCTION THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY OVERWATCH - MOVEMENT THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY TUNNEL - MODULARITY THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY POWER GENERATOR - MOVEMENT THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY POWER GENERATOR - ROTATION AND CONSTRUCTION

CHAPTER VI THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY TOWERS - 40 THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY TOWERS - THE FINAL TOWER CLUSTER THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY TOWERS - INITIAL MASSING AND TECH THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY TOWERS - INITIAL MASSING CLUSTER FORMATION THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY TOWERS - ROOF PLAN THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY TOWERS - POD LEVEL PLAN THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY TOWERS - BUILDING MAKEUP THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY TOWERS - ACCOMODATION AND ICE CORE THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY TOWERS - CORE MODULARITY THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY TOWERS - ROOF MODULARITY THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY TOWERS - POD CONNECTION THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY TOWERS - ACCOMODATION POD THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY TOWERS - ACCOMODATION POD STRUCTURE THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY TOWERS - ACCOMODATION FRAMEWORK THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY TOWERS - ICE CORE STORAGE POD THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY TOWERS - ICE CORE STORAGE POD DETAIL THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY TOWERS - THE GARDEN THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY TOWERS - THE GARDEN EXPLOSION THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY TOWERS - GENERAL WALL DETAIL THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY TOWERS - BUILDING THERMAL AND MOVEMENT THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY TOWERS - CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY TOWERS - SITE CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY TOWERS - VENTILATION

CHAPTER VII: STUDIO TRIP TO THE TREASURY - 63 THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY - ARRIVAL THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY TOWERS - TOWARDS THE FLOATING GARDEN THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY TOWERS - THE FLOATING GARDEN THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY TOWERS - STUDIO ARRIVES TO THERE ACCOMODATION THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY TOWERS - THE ICE CORE STORAGE THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY - THE TREASURY TOWER THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY - THE TREASURY ROVER DRILLING THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY - THE TREASURY FIELD

I CHAPTER I: METAMOPHOSIS IN MECHANICS

THE NEW DS 23 FOCUSES AWAY FROM FACTORIES FROM THE PREVIOUS YEARS, FOCUSING ON HOW DEVICES AND MACHINERY WORKS, WITH DATA AND THE INTERNET OF THINGS. DURING THIS CHAPTER. THE STUDIO WAS SEPARATED INTO GROUPS OF THREE, EXPLORING VARIOUS STATES OF MOTION, BRINGING INTO LIGHT THE MECHANICS BEHIND THEM. THROUGH VARIOUS TESTS AND MODEL ITERATIONS, MY GROUP, CONSISTING OF MARTYNAS, JONAS AND MYSELF, BEGAN TO LOOK AT SIMPLE MOVEMENT. FROM ONE STATE OF MOTION DEVELOPMENT OCCURRED, EVOLVING, DEVELOPING INTO SMART EFFICIENT VERSIONS, CONTAINING VARIOUS NEW STATES. THE FINAL DEVICE, ALLOWING FOR 3 STATES, OF HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT, VERTICAL AND ROTATION, WHILST ALLOWING FOR THE DEPLOYMENT OF A SHELTER. THE DEVICE EXPLORED TO VARIOUS COMPLEXITIES NEEDED IN CREATING THESE STATES OF MOMENT. IN CREATING A DEVICE THAT IS AS MECHANICALLY INTELLIGENT AS POSSIBLE, ALLOWED FOR ONE STEPPER MOTOR TO CREATE A THREADED ROD TO ROTATE, ALLOWING FOR THE ROTATION, ELEVATION AND MOVEMENT OF THE DEVICE, DEPLOYING THE STRUCTURE. THE DEVICE ITSELF, CELEBRATES THE MECHANICS BEHIND THE MACHINE, SHOWING ITS THEATRICS.

INITIALLY MY GROUP LOOKED AT THE MARRIAGE BETWEEN TWO MOBILE APPLICATIONS, TINDER AND UBER, CREATING A VICTORIAN MIXTURE OF THE TWO, THAT WOULD ALLOW A USER TO SELECT DATES WHILST MOVING AND DROPPING OFF CLIENTS. THIS IDEA THEN EVOLVED TO HOW AN ABSTRACT MECHANISM THAT CAN VISUALISE SOCIAL INTERACTION IN THE MODERN WORLD, ONE DISPLAYING A CONTROLLED INTERACTION OF THE PHYSICAL WORLD, AND THE OTHER DEMONSTRATING THE UNCONTROLLABLE INTERACTIONS OF THE DIGITAL WORLD.

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CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE

THIS DIAGRAM SHOWS THE MAIN MECHANISM EXPLODED, HOW GEARS OPERATE, IN ORDER TO MOVE TWO WALLS IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS, FOR THIS, THERE ARE TWO SMALLER COGS PLACED WITHIN THE MAIN GEAR RING, ON THERE INDEIVIDUAL TRACKS, ALLOWING FOR ROTATION.

ALL THE GEARS JOIN TOGETHER TO CREATE A COMPACT MECHANISM THAT ALLOWS THE ROTATION OF THE TWO WALLS THROUGH DOWELS ATTACHED TO THE SMALL INNER GEARS.

ABOVE THIS MECHANISM, THE TWO PLATES ARE ATTACHED, THE FIRST (STARTING FROM THE BOTTOM) ALLOWS FOR THE WHOLE PLATE TO ROTATE, AND IS FIXED TO THE GEARS, THE SECOND WHICH CONTAINS GROOVES ALLOWING FOR THE BALL TO MOVE ALONG AND REST UPON.

HOLES WITHIN THE TWO PLATES AND TO THE GEARS BELOW ALLOW FOR THE WALLS TO BE FIXED, AS ROTATION OCCURS THE BALL IS PUSHED OFF THE REST POSITION ON THE TRACK AND MOVES ALONG TO THE NEXT POSITION IN THE NEXT SPACE ON THE SECOND DEVICE

OVERALL THE DEVICE CAN BECOME INTERLINKED WITH ANOTHER, ALLOWING FOR THE MOVEMENT AND ROTATION OF ANOTHER TO OCCUR, ALLOWING FOR A NUMBER OF EVERCHANGING SPACES TO DEVELOP.

PLAN OF ROTATION

MECHANISM OF ROTATION

MECHANISM OF ROTATION

ITERATION I, AS ONE MAIN ELEMENT ROTATES BY 22.5 DEGREES THE TWO INNTER WALLS ALSO ROTATE BY 22.5.

ITERATION II, AS THE ELEMENTS MOVE ANOTHER 22.5 DEGREES, THE INTERLINKING ALLOWS FOR THE OTHER MECHANISMS TO MOVE.

ITERATION III, AT THIS MOMENT, THE MARBLE THAT IS PRESENT REPRESENTING A PERSON IS PUSHED OFF ONE “TILE” AND MOVED TO ANOTHER.

ITERATION IV, THIS ITERATION ALLOWS FOR THE WALLS TO BECOME INTO ANOTHER CONFINGURATION, BLOCKING OFF SPACES AND CREATING A NEW SPACE IN RETURN.

INITIALLY MY GROUP LOOKED AT THE MARRIAGE BETWEEN TWO MOBILE APPLICATIONS, TINDER AND UBER, CREATING A VICTORIAN MIXTURE OF THE TWO, THAT WOULD ALLOW A USER TO SELECT DATES WHILST MOVING AND DROPPING OFF CLIENTS. THIS IDEA THEN EVOLVED TO HOW AN ABSTRACT MECHANISM THAT CAN VISUALISE SOCIAL INTERACTION IN THE MODERN WORLD, ONE DISPLAYING A CONTROLLED INTERACTION OF THE PHYSICAL WORLD, AND THE OTHER DEMONSTRATING THE UNCONTROLLABLE INTERACTIONS OF THE DIGITAL WORLD.

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DEVICE WITHIN A LARGER SYSTEM

AS THE NEW MODEL ALLOWS FOR SINGLE WALLS TO ROTATE SEPERATELY, NEW SPATIAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE CREATED. DATA CAN ALSO BE COLLECTED FROM THE DIFFERENT VARIATIONS THE WALLS CAN MOVE ALONG.

FOR THE NEXT ITERATION OF OUT MECHANICAL DEVICE, WE DECIDED TO EVOLVE THE DESIGN THAT INCORPORATES BOTH ROTATING AND SLIDING WITHIN ITS MOVEMENT.

THE WALL PLACEMENT, THIS WALL IS NOW ABLE TO SLIDE AND ROTATE..

THE WALL CONSTRCUTION, THESE PANELS AND RODS ARE PLACING WITTHIN THE TRACK. THE WALL PLACEMENT, THE WALL IS ONCE PLACED IN THE BASE IS LOCKED.

THE BASE, THE BASE CONSTRUCTED OF ACRYLIC.

THE WALLS MOVE ALONG A TRACK SYSTEM, PATTERN WITHIN THE FLOOR TILES ALLOW FOR 360 DEGREES ROTATION, WHILST ALSO ALLOWING FOR SLIDING TO OCCUR. THE WALLS ARE PLACED WITHIN THE GROUND WITH A ARRAY OF GROOVES, THE WALLS ARE LOCKED WITHIN THIS SYSTEM ALLOWING MOVEMENT TO STILL OCCUR.

THE BASE TRACK, THE PATTERN ALLOWS FOR 6 AXIS MOVEMENT.

THE DEVICE

THE WALL CONSTRCUTION, THE POSTS ALLOWING FOR MOVEMENT ARE SANDWICHED INTO ACRYLIC PANELS

ITERATION V, WITH THIS SCHEME, THE WALLS ITERATION IV, AS THE WALLS MOVE ANOTHER ITERATION III, WHEN THE WALL MOVE ITERATION II, THIS SHOWS HOW THE ITERATION I, AS THIS SYSTEM WAS ALSO ARE ALLOWED TO SLIDE BECOMING A 22.5 DEGREES THE ARRANGEMENT OF SPACE ALONG EVEN MORE THE ARRANGEMENT HAS PROGRAM OF WALLS WILL BE WHEN THE INDEPENDENT IN A WAY, ONE WALL CAN UNIQUE DIFFERENT SPACE. BECOME VERTICLE FROM HORIZONTAL. WALL SLIDE AND ROTATE TOGETHER IN SYNC. SLIDE, AND ROTATE WHILST THE OTHERS ADAPTS TO INTS FOURTH ITERATION. ARE STATIC.

THE NEW DEVICE UNLIKE THE PREVIOUS ALLOWED FOR UNCONTROLLED DATA TO BE EXTRACTED.

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DEPLOYING ELEMENT, THAT ROTATES TO CREATE SHELTER HOUSING FOR THE DEPLOYMENT MECHANISM LOCKING MECHANISM FOR DEVICE WORKING

DEVICE WITHIN A LARGER SYSTEM

THE DEVICE IN A LARGER SYSTEM ALLOWS OF SPACES AND ALLEYWAYS TO BE CREATED, WHILST ALSO ALLOWING FOR THE DEPLOYMENT OF A ROOFING STRUCTURE.

STATE FOUR, THE ROTATION CAUSES THE DEVICE TO DEPLOY. STATE FIVE, THE ROTATION CAUSES THE DEVICE TO DEPLOY. STATE SIX, FURTHER ROTATION ALLOW FOR THE RETURN OF ITS ORIGINAL STATE.

ELEVATED BASE FOR MODEL

STATE THREE, AS THE DEVICE ENDS MOVING, ONE BELT MOVES CAUSING ROTATION.

DEVICE EXPLODED

STATE TWO, AS TWO CORNERS START TO ROTATE, THE DEVICE MOVES.

LOCKING MECHANISM FOR DEVICE WORKING

STATE ONE, THE MECHANISM IN ITS HOME POSITION, CENTRALISED.

ROLLER MECHANICS ALLOWING MOVEMENT AND ROTATION

STATES OF DEPLOYMENT

PREVIOUS DEVICES, USED THE STATES OF ROTATION MAINLY, WITH THIS, THE TEAM IMPLIMENTED THE IDEA OF MOVMEMENT, FROM A TO B, WHILST ALSO ALLOWING FOR SOME ROTATIONAL ELEMENTS.

