Physarum Rhapsody Part 2

Physarum Rhapsody

Yijia Zhang

Hanjie Xie

Part 2 Site Analysis On Site Experiment , And The Complete Project

3.1 CONTEXT

3.1 CONTEXT

3.1 CONTEXT

Our project site is across Haslams Creek next to Krono Hill and P5A car park. It is around by Arena area, residential area, and industrial area. The area is empty with a low volume of visitors. The creek is surrounded by parts of a Mangrove forest. PA5 Car Park accepts visitors from the archery club and showground area. Krono Hill is a hill with a high gradient and only grass there. The whole site is broken down by Haslam Creek and loses connection with the showground and residential area.

Arena Area

3.2 CYCLE TRACK NETWORK

Cycle track

New Link Potential site

Olympic Park, situated in the floodplain along the Parramatta River, presents a notable challenge in terms of road network connectivity, particularly concerning the establishment of pedestrian pathways and bicycle routes within the vicinity. This aspect represents a critical aspect of the Olympic Park master plan, requiring careful attention and strategic intervention to address the existing breakdown in connectivity. Navigating to the opposite side of the park poses a significant hurdle that necessitates thoughtful design and planning solutions.

Highway

3.3 SITE EXPERIMENT

Pedestrian Path Simulation

Residential Area

Residential Entry

Intersection

Bus Stop Residential Entry

Cycle Track Entry

Qudos Bank Arena

Intersection

Industy &Office Area

Intersection

Intersection

Intersection

Cycle Track Entry

Showground

Krono Hill Train Station

Car Park

Ring Walk

Experimenting with slime molds on-site to find the best connectivity solutions. The entire connection runs from the residential area to the arena area.

As the venue's landmark, the showground is the activity area with a transportation center and the largest visitor volume. Hence the showground is set as the position of slime mold seeds. And key intersections and regions serve as food for slime molds.

As an important area, the showground receives a high volume of visitors daily on weekends or during events. Tourists will be evacuated from Showgrouund to various areas, including residential areas, industrial areas, car parking, train stations, and other scenic spots. In the mapping, dotted circles represent traffic intersections, and solid circles represent essential sites.

Potential Site

repeat=1

repeat=2

repeat=3

Although the seeds are located at the location of the showground, during the process of the slime molds looking for food, the slime molds near the seeds will eventually die due to the lack of food, forming a vacuum area near the showground. This vacuum area means the circulation will connect around the entire showground area. Then the network logic concentrates from a larger scale to a small scale. After connecting the whole site, the connecting network of the project site is intercepted as the bridge frame.

repeat=4

repeat=5

repeat=6

05.PROJECT PROPOSAL

CYCLE TRACK & PEDESTRIAN

WALKWAYS & LOOK OUTS

Residential Area

Haslam Creek

Haslam Creek

5.1 SPORTS HUB

A New Link

Bridge

Trhough Halslam Creek

In The Park

1:1000 3D printing sectional model

1:1000 3D printing sectional model

Appendix and Reference

SLime mold observation trip - Birdwood Gully

First group of slime mold dead dued to lack of parenting experience

Slime mold connects the closest food then grow bigger to reach further food

Slime mold avoiding mould

Slime mold behavior - short cut tracing and covering

First attempt presentation

Logic will take you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.

- Albert Einstein

Rao, S, Simha T G A, P, RK, Kumar, R & Rao, S 2015a, Carbon Composites Are Becoming Competitive And Cost Effective. Reptilis.net(2011), Metabolism part II: MSMR and the myth of the quarter power law, https://reptilis.net/tag/mass-specific-metabolic-rate/

Wired.com(2010), Slime Mold Grows Network Just Like Tokyo Rail System, https://www. Slime mold and nutrition experiment/2010/01/slime-mold-grows-network-just-liketokyo-rail-system/

Sydney Olympic Park(2022), Tsunami Felt at Sydney Olympic Park, https://www. sydneyolympicpark.com.au/News/Tsunami-Felt-at-Sydney-Olympic-Park

Shogo Suzuki(2015), Digital Metabolism, http://www.shogosuzuki.uk/year4.html

Dezeen(2013), 3D printed houses are "not that far off", https://www.dezeen. com/2013/02/13/softkill-design-on-3d-printed-houses/a

Oxman, AGUAHOJA,https://oxman.com/projects/aguahoja

Ma Yidong(2016), Physarealm, http://ma-yidong.com/2016/09/13/physarealm/

Zaha Hadid Architects(2006), Kartal Mater Plan, https://www.zaha-hadid.com/ masterplans/kartal-pendik-masterplan/

RobertOwen(2003), Webb Bridge, https://www.robertowen.com.au/webb-bridge-1

Somwrita Sarkar(2022), Flows: Spatial Interaction and Gravity Models, University of Sydney