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FROSTED ACRYLIC ROOF

ROTATIONAL AXIS

3MM THREADED ROD FROSTED ACRYLIC WALLS FROSTED ACRYLIC BASE

SEPERATED ELEMENTS ALLOWING TWO STATES 3MM THREADED ROD

THE MECHANISM ALLOWS FOR FULL 360 ROTATION, WHILST ALSO ALLOWING FOR THIS, VERTICALITY ALSO COMES INTO PLAY AS THE MECHANISM POPS UP FROM FLAT ELEMENTS TO A ROOFED SPACE.

3D PRINTED ROTATIONAL JOINT BASE FOR MODEL

EXPLODED DIAGRAM SHOWING POP UP SHELTER

THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MODEL CONSISTED OF 3D PRINTED CONNECTIONS, 3MM STEEL ROD, AND LASER CUT FROSTED ACRYLIC.

GRIDDED POPUP SYSTEM, ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT

WITHIN A GRIDDED SYSTEM THE SHELTERS ARE ABLE TO ROTATE ON THERE CENTRAL ACCESS, CONNECTING AT MOMENTS, ALLOWING FOR PASSAGE ALONG THE GRIDDED SYSTEM.

STATES OF DEPLOYMENT

STATE ONE, THE MECHANISM READY FOR LAUNCH

STATE TWO, AS THE THREADED ROD ROTATES THE MECHANISM MOVES VERTICALLY

STATE THREE, THE MECHANISM CONTINUES TO DEPLOY, SLOWLY UNCATCHING ON ITSELF

STATE FOUR, THE MECHANISM IS IN FULL DEPLOYMENT, ALLOWING FOR SHELTER AND ROTATION TO OCCUR

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MECHANISM ON A MASS SCALE

THE DEVICE

THE MECHANISM ON A MASS SCALE ALLOWS FOR THE CREATION OF MACHINE, WITH MANY POSSIBLITIES OF SORTING AND ORGANISING. BUT HOW CAN THIS BE TAKEN FURTHER?

WITH THIS MECHANISM, COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS, WE WANTED TO CREATE A DEVICE THAT CAN ALLOW FOR MECHANISM ON TWO PLANES. MOVING HORIZONTALLY AND VERTICALLY AT THE SAME TIME, WE ALSO WANTED THE DEVICE TO ACHIEVE THIS WHILST CREATING SOMETHING THAT MECHANICALLY INTELLIGIENT.

BASE TO SHOW THE DIFFERENCE IN HEIGHT.

EXPLODED AXO OF MECHANISM

STATE FIVE, MOVEMENT CONTINUES, CAUSING A CHANGE IN HEIGHT. STATE SIX, MOVEMENT CONTINUES, CAUSING A CHANGE IN HEIGHT. STATE SEVEN, AS THE MECHANISM COMES TOWARDS THE END. STATE EIGHT, THE FINAL STATE OF THE MECHANISM, ALLOWING FOR THE POINT TO BE AT IS MAX HEIGHT.

SUPPORT BASE FOR COMPLETE MECHANISM.

STATE FOUR, MOVEMENT CONTINUES, CAUSING A CHANGE IN HEIGHT.

HORIZONTAL SUPPORT FOR SCISSOR ARMS.

STATE THREE, MOVEMENT CONTINUES, CAUSING A CHANGE IN HEIGHT.

SUPPORT MECHANISM, FOR VIERTICAL BASE.

STATE TWO, THE SPINNING ALLOWS FOR MECHANISM TO MOVE.

MAIN ROTATING ROD.

STATE ONE, THE 5MM THREADED ROD SPINS.

ACRYLIC SCISSOR MECHANISM.

IMAGES OF MECHANISM

TO DO THIS, WE CREATED A DEVICE THAT WORKS WITH A SCISSOR MECHANISM, USING A ROTATING 5MM STEEL THREADED ROD, AS THE ROTATION OCCURS, THE SCISSOR ARMS, MOVE ALONG THE ROD CHANGING IN HEIGHT AND LENGTH, ALLOWING FOR THE MOVEMENT WE WANTED.

STATES OF DEPLOYMENT

STATE ONE, AS THE DEVICE MOVES HORIZONTALLY THE PLATFORM ALSO MOVES VERTICALLY.

STATE TWO, THE ROTATION OF THE MAIN ROD ALLOWS FOR THE HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT.

STATE THREE, THE SINGLE ROTATING ELEMENT, ALLOWS TWO MOVEMENTS TO OCCUR.

STATE FOUR, DEVICE, WHICH IS MECHANICALLY INTELLIGENT, ALLOWS FOR MINIMAL INITIAL EFFORT.

STATE FIVE, AS THE MECHANISM IS FULLY EXTENDED, THE HEIGHT OF THE PLATFORM IS AT ITS MAXIMUM HEIGHT.

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DEPLOYMENT MECHANISM

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ROTATION MECHANISM

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D THE DEPLOYEMENT MECHANISM CONSISTS OF TWO ACRYLIC PANELS, ONE FIXED TO THE ROTATION BASE AND ANOTHER TO THE ELEVATION MECHANISM. IN BETWEEN ARE FINS THAT DEPLOY AS THE DEVICE MOVES.

THE ROTATION MECHANISM, WORKS IN CONJUCTION WITH THE ROTATING ROD, POWERED

BY THE STEPPER MOTOR. AS THE ROD ROTATES THE, MOVEMENT FROM A TO B OCCURS. A SIMPLE TRACK AND COG THEN CAUSES ROTATION.

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A: COG B: TRACK C: ROTATING ROD

ELEVATION MECHANISM

STRUCTURAL BASE

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THE ELEVATION MECHANISM CONSISTS OF TWO WINGS, WITH WEIGHTS PLACED ON EITHER END, IN BALENCE. USING FIXED RODS, TO THE BASE, A VERTICAL FORCE IS CREATED FROM A HORIZONTAL. A: ROTATING ROD B: WINGS C: VIRTICAL FORCE ROD D: MOTOR E: GUIDE RODS

TOP CONSTRUCTION

THE ENTIRE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MODEL IS FABRICATED EITHER BY HAND, USING A 3D PRINTER OR LASER CUTTER. A: THREADED RODS B: MDF TOP STRUCTURE C: MOTOR FIXING

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MID CONSTRUCTION

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THE TOP CONSTRUCTION, OF THE MODEL IS MADE UP OF THE DEPLOYMENT AND ROTATIONAL MECHANISM. THE CONSTRUCTION CONSISTS OF THE ROTATING ROD AND MOTOR, ALLOWING FOR ALL HORIZONTAL MECHANISMS TO WORK.

FINAL CONSTRUCTION

THE MIDDLE CONSTRUCTION ALLOWS FOR THE MODEL TO NOW WORK IN THE VERTICLE AXIS. NOW ALLOWING FOR ALL THREE STATES TO COME TOGETHER.

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FINAL STATE

DEVICE EXPLODED DIAGRAM

THE MODEL NOW WITH THE HOUSEING UNIT IS ABLE TO WORK AS ONE, THIS HOUSING ALLOWS FOR THE DRAMATICS BELOW TO OCCUR. WITH THE THEATRICS OF THE MECHANISM BEING THE EYE CATCHING ELEMENT OF THE SCHEME.

THE MODEL WHEN IN DEPLOYMENT, WILL ROTATE AROUND AND DEPLOY. THE DEVICE, WANTED TO BE A MECHANICALLY INTELIGENT AS POSSIBLE, ALLOWING FOR MINIMAL MOVING FORCE, ALLOWING FOR MULTIPLE STATES.

A: TOP DEPLOYMENT PIECE B: VERTICLE DEPLOYMENT ATTACHMENT C: DEPLOYMENT FINS D: ROTATIONAL BEARING E: TOP CLEAR ACRYLIC BASE F: GUIDE RODS G: ROTATIONAL GUIDE ROD H: ROTATIONAL COG I: TOOTHED TRACK FOR COG J: STEPPER MOTOR K: HORIZONAL MOVEMENT GEAR L: MOTOR HOUSING M: VERTICAL LEVERAGE RODS N: ADDITIONAL VERTICAL FORCE WINGS O: LEVERAGE RODS

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THE MECHANISM ITSELF, NEEDED MAJOR CALIBRATION BEFORE DEPLOYMENT WAS SUCCESSFUL, TO DO THIS THE ARMS THAT ALLOWS FOR THE VERICAL MOTION, IMPLIMENTING WEIGHTS.

THE DEVICE, USES A 3D PRINTED COG TO CREATE THE ROTATION, ALLOWING, THIS RUNS ALONG A SINGLE TRACK.

THE IMAGE SHOWS THE CONNECTIVE NODE THAT ALLOWS FOR ALL MOVEMENT, THIS 3D PRINTED ELEMENT, BECAME A KEY ELEMENT AS, SHEER FORCE CAUSED FAILURE IN MOVEMENT.

TOP VIEW OF THE DEVICE, THE THEATRICS OF THE DEVICES MECHANICAL ELEMENTS ALL ALLOW FOR A SERIES OF THREE SIMPLE MOVEMENTS.

THE IMAGE SHOWS THE FULL MECHANISM FULLY DEPLOYED, THE STSYEM USES GUIDE RODS TO ALLOW FOR THE ROOF OF THE STRUCTURE. THIS IMAGE SHOWS THE VARIOUS GUIDE RODS AND THE BASE OF THE DEPLOYING STUCTURE, THE MECHANIALLY INTELLEGIENT DEVICE ALLOWS FOR THE LEAST AMOUNT OF DIGITAL INTERVENTION FOR THE DEPLOYMENT.

THE DEVICE ALLOWS FOR THE COMPLETE THREE MOVEMENTS, HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL MOVEMENT AND ROTATION AT THE SAME TIME. THE DEVICE ITSELF POWERED USING A SIMILAR SYSTEM AS THE PREVIOUS, USING ONE ROTATING THREADED ROD, ALLOWES FOR 3 MOVEMENTS, POWERED BY ADUINO, THE DEVICE WAS MECHANICALLY INTELLIGENT IN ITSELF.

THE DEVICE

THE FINAL DEVICE, WHICH ALLOWS FOR ALL THREE MOVEMENTS THE PAST DEVICES SEPERATELY ACHIEVED. THE DEVICE WHICH IS MECHANICALLY INTELLIGENT, ALLOWS FOR THE SIMPLE MOVEMENT WITH ONE ROTATING ROD, THIS CREATED SOME THEATRICS INTO TO MECHANICS.

THE DEVICE WAS CONSTRUCTED USING 3D PRINT, STEEL RODS, LASERCUT MDF AND ACRYLIC.

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II CHAPTER II: DATA IN A NETWORKED AGE

WITH THE INITIAL IDEA OF PAST LIFE ON THE FREEZING PLANET MARS, AND THE FUTURE DEVASTATION OF LIFE ON EARTH COMING TO EXTINCTION. EVOLUTION OF LIFE BECAME AN INTERESTING RESEARCH POINT. THIS EXPLORING THE TREE OF LIFE, AND HOW EVOLUTION HAS OCCURRED, A CONNECTION BETWEEN SPECIES IS SEEN, WITH DNA BEING SHARED BETWEEN VARIOUS CREATURES. BUT AS EXTINCTION OCCURS WITH TIME, THE QUESTION OF HOW THE PAST CAN BE STORED, IN DNA FORM BECOMES THE BASIS OF THE PROJECT. THE BIBLICAL VERSE OF NOAHS ARK BECAME A REFERENCE POINT, WHAT ALL LIFE ON EARTH COULD BE STORED, IN SOME SORT OF BACKUP LOCATION. THIS STORAGE BEING DONE IN A PHYSICAL DATA FORM, THIS IDEA LED ME TO INVESTIGATE HOW PHYSICAL DATA IS CURRENT EXTRACTED, WITH THE IDEA OF ICE CORES, STORING ATMOSPHERIC DATA FROM 1000S OF YEARS AGO, CAN THIS NEW DNA DATA BE STORED FOR 1000S MORE YEARS IN ICE? THE INVESTIGATION LED ME TO RESEARCH CURRENT STORAGE FACILITIES, THE SVALBARD GLOBAL SEED VAULT BEING THE MAIN INSPIRATION, AND IT’S FROZEN LOCATION, PROVIDED THE PERFECT SOLUTION TO STORAGE. THROUGH THIS, THE CURRENT BRITISH ANTARCTIC BASE WAS RESEARCHED, PROVIDING SOME TECHNOLOGICAL INSIGHTS INTO CONTRACTION IN FROZEN CONDITIONS. AN INVESTIGATION OF A POSSIBLE STORAGE SOLUTION FOLLOWED, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW STORAGE CORE TO BE INVENTED, WITH THIS DISTILLED WATER, WITH NO SALT WAS TO BE USED. TO HARVEST SUCH FRESH WATER, IN A LOCATION THAT IS SURROUNDED BY SEA WATER A PROCESS OF DISTILLATION WAS NEEDED, THIS THEREFORE NATURALLY LEAD TO THE INVESTIGATION OF A DESALINATION PROCESS OF WATER TO BE DONE, ALLOWING FOR THE PROJECT TO HAVE FRESH WATER THAT FREEZES AT A 0 DEGREE TEMPERATURE TO BE SUPPLIED. WITH THE BYPRODUCT BEING SALINE SALT WATER WITH A FREEZING TEMPERATURE OF -2 TO BE PRODUCED, WITH THIS A POSSIBLE SALTWATER AND FRESHWATER LAYERING SYSTEM COULD BE INVENTED.

NOAH’S ARK - VESSEL OF LIFE

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DNA LIFE - EVOLUTION OF LIFE

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GLOBAL SEED VAULT - THE BACK UP OF LIFE

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ICE CORES - FROZEN PAST LIFE

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ANTARCTICA - CURRENT COLD LIFE

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MICHIGAN LIGHTHOUSES

THIS LIGHTHOUSE DURING THE WINTER MONTHS FREEZES OVER DUE TO ITS LOCATION, BEING ON THE SALT WATER ON THE LAKE AND THE LIGHTHOUSE STRUCTURE, THE STRUCTURE CAPTURES THE HITTING WATER, THIS WITH TEMPRETURES BELOW -2 CAUSES THE WATER TO FREEZE.

AT HOME WATER FREEZING EXPERIMENTS

EXPERIEMENT 1, THE STIILL ZERO DEGREE WATER IS POURED INTO A GLASS OF THE SAME WATER, THE WATER HITTING AND INTERACTING WITH ANOTHER CAUSES FREEZING TO OCCUR.

WALL DETAIL OF THE MAIN CORE, THE STRUCTURE TAKES INSPIRATION FROM THE MICHIGAN LIGHTHOUSES.. THIS ALLOWING AND PROMOTING THE NATURAL ATTRACTION OF SNOW FROM THE ANTARCTIC WIND.

EXPERIMENT 2, THE STILL ZERO DEGREE WATER IS HIT AGAINST THE TABLE, ALLOWING FOR A RAPID FREEZING TO OCCUR AS WATER MODECULES RAPIDLY INTERACT.

EXPERIMENT 3, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ZERO DEGREE WATER INTERACTS WITH AN ICE CUBE, THE INTERACTION CAUSED BY THE ICE CUBE FROM GENTLY HITTING THE WATER DOESNT CAUSE A RAPID INTERACTION, BUT THE TEMPRETURES CAUSE THIS RAPID FREEZING.

WALL DETAIL OF THE MAIN CORE, SHOWS THE INSULATION SYSTEM AND THE ICE ATTRACTION SYSTEM

ANTARCTICA - ICE AS A THERMAL MASS

LAYERS OF ICE, THE LAYERS OF ICE THAT WILL ACCUMULATE WILL BE MADE UP OF BOTH SALT AND FRESH WATER, THIS DONE FOR THE EASY REMOVAL.

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THE DNA FIELD THE DNA WILL BE STORED IN A LARGE FEILD, SPLIT INTO GROUPS OF DIFFERENT LIVING ORGANISMS.

1

2

3

4

5

6

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REMOVAL OF DNA THE COIL ALLOWS FOR THE EASY REMOVAL FROM THE ICE FLOOR.

2 3

NEW ICE CORE FOR STORAGE

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6

CAPSULES TO HOLD DNA COPPER COIL ALLOWING ELECTICITY TO FLOW, CAUSING HEAT

VOID IS NOW FILLED WITH DISTILLED WATER TO FREEZE

STORGAGE COIL (PART II) HOLDING DNA INFO IS INSERTED

STORGAGE COIL (PART I) IS INSERTED INTO VOID

ICE CORE IS EXTRACTED, AND SENT FOR RESEARCH

ICE CORE DRILL PROCEEDS TO DRILL

LASER GUIDED POSTION LOCATOR FOR ICE CORE MINING

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COIL TO HEAT UP TO REMOVE DNA

ICE CORE EXTRACTION AND DNA REPLACEMENT

THE IDEA OF RETREVING THE PRECIOUS INFORMATION STORING ICE CORE, AND REPLACING THE VOID WITH A DEVICE THAT ALLOWS FOR DNA TO BE STORED IS THE MAIN AIM OF THIS PROJECT. THE PROCESS CURRENT USES 6 DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS TO STORE THE DNA, THE NEXT STAGE IS TO CREATE A DEVICE THAT CAN CONTAIN THESE PROCESSES INTO ONE.

2

3

4

5

6

LOCATING POSITION

DRILLING ICE CORE

REMOVAL OF ICE CORE

INSERTING OF COIL

INSERTING OF DNA

POURING DISTILLED WATER

COIL TO HEAT UP TO REMOVE DNA

1

REMOVAL COIL

THE FUTURE OF THE MECHANISM THE QUESTION OF HOW CAN A DEVICE ALLOW FOR ALL OF THESE THREE MECHANISMS BE CREATED?

THE USE OF THIS COIL ALLOWS FOR THE FROZEN ICE CORE HOLDING DNA TO BE REMOVED. BY USING A CURRENT, THE COIL WILL HEAT UP ALLOWING FOR THE ICE TO MELT AROUND THE SIDES, ALLOWING FOR THE REMOVAL OF DNA.

ICE STORE - BASIC PROCESS OF DNA STORAGE

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DESALANATION PROCESS

SALT EXTRACTION

THE SCHEMES MAIN PROJECT AIM IS TO CONSERVE AND STORE LIFE, THIS OCCURING IN THE ICE SHELF. THE PROCESS HEAVILY UTILISES THE SHELF, PUTTING THE SHELF IN AN MORE VUNRUBLE STATE. ALLOWING FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE SHELF AND SITE, I PLAN TO SLOWLY START TO REVERSE THE MELTING OF THE SHELF.

THE SALT EXTRACTION SYSTEM, WILL USE THE SALT WATER OF THE OCEAN. EXTRACTING THE WATER, FILTERING AND ALSO DESALANATING THIS WATER, ALLOWING FOR THE FUTURE PROCESS OF SAVING THE ICE SHELF TO OCCUR.

THIS WILL BE MAINLY DONE BY, REMOVING SALT FROM THE WATER AROUND THE MELTING AREAS, ALLOWING TO THE FREEZING TEMPRETURE TO BECOME 0 DEGREES, FROM THE -2 DEGREES FREEZING TEMPRETURE OF SALT WATER. THE PROCESS WILL OCCUR USING DEPLOYABLE ROVERS THAT CAN ANALYSE THE ICE, AND LOCATE WHERE THE SHELF NEEDS REPAIR. THE ROVERS WILL GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF DESALANATION ON BOARD AND SPRAY FRESH WATER ONTO THE THE LOOSE ICE PEICES, IN AN EFFORT TO STITCH THEM BACK TOGETHER. THE COLLECTED SEA SALT WILL BE PACKAGED AND SOLD.

LEGEND

PROCESS OF SAVING THE ICE SHELF

1. SEA WATER PUMPED

THE SALT EXTRACTION SYSTEM, WILL USE THE SALT WATER OF THE OCEAN. EXTRACTING THE WATER, FILTERING AND ALSO DESALANATING THIS WATER, ALLOWING FOR THE FUTURE PROCESS OF SAVING THE ICE SHELF TO OCCUR.

2. POST WATER TREATMENT 3. REVERSE OSMOSIS DESALANATION 4. POST WATER TREATMENT 5. BRINE COLLECTION AND REDUCTION PROCESS 6. WATER STORAGE 7. WATER DISTRIBUTION 8. SALT EXTRACTIONS AND COLLECTION

PRESERVER - PRODUCTION OF DISTILLED WATER FOR DNA CORES

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III CHAPTER III: LOCATING THE FIELD

FOR THE FOLLOWING CHAPTER, THE LOCATION OF THIS DNA ICE CORE STORAGE NEEDED TO FOUND. IN A LOCATION THAT IS SURROUNDED

BY LARGE AMOUNTS OF SNOWY PLANES AND ICE SHELVES. THEREFORE THE INVESTIGATION BEGAN TO LOCATED VARIOUS BRITISH TERRITORIES, WITH THE INITIAL LOCATIONS BEING FOUND TO BE TOO MOUNTAINOUS AND ROCKY. THE FINAL INVESTIGATION LED TO THE LOCATION OF THE RONNE ICE SHELF, WITH THE EXACT SITE LOCATION BEING WITHIN A MOUNTAIN SURROUNDED PLANE, WITH AN ICE SHELF BEING LOCATED TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS MOUNTAINOUS REGION. THIS PROVIDED THE PERFECT LOCATION FOR THE ANTARCTIC DNA TREASURY. HAVING A WINDY ICE SHELF ON THE LOWER LANDS OF THE SITE, AND A SAFER LESS TEMPERED ICED SITE TOWARDS THE TOP OF THE SITE. THIS PROVIDED FOR THE BEST CONDITIONS FOR PEOPLE TO RESIDE IN THE DANGEROUS SITE SETTINGS, WHILST PROVIDING A FROZEN WINDY SITE PROPERTY TOWARDS THE LOW LAND LEVELS, ALLOWING FOR THE ICE CORE TO BE STORED WELL BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES, ALLOWING FOR LIFE STORAGE TO LAST 1000S MORE YEARS.

ANTARCTICA - POSSIBLE LOCATION FOR THE GLOBAL LIFE VAULT

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ANTARCTICA - SEASONAL MOTION

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THE ARK PROGRAMME

RONNE ICE SHELF

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2

3

4

ANTRACTICA SUMMER

THE GOLDEN ZONE, BETWEEN LAND ICE AND WATER.

ANTRACTICA LAND MASS TO GENERATE GEOTHERMAL ENERGY, GRAHAMS LAND IS IDEAL AS NATURAL EARTH IS PRESENT, ALLOWING FOR NATURAL HEAT TRANSFER TO BE EXTRACTED AND CONVERTED INTO ENERGY.

LEGEND

1

2 3

FRIENDLY GEOTHERMAL AND WIND ENERYGY PRODUCTION. DESALINATION PROCESS, TO HELP REFREEZE THE ANTARCTIC ICE.

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ACCESS POINT VIA A NEW AIRBASE.

4

STORAGE OF DNA LIFE WITHIN THE ICE SHELF.

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ACCOMODATION AND RESEARCH FACILITIES.

GOLDEN ZONE

ANTRACTICA LAND MASS THE AREA OF ANTARCTICA BEING CHOSEN FOR THE SCHEME IS SITUATED WITHIN GOLDEN ZONE, THAT CAN BENIFIT FROM ALL THREE MASS TYPOLOGIES: 1. EARTH 2. ICE 3. WATER

THE WATER MELTING AND REFREEZING DURING SUMMER AND WINTER.

THE SITE CAN BENIFIT FROM THE AREA TO SECURE SOLID FOUNDATIONS INTO EARTH, THE VAST AMOUNTS OF ICE THAT CAN BECOME A NATURAL STORAGE FACILITY AND THE WATER ALLOWING FOR DOCKING TO BECOMING MORE ACCESSABLE. THE LOCATION ALSO CREATES AN SERIES OF ISSUES, THE MAIN BEING THE WIND THAT TUNNELS THROUGH THE SITE. THE SECOND BEING THE MELTING ICE BORDERING THE SEA.

PALMER ISLANDS, HOLDING EARTH LAND MASS.

THE ANIMALS THAT ALSO RESIDE WITHIN THE LANDS AROUND BECOME THE THIRD. THE ENVORINMENT THAT IS SEEN TO BE VARY DELICATE SHOULD BARE THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF WORKS.

RONNE ICE SHELF, WHERE THE DNA WILL BE STORED.

ANTARCTICA - SCHEME PROGRAM

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LEGEND LOCATION OF CURRENT BRITISH BASES

HATCH REPRESENTING EARTH LAND MASS

LARGE ICE ELEMENTS WITHIN RONNE SHELF

HATCH REPRESENTING ICE MASS GRADIENT REPRESENTING ANTARCTIC WATER

BAS : BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY THE BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY IS AN ORGANISATION THAT CONTROLS THE LANDS HELD UNDER BRITAIN. THEY WORK TOGETHER WITH OTHER COUNTRIES PEACEFULLY TO RESEARCH INTO PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE CONDITIONS OF THE FROZEN WORLD. THE ANTARCTIC TREATY [1959] STATES 14 ARTICLES, PROTECTING THE ECOLOGY ON THE AREA: ARTICLE I - PEACEFUL PURPOSES ARTICLE II - FREEDOM OF SCIENTIFIC FREEDOM ARTICLE III - INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COOPORATION ARTICLE IV - TERRITORIAL SOVEREIGNTY ARTICLE V - NUCLEAR ACTIVITY ARTICLE VI - GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE ARTICLE VII - INSPECTIONS ARTICLE VIII - JURISDICTION ARTICLE IX - TREATY MEETINGS ARTICLE X - ACTIVITIES CONTRARY TO TREATY ARTICLE XI - DISPUTES BETWEEN PARTIES ARTICLE XII - MODIFICATIONAND DURATION ARTICLE XIII - RATIFICATION AND ENTRY INTO FORCE ARTICLE XIV - DEPOSITION

THE BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY ENDEVOURS TO GROW IN VARIOUS SECTORS

SCIENCE

POLAR FIELDWORKS

BUSINESS & INNOVATION

EDUCATION

STATIONS, SHIPS & PLANES

PUBLIC RESEARCH

SITE ELEMENT LOCATION GROUND SOURCE PUMP & WINDTURBINES

DESALINATION OF SEAWATER

AIRPORT

ICE CORE RESEARCH

VISITORS AND RESEARCHERS

THE DNA VAULT SITE

THE SITE: RONNE ICE SHELF

THE SALT EXTRACTION SYSTEM

FOR THE DNA TO BE STORED IN A SAFE ENVIRONEMENT, THE TEMPRETURE HAS TO OF SUB ZERO DEGREES.

THE SITE HAS MULTIPLE CONSTRAINTS, THE MAIN BEING THE WIND, THAT FUNNELS THOUGH TOWARDS THE OPEN ICE SHELF.

ONE OF THE MAIN ELEMENTS OF THE SITE IS THE REVIVAL OF THE ICE SHELF, AS SEEN BELOW, SEEN IN MANY SATILLITE IMAGES, A CRACK HAS STARTED TO APPEAR SHELF. A METHOD OF DESALINATION MAY ASSIST IN THE REFREEZING.

FOR THIS REASON THE LARGE RONNE ICE SHELF HAS BEEN CHOSEN, NOT ONLY DOES THE SHELF OFFER THE COLD CONDITION. BUT ALSO ALLOWS FOR THE FUTURE EXPANSION OF THE SITE.

THE DESIGN SHOULD ATTEMPT THE USE THIS WIND, BUT ALSO IN SOME AREAS GOING AGAINST THIS WIND.

THE EXACT LOCATION WITHIN THE SHELF HAS BEEN DETERMINED BY ITS NATURE, BEING SHELTERED BY MULTI DIRECTIONAL WIND, THE SITE BENIFITS FROM A WIND THAT COME FROM THE WEST TO THE EAST.

THE PROCESS WILL INITIALLY BE TO PUSH ANY LARGE BLOCKS TOWARDS THE MAINLAND, WHILST EXTRACTING SEA WATER, REVERSE OSMOSIS WILL OCCUR, REMOVING THE SALT. THIS SALT WILL BE PACKAGED AND STORED, THE FRESH WATER WILL BE SPRAYED BETWEEN THE LOOSE BLOCKS.

WIND DIRECTION

ANTARCTICA - BAS AND SITE LOCATION

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IV CHAPTER IV: THE ANTACTIC TREASURY PROGRAM

WITH THESE SITE CONDITIONS, OF TWO TEMPERED HARSH WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE PROGRAM FOR NEEDED TO PRESENT A SAFE CONDITION FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE AND WORK IN. AS EXPOSURE TO SUCH CONDITIONS FOR LONG PERIODS CAUSING HYPERTHERMIC CONDITIONS TO HUMANS, ROBOTICS AND ADAPTABLE ARCHITECTURE WILL BE NEEDED. WITH VARIOUS BUILDING DESIGNS ADAPTING WITH THE CHANGING CONDITIONS AND GROUND LEVELS IN TWO DIFFERENT SEASONS. THEREFORE THROUGH VARIOUS INTERACTIONS, THE FINAL DESIGN OF THE TREASURY SCHEME WAS CREATED, THIS CONTAINING: - THE ICE CORE FIELD - THE FIELD OVERWATCH BUILDING/LAB - THE TREASURY STORAGE ROVER - THE TREASURY WIND POWER GENERATOR - THE TREASURY TOWERS THESE ELEMENTS ALLOW FOR RESEARCH TO WORK AND LIVE IN ANTARCTICA, WORKING ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AROUND ATMOSPHERE AND ICE CORES, AS WELL AS DNA STORAGE. WHILST ALSO PROVIDING THESE FACILITIES, THE SCHEME GOES BEYOND, BY CREATING A NETWORK ON WHICH FUTURE BUILDING ‘PODS’ CAN BE ATTACHED.

THE SALT EXTRACTION SYSTEM WILL AUTOMATICALLY SCAN THE REGIONS THAT NEED THE MOST REPAIRING.

THE SITE CONDITIONS THE CHOSEN LOCATION FOR THE SITE HAS BEEN DETERMINED BY THE CONSTAINTS THAT ARE PRESENT, THE MOUNTAINOUS REGION OF THE SITE ALLOWS FOR STRONG FOUNDATIONS TO BECOME PLACED FOR THE MAIN BUILDING, ALSO ALLOWING FOR THE LOCATION OF A LANDING STRIP TO BE AVAILABLE. THE SITE WITHIN THE ICE SHELF, DUE TO THE HILLS SIDE BY SIDE, CREATES A TUNNELLING EFFECT FOR THE WIND, BOTH ALLOWING WIND FARMS TO BE UTILISED, ALSO ALLOWING FOR THE STORAGE CORES TO BE PLACED WITHIN THE ICE BED ITSELF.

THE AIRSTATION ALLOWS FOR PEOPLE TO TRAVEL TO AND FROM THE BASE, BUT ALSO ALLOWS FOR THE DELIVERY OF SUPPLIES AND THE EXPORT OF GOODS.

THE DOCK HOLDS THE DESALINATION MACHINE AND EXPORTS THE COLLECTED SALT.

THE MAIN RESEARCH BUILDING ALLOWS FOR THE VISITORS AND RESEARCHERS TO WORK AND STAY IN SAFETY.

THE WIND FARM HELPS GAIN ENERGY VIA A NATURAL SOURCE, ALLOWING FOR ALL PARTS OF SCHEME TO BE POWERED.

THE CONTROL TOWER AND STORE FACILITY ALLOWS FOR DNA STORAGE AND ICE CORE COLLECTION VIA DRILLING ROVER.

SITE LEGEND SALT EXTRACTION- TO REDUCE ICE EROSION THAT BOARDERS THE ICE SHELF, DURING THE DESALINATION PROCESS, THE PURIFIED WATER IS SPRAYED ON THE BROKEN ICE CHUNKS, ALLOWING TO FREEZE. MAIN RESEARCH BUILDING - ICE CORE AND DNA RESEARCH. NOT ONLY WILL THIS BUILDING HOLD THE RESEARCH OFFICES, BUT THE LARGER CLUSTER OF BUILDINGS WILL HOLD ACCOMODATION FOR THE RESEARCHERS AND VISITORS.

CONTROL TOWER - DNA STORAGE STORAGE CONTROL. THESE TOWERS WILL BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE ROBOTS OUT ON THE SHELF, STORING DNA AND EXTRACTING ICE CORES,

TRADE/TRANSPORT - AIRSTATION, FOR RESEARCH & GOODS. THIS STATION WILL ALLOW FOR TEAMS OF RESEARCHERS AND VISITORS TO ACCESS THE MAIN CENTRE AND ALSO ALLOW FOR SALT TO BE EXPORTED. THIS WILL BE THE MAIN ENTRY INTO THE PROJECT, ALLOWING FOR A COVERED SAFE CONDITION FOR ALL VISITORS TO THE STATION.

THE SCHEME THE PROJECT NOT ONLY PRESERVES THE DNA MATERIAL OF THE EARTHS LIVING CREATURES, BUT IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR THE EXTRACTION OF VALUABLE ICE CORES. ADDITIONALLY, THE LARGER SCHEME, ALLOWS FOR THE MELTING ICE SHELF TO TRY AND BECOME REPLENISHED, WHILST DOING THIS SALT IS EXTRACTED FROM THE SEA, THIS EXTRACTION SALT IS EXPORTED AND SOLD.

WIND FARM - TO GENERGATE NATURAL ENERGY. THIS SIMPLY WILL GENERATE ENERGY, BUT ALSO SOME MASTS WILL BE DESIGNED TO RESEARCH THE LOCAL WEATHER.

THE FROZEN ARK - THE SCHEME

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4. THE ANTARCTIC WIND TURBINE

3. THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY ROVER

6. THE TUNNELLING SYSTEM

5. THE ICE CORE FIELD

2. THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY OVERWATCH

LEGEND 1. THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY TOWERS 2. THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY OVERWATCH 3. THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY ROVER 4. THE ANTARCTIC WIND TURBINE 5. THE ICE CORE FIELD 6. THE TUNNELING SYSTEM THE SCHEME USES ALL THESE ELEMENTS TO RUN EFFICENTLY, THE TREASURY, NOT ONLY WORKS WITH A VAST ARRAY OF DNA MATERIAL, BUT ALSO FROZEN ATMOSPHERE IN THE FORM OF ICE CORES. THE PRECIOUS CORES ARE DRILLED FROM THE FROZEN ICE SHELF, AND STORED IN THE MAIN TREASURY TOWERS, FOR ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH. THE SCHEME ALSO IS SELF SUFFICEINT IN ITS HARVESTING OF ENERGY. ENERGY BEING GENERATED FROM TWO MAIN SOURCES, THE TREASURY TOWERS, THROUGH A GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMP BUT ALSO THROUGH HARVESTING THE ENEGRY FROM WIND.

1. THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY TOWERS

THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY - SCHEME MASTERPLAN

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PROGRAMME THE SCHEME USES A UNIQUE PROGRAMME TO MAINTAIN ITS CONSTANT STORAGE OF DNA AND ICE CORES. 1. THE ROVER STORES DNA AND REMOVES THE ICE CORE. 2. THE ICE CORE IS NOW TAGGED AND STORED TEMPORARILY IN THE ROVER. 3. THE OVERWATCH HAS PEOPLE OVERLOOKING THE STORAGE PROCESS, THEY THEN TRAVEL TO THE MAIN TOWER TO RESEARCH AND LIVE. 4. RESEARCHERS CAN ACCESS TAGGED ICE CORES IN THE POD. 5. THE STORED ICE CORE IN THE ROVER THEN TRAVELS TO THE ICE CORE STORAGE POD.

5.

4.

2.

3.

3.

1.

THE TREASURY SCHEME THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY SCHEME USES VARIOUS ELEMENTS TO FUNCTION, THE MAIN TWO ELEMENTS OF THE SCHEME BEING THE STORAGE AND EXTRACTION OF ICE CORES AND DNA. THE SECOND BEING THE TRAVELLING OF PEOPLE; WORKS, VISITORS, AND ENGINEERS.

THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY - HOW THE SCHEME WORKS

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V CHAPTER V : ELEMENTS OF THE TREASURY FIELD

WITH THE VARIOUS DESIGN CONSTRAINT DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE ANTARCTIC ENVIRONMENT, A NUMBER OF ARCHITECTURAL AND MECHANICAL INTERVENTIONS ARE NEEDED WITHIN THE TREASURY DNA FIELD. WITH THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE TREASURY BEING THE STORAGE OF DNA AND THE REMOVAL OF ICE CORES ON A LARGE SCALE, A METHOD OF STORAGE IS NEEDED, IN WHICH PEOPLE ARE PLACED IN SAFETY. THEREFORE A NUMBER OF ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING ELEMENTS ARE NEEDED. THE ICE CORES THEMSELVES WILL NEED TO BE STORED FROM SAFETY, THEREFORE A ROVER SOLELY DESIGNED FOR THE STORAGE AND REMOVAL OF ICE CORES IS NEEDED. AN OVERWATCH BUILDING THAT HAS AN ON BOARD LAB IS ALSO A MAJOR PART OF THE SCHEME, ALLOWING FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND CONTROL OF THE THE ROVERS OUTSIDE. BOTH ELEMENTS ARE DESIGN TO BE RESILIENT AGAINST THE WEATHER. THE TUNNEL SYSTEM ALLOWS FOR THE REMOVED ICE CORES TO BE TRANSPORTED BACK TO THE MAIN TOWER BUILDING TO THEN BE STORED IN THE STORAGE POD. THIS TUNNEL ALSO ALLOWS FOR THE ROVER TO RECHARGE ITS BATTERIES AND BE IN SHELTER WHILE NOT ACTIVE. WHEN ENERGY IS CONCERNED, MOST OF THE PROJECT ENERGY IS OBTAINED BY THE HARSH WINDS OF THE ICE SHELF. WHILST STANDARD WIND TURBINES ARE USED IN TEMPERED CONDITIONS, THE HARSHNESS OF THE SNOWY WINDS OF ANTARCTICA MAKE THESE TURBINES INEFFICIENT, THEREFORE A NEW DESIGN IS CREATED, ALLOWING FOR A MORE EFFICIENT HORIZONTALLY ROTATING TURBINE, THAT CAPTURES ENERGY THROUGH THREE TURBINE ENGINES RATHER THEN JUST ONE. THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT, WIND AND THE ENVIRONMENT IS WHAT HAS SHAPED THE SCHEME, WITH MAJOR IMPORTANCE PLACED ON QUICK CONSTRUCTION METHODS, WITH LOW IMPACTFUL DESIGN.

EXPLODED AXO OF TREASURY ICE ROVER ELECTRONIC SIGNAL, CAMERA & WINDSPEED MASTS

LED LIGHING BEAMS

DRILL RIG AND STRUCTURE

ANTI - FREEZE SYSTEM

THE STORAGE REVOLVER

THE ROVER USES A UNIQUE STORAGE SYSTEM THAT CAN BE INTERCHANGEABLE AT THE WATCHTOWER. THIS BARREL ALLOWS FOR THE ROVER TO CARRY OUT FIVE DRILLS BEFORE RETURNING HOME.

WATER CONTAINER

PROXIMITY SENSOR

HYDRAULIC STABILISTION LEGS

HYDRAULIC SUSPENSION SYSTEM

CATAPILLAR TRACK WHEELS

THE WHEELS

THE WHEELS ARE DESIGNED TO GO OVER ALL KINDS OF TERRAIN, GROOVES ALLOW FOR THE WHEELS TO GRIP INTO THE ICE, WHILE THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM ALLOWS FOR EACH WHEEL TO SOFTLY GO OVER EACH BUMP.

DOWN FORCE

THE OVERALL DESIGN OF THE ROVER HAS ATTACHED TO ITS MAIN FRAME IS A WIND SHELD WHICH ALSO ACTS AS A SOLAR PANEL, THIS SHILD NOT ONLY PROTECTS THE ROVER, BUT IT ALSO CREATES DOWNFORCE, HOLDING THE ROVER TO THE GROUND.

TREASURY ICE ROVER

THE ICE ROVER HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO DRILL AND STORE DNA LIFE INTO TO ANTARCTIC ICE SHELF. USING AN ARRAY FO ROBOTIC SYSTEMS, IT ABLE TO ANALYSE THE CORRECT POSITION, DRILL INTO THE ICE AND STORE THE DNA. THIS IS DONE IN A SIX STEP PROCESS: 1. LOCATING THE POSITION 2. DRILLING AND REMOVING ICE CORE 3. REMOVAL AND STORAGE OF CORE 4. PLACEMENT OF REMOVAL COIL 5. INSERTION OF DNA 6. SEALING WITH WATER

AXO OF TREASURY ICE ROVER

THE TREASURY ROVER - FUNCTIONS

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POWER AND MOVEMENT

SOLAR PANELS

THE ICE CORE ROVER IS MAINLY BATTERY POWERED, BUT THE SOLAR PANELS PROVIDE EXTENDED USE, THEY ALSO PROVIDE AN ADDITION PROTECTIVE ELEMENT.

MULTI AXIS TRACTION

THE ROVER ALSO UTILISES A WHEEL SYSTEM, THAT ALLOWS IT TO MOVE AT ANY DIRECTION, FOLLOWING THE SAME DIRECTIONAL PATTERN AS THESECOND DEVICE CREATED IN THE FIRST TERM.

DATA COLLECTING PERIPHERALS

DATA TRANSFER MAST MULI LENS CAMERA WIND SPEED DETECTOR

DRILL AND OTHER TECHNOLOGY LIGHTING SYSTEM

DRILL PERIPHERALS

DRILL MOTOR AND BIT

ICE CORE STORAGE BARREL ANTI FREEZE BATTERIES WATER TANK

SURFACE SCANNING SENSORS

THE TREASURY ROVER - TECHNOLOGY

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THE DRILLING PROCESS

THE DRILLING BARREL / DRILL

THE DRILL MOTOR

DRILL IN THE ROVER

THE OVERWATCH BUILDING

THE MOVEMENT

THE BARREL

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

THE SIX STEP STORING AND RETRIEVING PROCESS: 1. LOCATING 2. DRILLING 3. REMOVING OG ICE CORE 4. INSERTING COIL 5. INSERT DNA 6. POUR DISTILLED WATER

6.

THIS NEW BARREL SYSTEM NOW HAS A 5 STEP PROCESS, DRILLING AND REMOVING BEING NOW ONE.THE BARREL CAN ALSO NOW STORE AROUND 20 ICE CORES, AND 20 PIECES OF DNA. THE OPEN DESIGN ALLOWS TO MAINTAIN THE CORE TEMPRETURE.

THE DRILL USES A MULTI FUNCTIONAL SYSTEM, THATS ALLOWS IT TO BE FOR ALL STORING ATTACHEMENTS.

THE DRILL BARREL IS STORED IN THE ROVER, THE OPENNESS OF THE DRILL STORE ALLOWS FOR THE COLLECTION OF SNOW, MAINTAINING THE FROZEN TEMPRETURE.

THE DRILL ALSO MOVES VIRTICALLY, ALLOWING TO ATTACH AND DEATTACH CORES.

ANTI FREEZE IS USED ON THE ROVERS SENSORS TO FREE THEM FROM ICE AND SNOW.

THE OVERWATCH BUILDING MAINTAINS THE FIELDS, GATHERING DATA FROM THE ROVERS AND CONTROLLING THE STORAGE PROCESS. THE BUILDING ITSELF, IS A ON SITE LAB, ALLOWING FOR EASY DNA AND ICE CORE ACCESS. THE OVERWATCH USES CABLES AND A LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCTURE TO ALLOW VERTICAL MOVEMENT.

THE OVERWATCH MOVEMENT IS A KEY ELEMENT OF THE BUILDING. THIS IS DONE FOR TWO REASONS: 1) TO AVOID THE VAST GROUND SNOW BUILDUP IN THE WINTER. 2) THE BUILDING ALSO ALLOWS FOR BETTER VIEW POINT OVER THE FIELD.

TREASURY OVERWATCH AND ROVER INTERACTION THE OVERWATCH AND THE TREASURY ROVER WORK CLOSELY WITH ONE ANOTHER, ALLOWING FOR DATA AND CODE TO TRANSFERED. THE ROVER WITH ITS AUTOMATIVE NATURE, FEEDS INFORMATION BACK TO THE OVERWATCH BUILDING AND THE TOWERS, ALLOWING FOR ICE CORE DATA AND LOCATION TO BE TRACKED AND TAGGED, AND DNA DATA TO TRACKED AND STORED. THE OVERWATCH BEING AN ONSITE LAB ALLOWS FOR ICE CORE SLICING DNA STORAGE TESTING.

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THE OVERWATCH INSTALLATION THE OVERWATCH USES A SIMPLE METHOD OF QUICK INSTALLATION ON SITE. BEING CONSTRUCTED OFF SITE IN THE UK. THE BUILDING IS ABLE TO BE SHIPPED. THE OVERWATCH ALSO ALLOWS FOR EASY OFF SITE CONSTRUCTION, BEING OF SIMPLE STRUCTURAL DESIGN. THE BUILDING DESIGN ALLOWS FOR A ONE DAY INSTALLATION PROCESS, LEAVING NO HARMFUL CONCRETE OF FOUNDATIONS IN THE EXISTING ICE.

NANO TUBE CABLING

ALUMINIUM STRUCTURE

STANDARD WOODEN FLOORING

STRUCTURAL SKELETON THE BUILDING IS MAINLY CONSTRUCTED FROM ALUMINIUM FOR ITS FRAMEWORK AND NANO TUBE FOR THE TENSILE CABLES. THE BUILDING LIKE WITH ALL OF THE TREASURY BUILDINGS USES A VACUUM PANELLED INSULATION.

ALUMINIUM STRUCTURAL COLUMNS/ FRAMING

STANDARD ALUMINIUM GARAGE, INSULATED WITH VACCUM PANEL

ALUMINIUM FRAME

LIFT ACCESS

OVERWATCH CABLE ROLLER

ALUMINIUM POST CORE

WIND AFFECT ON BUILDING THE WIND AFFECTS THE BUILDING IN MANY WAYS, BUT THE SHAPE OF THE BUILDING ALLOWS THE WIND TO LIFT THE BUILDING UP. DECREASING ITS LOAD ON THE ICE SHELF BELOW. THE CABLES ALSO ALLOW FOR THE BUILDING TO ANCHORED DOWN.

NANO TUBE CABLING

CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE

1. THE BASE GARAGE IS PLACES

2. THE BUILDING UNIT IS PLACED ON THE SNOW

3. THE MAST PLACED IN THE ICE & THROUGH THE BUILDING UNIT

4. THE BUILD IS TEMPORARY MOVED UP

5. THE BUILDING IS THEN CONNECTED WITH NANO TUBE WIRING

THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY OVERWATCH - TECHNOLOGY AND CONSTRUCTION

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VERTICAL ROLLER DETAIL THE TREASURY OVERWATCH, USES A SYSTEM OF ROLLERS AND NANO TUBE CABLES TO ENABLE IT TO MOVE UP AND DOWN ITS CORE. ASSISTED BY THE WIND, THESES ROLLERS ARE IN SOME CASES HOLDING THE BUILDING DOWNS.

FORCE DIAGRAM THERE ARE VARIOUS FORCES ACTING ON THE OVERWATCH BUILDING, BESIDES GRAVITY AND WIND, THE CABLES ALLOWING FOR BUILDING RISE ARE SHOWN ABOVE, IF THE CABLES ARE BEING PULLED THESE ARE THE DIRECTIONAL FORCES ACTING ON THE BUILDING.

VERTICAL ROLLER DETAIL LOWER THIS IS A VITAL CONNECTION FOR THE TREASURY OVERWATCH, BEING FUSED WITH THE LOWER FRAMEWORK, IT ALLOWS FOR THE BUILDING TO ACT AS ONE UNIT AS IT MOVES.

MOVEMENT THE OVERWATCH BUILDING HAS A LARGE FUNCTIONING FEATURE. THAT IS ITS MOVEMENT, THIS BEING DUE TO THE RISING SNOW LEVEL IN THE WINTER MONTHS AND SUBSEQUENT REDUCTION IN SUMMER. THE BUILDING IS ABLE TO ADAPT TO BOTH SEASONS, WHILST ALSO BEING ABLE TO RISE AND FALL FOR A BETTER VIEWING ANGLE TO THE FEILD.

THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY OVERWATCH - MOVEMENT

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THE TREASURY TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION

POLYCARABONATE EXTERNAL SHELL

INTERNAL STEEL STRUCTURE

THE TREASURY TUNNEL MODULARITY

PRIMARY STEEL STRUCTURE

SECONDARY STEEL STRUCTURE

GRATED FLOOR FINISH

RUBBER WASHER

THE TREASURY TUNNEL DOME

THE DESIGN OF THE TUNNEL IS ABLED TO ALSO BE INSTALLED ON SITE WITH GREAT EASE, ALLOWING FOR A SIMPLE NUT AND BOLT SYSTEM.

POLYCARBONATE DOME STEEL STRUCTURE

TUNNEL UNIT 2

DOME

BARREL RAILING THE TREASURY ROVER CHARGING BASE

TUNNEL UNIT 1

ROTATING BASE ELEMENT ALUMINIUM DOME BASE

THE TREASURY TUNNEL AND CHARGING SYSTEM THE TUNNEL NOT ONLY ALLOWS FOR THE ROVER TO LIVE OVERNIGHT OR WHEN MAINTAINANCE IS NEED, BUT IT REGULARLY STOPS IN THE TUNNED TO HAVE ITS ICE CORE BARREL REPLACED. THESE BARRELS ARE THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE TREASURY TOWERS, ALLOWING THEM TO BE STORED FOR FUTURE ANALYSIS. THE TREASURY ROVER ALSO SITS IN THE DOME TO CHARGE.

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THE WIND POWER GENERATOR THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY, BEING A ECO FRIENDLY AS POSSIBLE, HARNESSES THE WIND TO GENERATE MOST OF ITS ENERGY. THE TREASURY TURBINE, BY DESIGN IS ABLE TO DEPLOY ITS FLAPS, IN ORDER TO CONTROL IS ENERGY GENERATING. EXCESS ENERGY GENERATED IS STORED IN BATTERIES IN EACH ELEMENT OF THE SCHEMES BUILDINGS AND DEVICES.

HORIZONTAL TURBINE DUE TO THE SITE CONDITIONS A NORMAL WIND TURBINE WILL STRUGGLE WITH ITS POWER GENERATION, ICE CAUSING CONNECTIONS TO FREEZE. THEREFORE THIS HORIZONTAL TURBINE ALLOWS ITSELF TO CUT THE SNOWY WIND. PROVIDING CONSTANT POWER DURING BOTH MONTHS. WING TIP

ROTATION AND GENERATOR DETAIL

WING EXPLODED DIAGRAM

DEPLOYMENT WING POLY CARBONATE SHELL CARBON FIBER STRUCTURE POLY CARBONATE SHELL

POLY CARBONATE

HYDRAULIC SUPPORT

CARBON FIBER STRUCTURE POLY CARBONATE COMPLETED TIP

ROTATION TRACK

THE WING ITSELF, HAS MANY IMPACTFUL FORCES APPLIED TO ITSELF, THEREFORE A STRONG LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCTURE, CONSISTED OF CARBON FIBRE IS NEEDED. THE WING ALSO USES A DEPLOYMENT TIP CREATING DRAG, CAUSING A ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT.

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MAIN COG RING GENERATOR COGS

MIDDILE STRUCTURE

MAIN COG RING GENERATOR COGS

HORIZONTAL TURBINE GENERATOR ROTATING PIPES

THE TURBINE UNLIKE NORMAL TURBINES, USES A THREE GENERATOR SYSTEM, ENABLING IT TO GENERATE 3 TIMES AS MUCH ENERGY. AS THE WINGS ROTATES A LARGE COG ROTATES WITH IT, ALLOWING FOR A PIPE TO ROTATE AND FEED INTO THE GENERATOR.

GENERATOR ENGINES

MAIN COG STRUCTURE

TURBINE COG DETAIL THIS SHOWS THE COG DETAIL ON THE MAIN COG TO THE SMALLER GENERATOR CONNECTED COG

GENERATOR STRUCTURE

THE ANTARCTIC WIND GENERATOR THE WIND GENERATOR WORKS WITH ROTATION, USING EXAMPLES FROM THE FIRST TERM DEVICES, IN CREATING MECHANICALLY EFFICIENT MACHINES, THE TURBINE IS ABLE TO USE ONE DIRECTIONAL MOVEMENT (WIND) TO CREATE ROTATION, AND POWER. ROTATING RING DISK CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE

1) CORE STRUCTURE PLACES FIRST, WITH NANO TUBE CABLES FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT

2) WING STRUCTURE IS NOW PLACED

3) WING TIPS ARE NOW INSTALLED

4) POLYCARBONATE IS INSTALLED TO STRUCTURE

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VI CHAPTER VI THE ANTARCTIC TREASURY TOWERS

JUST AS HOW THE FIELD FOCUSES OF A LOW IMPACTFUL EFFICIENT DESIGN, SHAPED THROUGH THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT, THE TREASURY TOWERS ALSO FOLLOW THIS SAME PRINCIPLE. FOCUSING ON A MODULAR CONSTRUCTION METHOD, THE TOWERS THEMSELF ARE BUILT AND DESIGNED TO REMOVE ALL WASTED MASS, USING A MAIN BUILDING CORE SYSTEM AND ATTACHED BUILDING PODS, DESIGNED WITH WEIGHT SAVING SYSTEMS, WITH NO CONCRETE WITHIN THE DESIGN, AND A COMBINATION OF ALUMINIUM STRUCTURES, IN PLACES FOR STRUCTURAL STRENGTH. NOT ONLY DOES THE BUILDING FOLLOW SIMPLE CONSTRUCTION METHODS, BUT ALSO USES A UNIQUE CONNECTION SYSTEM. THE TREASURY TOWERS ARE MADE UP OF ACCOMODATION, RESEARCH, STORAGE AND RECREATIONAL [GARDEN], ALL SHAPED BY THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT, USE A SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS VERTICAL MOBILITY, DURING CERTAIN WEATHER CONDITIONS, ALTHOUGH THESE PODS ARE NORMALLY AT THERE TALLEST POSITION DURING MOST OF THEIR LIFESPAN, THE BUILDING CONSISTS OF A SIMPLE PLACE AND BOLT METHOD FOR THE CORES, ONCE THIS SYSTEM IS ESTABLISHED THE BUILDING PODS ARE THEN ATTACHED AND SIMPLY LIFTED TO THESE REQUIRED LEVEL, THESE ARE THEN FIXED IN PLACE WITH THE TRACK SYSTEM. THE BUILDING PODS NOT ONLY USE A DOUBLE LAYERED VACUUM SEALED THERMAL SYSTEM, BUT ALSO THE EXTERNAL STRUCTURAL SYSTEM ALLOWS FOR A THIRD SKIN TO GROW WITH THE TEMPERED WEATHER. SIMILAR TO AN IGLOO, THE PODS ARE THEN COVERED WITH A SNOWY LAYER OF INSULATION. THE POD SYSTEMS IN PLACE, USE A SINGLE CORE, THAT ACTS THE MAJOR SUPPORT SYSTEM OF THE BUILDING, AS THESE PODS ARE SUSPENDED IN MID AIR, THE CORE ACTS A FOUNDATION SYSTEM, SUPPORTING THE BUILDING PODS. WHEN USERS ARE CONCERNED, EASY ACCESS FROM AIRSTRIP TO BUILDING IS DONE, ALLOWING FOR THE TREASURY TOWER NETWORK TO SAFELY ALLOW FOR RESEARCHERS AND VISITORS TO BE SAFE.

ACCOMODATION POD

ICE CORE STORAGE

RESEARCH POD

GARDEN

RESEARCH POD

ICE CORE STORAGE

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1 1 COMMUNICATION TOWER , HOLDS NOT ONLY THE RED BEACON, BUT ALSO ALLOWS TO COMMUNICATE TO THE REST OF THE STATION AND WORLD.

RESEARCH POD

ACCOMODATION POD

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TYPOLOGY NOT ONLY IS THE BUILDING SHAPED IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS FOR THE WIND TO PASS THROUGH EASILY BUT ALSO THE BUILDING IS DESIGNED FOR ITS FUNCTIONS. THE MAIN PODS BEING FOR: - REASERCH - LIVING - STORAGE

2 HYDRAULIC SHAFT

ACCOMODATION POD , THIS STANDARDISED POD ALLOWS FOR VISITORS TO STAY WITHIN THE STATION.

STRUCTURAL LIFT CORE

STRUCTURAL SKIN , ALLOWS FOR THE POD TO BE SELF SEFFICIENT, HAVING IS OWN SEPERATE CORE, THE SKIN ALSO ALLOWS FOR THE ATTRACTION OF SNOW.

CONNECTION

EXTERNAL SNOW JACKET ,ALLOWS FOR THE BUILDING COLLECT SNOW FROM THE WIND TO CREATE A SECOND PROTECTIVE LAYER.

EACH INDIVIDUAL POD IS CONNECTED TO THE CORE VIA RAILING EXTERNALLY, A TUNNEL BETWEEN THE POD AND CORE IS ABLE TO EXTEND AND CONTRACT. THE POD IS ALSO ABLE TO MOVE CLOSER TO THE CORE DURING HARSH WEATHER, THIS IS DONE THROUGH HYDRULICS WITHIN THE ARMS CONNECTION THE POD CORE AND THE RAILINGS.

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EXTERNAL STEEL TRACKS ENABLES THE PODS ABOVE TO BE UP AND DOWN THE BUILDING, NOT ONLY THIS, BUT THESE PODS MOVE CLOSER TO ITS CORE DURING EXTREME WINDS.

HEATABLE PIPE STRUCTURE ALUMINIUM FRAMEWORK

EXTERNAL SNOW SKIN

EXTERNAL SKIN THE BUILDING AND ITS PODS USES THE WEATHER TO CREATE AN EXTERNAL JACKET THAT IS ABLE TO PROTECT THE BUILDING. A FRAMEWORK OF TUBES CREATES THE STRUCTURE, THIS ALLOWING FOR HOT WATER TO PASS ALLOWS FOR THE MAINTAINANCE OF THE SKIN, A MESH MEMBRANE SURROUNDS THIS FRAMEWORK, ON WHICH THE SNOW CARRIED BY THE WIND IS ATTRACTED TO, CREATING A THERMAL JACKET AROUND THE BUILDINGS.

THE MAIN TOWER

THE DESIGN OF THE MAIN TOWER IS INTENDED TO SCALE THE FACE OF THE CLIFF THAT IS SITUATED NEXT TO THE ICE SHELF, NOT ONLY CAN THE TOWER, USE GEO THERMAL ENERGY TO GAIN POWER, BUT THE LOCATION ALSO ALLOWS FOR THE BUILDING TO OVERCOME THE FAST COLD WINDS BELOW. THE BUILDING ALSO ALLOWS FOR TWO ACCESS WAYS, AT THE BASE OF THE TOWER, AND THE TOP OF THE TOWER, ACCOMODATING RESEARCHERS,BUSINESSMEN AND VISITORS.

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LINK BRIDGE, CONNECTS TO ALL THREE TOWER CORES, ALLOWING FOR VISITORS TO THEN TRAVEL TO THERE SEPERATE DWELLINGS.

RESEARCH POD, THIS STANDARDISED POD ALLOWS FOR SCIENTIST TO WORK, THIS POD ALSO ALLOWS FOR SNOW TO ACCUMULATE.

THE CLUSTER THE MAIN DESIGN, INITIALLY LEADS FROM THE CLIFF EDGE, THIS BECOMING THE PRIMARY ARRIVE SPACE, FROM THE AIRBASE. THE BUILDING DESIGN NOT ONLY ALLOWS FOR THE ACCOMODATION FOR THE VISITORS AND RESEARCHERS, BUT ALSO A CENTRE FOR ANTARCTICA. VISITORS NOT ONLY WILL LODGE AND WORK IN THIS CLUSTER OF BUILDINGS, BUT ALSO WILL BE ABLE TO SPECTATE THE VIEW OF THE LARGE CONTINENT. THE BUILDING ATTACHED TO THE CLIFF RISES TO A HEIGHT OF 150 METRES, USING A GEO THERMAL HEAT EXCHANGE TO GENERATE POWER. WATER WILL BE SOURCED FROM THE ANTARCTIC OCEAN, BECOMING PURE FROM SALT THROUGH THE DESLAINATION ROVER. THE BUILDING CLUSTER SEEMS LARGE IN ITS VISUAL APPEARANCE, BUT OVERTIME WILL BECOME CAMOFLAGUED WITH SNOW, BECOMING ONE WITH THE CLIFF FACE OVERTIME.

THE CLUSTER THE SHAPE OF THE BUILDING TRANGULATES AROUND A CENTRAL TRAVELWAY. THE SHAPE ALLOWS FOR THE BUILDING TO HUG THE CLIFFSIDE, ALLOWING FOR THE HARSH WIND TO PASS EASILY. THE SHAPE OF THE DESIGN ALLOWS FOR AN EXPANSIVE QUALITY, ALLOWING FOR THERE TO BE MULTIPLE CLUSTERS.

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THE TREASURY TOWER

G: RESEARCHERS ACCOMODATION I

THE CLUSTER IS ALSO LAYED OUT WITH THE WEATHER IN MIND, WIND HITTING THE CLUSTER WILL BE CUT, AFFECTING THE INDIVIDUAL PODS LESS, THE ICE CORE STORAGE PODS ON THE OTHER HAND BENIFIT FROM THERE POSITION, ALLOWING FOR SNOWY WIND TO MAINTAIN THE TEMPRETURE FOR THE CORES.

H: RESEARCHERS ACCOMODATION II

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THE TREASURY TOWER

G: RESEARCHERS ACCOMODATION I

THE TREASURY IS ALSO DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO ONE ANOTHER, USING THE CORES TECHNOLOGY TO HOLD THE BUILDING ELEMENTS. THIS IS ALSO DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THE AIRSTRIP, ALLOWING FOR SAFE TRAVEL FOR VISITORS.

H: RESEARCHERS ACCOMODATION II

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THE FLOATING GARDEN OF EDEN NOT ONLY DOES THIS MODULE CONNECTION THE REST OF THE TOWERS, IT ALSO PROVIDES A SOCIAL AREA, AND PROVIDE AN AREA FOR FOOD TO BE GROWN.

THE ACCOMODATION POD THIS MODULE NOT ONLY ALLOWS FOR THE FITOUT OF ACCOMODATION LIVING SPACE, BUT IT ALSO FORMS THE BASIC FITOUT FOR THE REASEARCH PODS.

THE ICE CORE STORE

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ACCOMODATION POD

THE CORE NETWORK

ICE CORE STORAGE POD

THE ACCOMODATION POD, FLOATS ABOVE THE ICE SHELF BELOW, ALLOWING FOR A SAFE SHELTER FOR WORKERS AND WORKERS. THE POD CONTAINS COMMUNAL SPACES, ROOMS AND LEARNING AND RESEARCH SPACES.

THE CORE ITSELFT PRESENTS AND SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS FOR FUTURE EXTENSION, SIMILAR TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, THE CORE ALLOWS FOR OTHER EXTERNAL PARTIES TO ATTACH THERE PODS THE NETWORK.

THE ICE CORE STORAGE POD, IS A VAST EXPANSIVE SPACE, THAT ALLOWS FOR THE TAGGED ICE CORES TO BE STORED, PHYSICALLY CORRILATING TO THE FIELD ON THE SHELF ITESELF.

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MODULAR STAIRCASE

VACUUM SEALING PANEL SYSTEM THE CORE MODULE PLAN THE CORE IN PLAN IS SIMPLE, ALLOWING FOR EASY ACCESS FOR VISITORS INTO THE LIFTS AND STAIRS. THE DOUBLE VACUUM PANELLED SYSTEM ALSO PROVIDES EXCELLENT THERMAL CAPACITY WITHIN THE CORE.

CONNECTION POINT

ALUMINIUM RAILING

THE TWO MODULES INSTALLING INTO ONE ANOTHER

CONNECTION POINT THE CORE MODULE THE CORE ITSELF, IS DESIGNED FOR A QUICK INSTALLATION ON SITE. THE MODULARITY OF THE CORE, ALLOWS FOR ALL SERVICES TO LINE UP, AND BOLT INTO PLACE. THE EXTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE CORE ALSO ALLOWS FOR THE GROWTH OF SNOW AND ICE TO FORM, PROVIDING A THRID LAYER OF INSULATION.

EXTERNAL ALUMINIUM STRUCTURE DUAL LAYED VACUUM INSULATED PANELS RAILING SYSTEM FOR POD MOVEMENT

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INDICATION LIGHT

WIND SPEED REGULATOR

COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES

THE ROOF MODULE PLAN JUST LIKE THE CORE MODULE PLAN, THE ROOF PLAN ALSO ALLOWS FOR SAFTY FOR ITS USERS. THE MODULE ALSO WILL ALIGN WITH THE CORE MODULE. ALLOWING FOR EASY INSTALLATION.

MAST ACCESS LADDER

NANO TUBE CABLE SUPPORT

THE ROOF MODULE INSTALLATION THE MODULE WILL BE BOLTING INTO THE MAIN CORE MODULE, ALSO BEING EQUIPT WITHTHE RAILING SYSTEM, POD MODULES WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE RIGHT TO THE TOP.

ALUMINIUM SUPPORT

THE ROOF MODULE THE ROOF MODULE NOT ONLY PROVIDES A CAP TO THE CORE, BUT PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE REST OF THE TREASURY. FROM THE: - ROVERS - PODS - TREASURY OVERWATCH - WIND TURBINES IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN A SMOOTH OPERATION PROGRAM.

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THE SYSTEM THE SYSTEM ALSO PROVIDES A KEY STRUCTUAL INTEGRATE ALLOWING FOR THE PODS TO GIVE THE ILLUSION THAT THEY ARE FLOATING THE ANTARCTIC AIR.

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURE HYDRAULIC BRIDGE MECHANISM NANO TUBE CABLE ROLLERS FOR TRACK SYSTEM

RETRACTABLE BRIDGE

THE CONNECTION SYSTEM THE CORE RACKING SYSTEM, ALLOWS FOR ALL PODS TO ATTACH TO THE MAIN CORE. CONSISTING OF AN ALUMINIUM STRUCTURE, NANO TUBE CABLES AND AN ADAPTABLE BRIDGE PODS ARE ABLE TO ACCESS THE MAIN CORE. ROLLERS PRESENT ON THE SYSTEM ALLOWS FOR THE VERTICAL MOVEMENT OF THE PODS.

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CONNECTION POINT TO POD CORE

THE ACCOMODATION POD PLAN THE MAIN ACCOMODATION LEVEL PLAN, PROVIDING 9 ENSUITE LODGING ROOMS FOR VISTIORS, RESEARCHERS AND WORKERS

THE ACCOMODATION POD STRUCTURAL SYSTEM

CONNECTION POINT TO POD CORE

THE ACCOMODATION POD THIS MAJOR POD IS SEEN THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING CLUSTER, ALLOWING FOR PEOPLE TO STAY IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT. THE POD USES JUST LIKE THE CORE A DOUBLE VACUUM SEALED INSULATION PANEL, MAINTAINING THE COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT INSIDE. THE FACITIES INSIDE CONSIST OF: - ACCOMODATION ROOMS - COMMUNAL SPACES - KITCHEN - WORKING AND LEARNING SPACES - LABS

1) ALL MAJOR FORCES ARE ACTING ON THE MODULE CORE.

2) EXTERNAL FRAMEWORK IS IN PLACE TO ASSIST LOADS, AND PROVIDING A SETTLEMENT AREA FOR A THIRD INSULATING SNOW LAYER.

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AUDITORIUM

CORE CONNECTION

THE ACCOMODATION POD

THE CORE IS SUPPORTED AT THE TWO ENDS PROVIDING AN IDEAL COMPRESSIVE MEMEBER.

THE DRAWING ABOVE SHOWS THE SEPERATE FLOORS FOR THE ACCOMODATION MODULE, AND THE STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS THAT MAKE UP THE MODULE.

RESEARCH LABS

EXTERNAL FRAME

VACUUM PANEL

AIR GAP

VACUUM PANEL

ACCOMODATION ROOMS

COMMUNAL KITCHEN

EXTERNAL STRUCTURE THE EXTERNAL STRUCTURE NOT ONLY ENABLES THE FLOORS TO HOLD UP, BUT ALSO ALLOWS FOR SNOW TO GATHER, CREATING A THIRD THERMAL SKIN

LOWER STRUCTURAL SYSTEM THE STRUCTURAL SYSTEM FOR THE BOTTOM OF THE POD SUPPORTS THE LAST FLOOR, AS WELLS AS ADDITIONALLY SUPPORTING THE FORCES GOING THROUGH THE EXTERNAL FRAMEWORK.

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ACCOMODATION POD STRUCTURE THE EXTENSIVE FRAMEWORK NOT ONLY ALLOWS FOR THE CORE TO HOLD UP, BUT ALSO ALLOWS FOR AN EXTERNAL SNOW LAYER TO FORM.

BRIDGE TO CORE CONNECTION

CONNECTION BRIDGE ROLLERS

WALL TO EXTERNAL STRUCTURE CONNECTION

LOWER FLOOR EXTERNAL SUPPORT SYSTEM

STRUCTURE OF THE POD THE MAIN POD SYSTEM WORK IN A SIMILAR WAY, WITH A CORE WITHIN THE CENTRE, ALLOWING FOR THE COMPRESSION TO OCCUR WITH THE LOADS OF THE POD. THESE CONNECTED THROUGH THE EXTERNAL FRAMEWORK WITH NANOTUBE CABLES. AND BACK TO THE CORE AT BOTH ENDS . THESE CABLES WORKING IN TENSION BRING THE LOAD BACK TO THE CORE.

SALTWATER

STRUCTURAL HANGING SYSTEM

CORE, STRUCTURE AND FLOORS

TYPICAL WALL DETAIL USED

WIND SNOW

SALT WATER AND SNOW WALL BUILDUP

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THE ICE CORE POD PLAN THE POD, USES THE WIND TO PROTECT THE ICE CORES, HAVING A PERMEABLE WALL SYSTEM, THE POD ALLOWS FOR SNOW AND WIND TO CARRY THROUGH TO THE BUILDING. ALLOWING FOR SNOW TO BUILD UP, CREATING A NATURAL FREEZER. THEREFORE THE PLAN USES LARGE VOIDS, ALLOWING FOR AIR TO FLOW EASILY THROUGH THE FREEZING SYSTEM.

THE ICE CORE POD THE MAIN FUNCTION OF THE ICE CORE POD IS ITS STORAGE CAPABILITIES. THE ICE CORES THAT ARE REMOVED AND THEN REPLACES WITH DNA ICE CORES ARE VALUEBLE, CONTAINING RARE ATMOSPHERIC INFORMATION WITHIN ITS BUBBLES.

FLOOR BUILDUP

THEREFORE THE STORAGE OF THESE CORES IS VITAL FOR RESEARCHES. THE CORES NEED CERTAIN CRITERIA TO STAY TO MAINTAIN THERE FORM.

TERTIARY CORE FRAMWORK

THIS MAINLY BEING A CONSISTANT TEMPRETURE, THE ICE CORE POD FINDS ITSELF UTLISING THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT AND SNOWY WIND TO MAINTAIN THE FROZEN NATURE OF THE ICE CORES.

SECONDARY CORE FRAMEWORK

ICE CORE STORAGE TUBES

THE ICE CORE POD WALL BUILDUP

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ALUMINIUM FLOOR CONSTRUCTION TERTIARY FRAMEWORK ICE CORE HOLDER

THE POD, USES THE WIND TO PROTECT THE ICE CORES, HAVING A PERMEABLE WALL SYSTEM, THE POD ALLOWS FOR SNOW AND WIND TO CARRY THROUGH TO THE BUILDING. ALLOWING FOR SNOW TO BUILD UP, CREATING A NATURAL FREEZER.

THE DETAIL ABOVE SHOWS HOW THE POD EXTERNAL WALL SYSTEM WILL HOLD SNOW AND ICE.

PRIMARY FRAMEWORK

THEREFORE THE PLAN USES LARGE VOIDS, ALLOWING FOR AIR TO FLOW EASILY THROUGH THE FREEZING SYSTEM.

SECONDARY FRAMEWORK

THE NATURAL FREEZING SYSTEM

THE DESIGN OF THE ICE CORE STORE, FOLLOWS A HEAVILY MODULAR SYSTEM, ALLOWING FOR THE FABRICATION OF ONE FACADE SYSTEM, THIS THEN BEING ROTATED TO FOR THE POD ITSELF.

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THE GARDEN THE GARDEN IN THE SCHEME DOESNT PLAY A ROLE IN THE STORAGE OR EXTRACTION OF ICE CORES, BUT PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN SUSTAINING THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE TREASURY. NOT ONLY ALLOWING FOR A SPACE TO GROW FOOD, BUT ALSO A RECREATIONAL SOCIAL AREA FOR PEOPLE TO MEET AND TAKE THERE MINDS OF THE FROZEN DESERT OUTSIDE.

THE GARDEN EXPLODED DIAGRAM

THE GARDEN SECTION THE GARDEN IS FLOATING IN THE CENTRE OF THE SCHEMES CLUSTER, CONNECTION ALL THREE TOWERS.

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THE FLOATING GARDEN NOT ONLY DOES THIS GARDEN ACT AS A SOCIAL SPACE BUT ALSO A USEFUL RESOURCE TO GATHER FOOD AS RESUPPLIES TO THE TREASURY ARE RARE. THE CONSTRCUTION OF THE MODULE IS DONE OFF SITE, JUST LIKE THE REST OF THE TREASURY SCHEME, AND INSTALLED ON SITE.

VACUUM SEALED POLYCARBONATE ROOF PANEL

NANO TUBE CABLE

WALL BUILDUP CAP

ALUMINIUM ROOF STRUCTURE

ALUMINIUM EXTERNAL STRUCTURE VACUUM SEALED WALL PANEL

ALUMINIUM STRUCTURE ALUMINIUM CORE STRUCTURE

ALUMINIUM GRATED FLOORING

SOIL PIT

ALUMINIUM BOTTOM SHELL

NANO TUBE CABLE

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TYPICAL WALL DETAIL THE WALL SYSTEM ABOVE, IS USED THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT, THIS ALLOWING FOR AN EASY MANUFACTURING PROCESS. A: GLAZING B: TRANSLUCENT AEROGEL C: VACUUM SEALED PANEL D: ALUMINIUM STRUCTURE E: SALT WATER SPRAY PIPE F: NET FOR SNOW ATTRACTION

THIS WALL SYSTEM IS USED THROUGHOUT THE SCHEME, ALLOWING FOR ALL BUILDING ELEMENTS, EXCEPT THE ICE CORE POD TO HAVE A SAFE INTERNAL TEMPRETURE.

VACUUM SEALED PANEL

ALUMINIUM FRAMEWORK

CABLE MESH NET

WALL BUILDUP THE WALL SYSTEM USES VARIOUS DEGREES OF INSULATION TO MAINTAIN A GOOD INTERNAL TEMPRETURE. THIS IS TAKE FURTHER WITH THE EXTERNAL WALL STRUCTURE ALLOWING FOR THE ATTRACTION OF SNOW.

SNOW LAYER

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THERMAL SNOW SKIN AS MENTION PREVIOUSLY THE TREASURY USES ITS EXTENSIVE EXTERNAL FRAMEWORK TO CAPTURE THE SNOW IN THE WIND. THIS BUILDUP IS CREATES A THIRD LAYER, IN THE SUMMER THIS LAYER IS REMOVED, THIS DONE BY SPRAYING BRINE (SALT WATER) TO THE BACK OF THE FROZEN LAYER. THIS MELTING THE SNOW, FREEING THE OLD LAYER FOR THE NEW LAYER THAT WILL GROW IN THE WINTER MONTHS.

TRACK AND LOCK THE MOVEMENT OCCURS THROUGH A TRACK AND LOCK MECHANISM, THE TEETH IN THE RAILING STOPPING THE PODS FROM SLIPPLING FROM THE TRACK.

VACUUM SEALED PANEL

ALUMINIUM FRAMEWORK

CABLE MESH NET

SNOW LAYER

POD VERTICAL MOVEMENT THE BUILDING PODS ARE ALL ABLE TO MOVE IN THE Z AXIS, THIS ALLOWS FOR NOT ONLY THE QUICK INSTALLATION OF THE BUILDING NETWORK, BUT ALSO ALLOWS FOR ADAPTABILITY DURING HEAVY SNOWFALL AND WINDS. THE PODS DURING EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS LOWER TO GROUND, PROTECTING ITSELF AND ITS USERS.

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8) ONCE FIRST TOWER IS COMPLETE, THE SECOND AND THIRD BEGIN INSTALLING

1) EXISTING SNOW IS EXCAVATED TO SHOW GROUND BELOW

THE TREASURY CONTRSTUCTION

THE TREASURY USES A SIMPLE CONTSTUCTION AND REMOVAL SEQUENCE.

FOLLOWING THE ANARCTIC TREATY, NOT MATERIALS ARE LEFT IF THE BUILDING IS REMOVED, ALL EXCAVATED AREAS CREATED FOR FOUNDATIONS WILL THEREFORE BE FILLED WITH DISTILLED WATER, ALLOWING THE SURFACE TO REFREEZE.

ALL ELEMENTS OF THE BUILDING ARE ALSO BUILT IN THE UK AND SHIPPHED TO ANTARCTIC, AND INSTALLED ON SITE.

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13) REST OF THE PODS ARE NOT RAISED AND THE TREATURY IS NOW COMPLETE

9) CORE KEEPS BUILDING

7) BUILDING PODS ARE ATTACHED TO THE CORE BOTTOM, AND SLOWLY MOVE UP

2) THE FOUNDATIONS ARE LAID AND WATER IS POURED SEALING THE FOUNDATIONS

12) REST OF THE PODS ARE NOW ATTACHED TO THE CORES.

10) ROOF MODULE INSTALLED CAPPING THE CORES

6) THE ROOF MODULE IS INSTALLED WHEN DESIRED HEIGHT IS ACHIEVED

3) THE SUPPORT STRUCTTURE IS ADDED TO THE CORE THATS BEING INSTALLED

11) GARDEN POD IS NOW INSTALLED AND RAISED UP THE CORES

5) THE MODULAR CORE KEEPS BEING INSTALLED

STEP 1: THE TREASURY TOWERS ARE INSTALLED

STEP 2: THE TREASURY OVERWATCH BUILDINGS

STEP 3: THE TREASURY WIND TURBINES

THE FIRST STEP TO CONSTRUCTING THE SCHEME IS TO INSTALL THE LARGE TREASURY TOWER, THIS BEING A MODULAR SYSTEM ALLOWS FOR A QUICK AND EASY INSTALLATION PROCESS. THIS ONLY OCCURING WHEN THE EXACT SITE LOCATION IS DETERMINED. THIS IS DONE MAINLY THROUGH UNDER ICE SURVEYING. ONCE EXCAVATED AND THE PILE FOUNDATIONS ARE PLACED, THE REMAINING AREAS OF EXCAVATED SNOW AND ICE WILL BE REPLACED WITH WATER, ALLOWING FOR NATURE TO NATURALLY REINFORCE THE TOWER.

JUST LIKE THE TOWERS THE OVERWATCH BUILDINGS ALSO HAVE A SIMPLE INSTALLATION MEATHOD, THESE BUILDINGS, ARE PREFABRICATED AND SHIPPED TO SITE, IN 5 PIECES, ONCE THE CORE IS PLACED IN THE ICE, THE BUILDING IS ABLE TO BE PULLED UP THROUGH TENSION AND A CABLE SYSTEM.

ONCE THE MAIN BUILDING ELEMENTS ARE INTRODUCED TO THE SITE, THE WIND FARMS ARE THEN PLACED, ALLOWING FOR NATURAL GENERATION OF ENERGY. PRIOR TO THIS, LOCAL GENERATORS ARE USED TO POWER UP TOOLS ETC.THE TURBINES THEMSELFS ARE ALSO SHIPPED TO SITE, WITH AN ON SITE QUICK INSTALLATION GUIDE, THESE TURBINES ONLY REQUIRE BOLTING IN PLACE.

STEP 4: THE TREASURY ROVERS AND TUNNELS THE ROVERS AND TUNNELS WILL BE FLOWN ONTO THE SITE, THESE ROVERS COMING AS PREFABRICATED ELEMENTS WILL BE READY TO START WORKING FROM DAY 1. WHILST THIS IS OCCURING THE TUNNEL SYSTEM WILL BE QUICKLY INSTALLED ON SITE, THROUGH THE MODULAR DESIGN, THESE TUNNELS WILL SIMPLY BE PLACED ON THE ICE SHELF AND NATURALLY BE COVERED BY THE FALLING SNOW. BUILDING TRANSPORTATION

THIS LAST TWO ELEMENTS MARKS THE END OF THE FINAL SCHEME CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE.

THE INITIAL BUILDING BLOCKS WILL BE DELIEVERED BY SHIPPING VESSALS, ONCE LANDING ON THE ANTARCTIC RONNE ICE SHELF, THE SHIPS CONTAINING ICE ROAD TRUCKS WILL HAUL THE BUILDINGS ACROSS THE LARGE PLAIN TO THE SITE. ONCE THE MAIN TOWER IS ERECTED, AND THE AIRSTRIP IS FUNCTIONAL, OTHER SCHEME ELEMENITS WILL BE FLOWN IN.

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BUILDING VENTILATION VENTILATION FOR BOTH THE SUMMER AND WINTER MONTHS IS THE SAME, ALL OF THE BUILDING ELEMENTS USE A STACKED VENTILATION APPROACH. THIS MAINLY THROUGH THE CORES OF EACH BUILDING POD AND CORE. THE ICE CORE STORAGE POD, USES BOTH A STACK AND A CROSS APPROACH, BUT DUE TO THE WALLS BECOMING COVERED WITH SNOW, THE CROSS APPOACH IS ONLY TEMPROARY.

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VII CHAPTER VII: STUDIO TRIP TO THE TREASURY

THE BUILDING ITSELF, IS OPEN TO MANY VISITORS AND STUDENTS TO WITNESS THE WORK BEING DONE IN ANTARCTICA. WITH TWO MAIN BUILDING FUNCTIONS THE TREASURY IS DESIGNED FOR THE STORAGE OF ICE CORES, DNA AND THE HABITATION OF PEOPLE. THE FOLLOWING CHAPTER WILL TAKE YOU ON A JOURNEY ON WHICH THE STUDIO WILL WITNESS THE BUILDING ELEMENTS OF THE TREASURY. FROM ARRIVAL TO THE FINAL TREASURY FIELD.

ON ARRIVAL TO THE TREASURY, THE AIRSTRIP IS DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THE TREASURY TOWERS, ALLOWING FOR A SAFE JOURNEY TO THE SCHEME.

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THIS IS A TYPICAL VIEW OF VISITORS TRANSITIONING FROM ONE BUILDING TO ANOTHER, THROUGH VARIOUS BRIDGE SYSTEMS, HERE THE STUDIO IS MOVING TO THE TREASURY FLOATING GARDEN. WHERE LOCAL FOOD CAN BE GROWN FOR THE TREASURY OCCUPANTS.

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THE GARDEN IN SECTIONAL VIEW, SHOWS THE STRUCTURAL STABILITY OF THE SCHEME, NOT ONLY IS THIS DONE TO HOLD THE BUILDING ELEMENTS, BUT ALSO TO ALLOW USERS TO HAVE A PEACE OF MIND WHEN HARSH WINDS COME INTO PLACE.

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ON ARRIVAL THE NEW BUILDING VISITORS WILL COME ACROSS THERE ACCOMMODATION, THE VIEW ABOVE IS FROM THE MAIN ENTRY FROM THE BRIDGE TO THE THE ACCOMODATION LEVEL, HERE THE MAIN STRUCTURE CORE IS SHOWN, BOTH ACTING AS THE STRUCTURAL FOUNDATION OF THE POD AND ALSO THE LIFT SHAFT.

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THIS IS THE ICE CORE STORAGE POD, THIS POD HAS THE CAPACITY TO HOLD 10000 ICE CORES, AND NATURALLY MAINTAINS THE CORES FROZEN TEMPERATURE. BY USING AON OPEN FACADE SYSTEM THE CORES ARE ABLE TO ALLOW THE PASSING SNOWY WIND TO CAPTURE AROUND THE CORES, ACTING AS A NATURAL FREEZER.

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THIS SECTION SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ARRIVAL AIRSTRIP, TO THE ACCOMODATION/RESEARCH POD AND THE ICE CORE STORE. SHOWING THE SCALE OF THE SCHEME,

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THE HIGHLY INTELLIGENT TREASURY ROVERS ACT ALMOST AUTONOMOUSLY, NEEDING HUMAN SUPPORT WHEN FLOOR LEVELS ARE QUESTIONABLE, THESE ROVERS ARE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE CORE TEMPERATURES ON BOARD, WHILST STORING DNA IN THE ICE SHELF AND REMOVING VALUABLE ICE CORES.

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THE FIELD ITSELF IS VAST IN SIZE, ALMOST BEING 30KM IN WIDTH, AND HAVING ENOUGH EXPANSION SPACE IN LENGTH. THEREFORE THE CLOSEST, SAFE LOCATION FOR PEOPLE WHEN ON THE FIELD IS IN THE OVERWATCH BUILDINGS. THIS VIEW SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIP OF SCALE BETWEEN ALL ELEMENTS OF THE SCHEME.

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