Group Meeting_Continuation of 'Panel 02: Capital Infrastructure and Presence'

5. Third Photoshop Panel Draft (During the Meeting)

Manho, Jim and I had a Group Meeting on Tuesday to finish off the Panels and Vision Statement, and then to combine all 3 of our Panels so they read well and flow accordingly.  Above is the copy of my finalised Panels, however I am going to add some extra background colour to make it tie in with Jim's and Manho's Panels (on top and bottom of mine) and so that the important sections adequately stand out!

Diagrammatic Break-down of a Senate Committee Room

Transportation System needed for Infrastructure

This diagram represents how people will come to Parliament House, locally, nationally or internationally.  As part of our Committee Expansion proposal, we have decided to add in a transportation aspect to make our expansion more successful.  The Parliament House Committees will offer a free Shuttle Bus from the Airport or from the City Centre, to allow full interaction with these Parliamentary services.  The Shuttle Bus service is shown above, in the Blue Arrows.
The users will inform of their arrival to the Committees and they will organise a bus service to pick them up if necessary!

Similar Concept to this Shuttle Bus (But specifically for the Parliamentary Committee service)

The Infrastructure required for the Committee Expansion_Part 2

The development of the diagrams from Week 5 Tutorial:

Current Committee Rooms

• Technician/ communication Room controlling everything in the room (Room at the rear)
• Records all of the sessions and any basic IT support
• Services: Power, Data, Telecommunications etc
• Desks and seating for the Senate Committee Members and evidence providers (People in front of the Technician Room)
• Public access and seating in all of the Committee Rooms to witness the proceedings (People in the seating in front of the Senators and evidence providers)

Expansion required to the Committee Rooms:
1. At your Household

• IT help/ general technical knowledge
• Computer access
• Power access 
• Data service or Wireless connection

2. At Parliament House

• Use all of the existing services (Data, power, telecommunication)
• IT help 
• Technician room upgrade
• TV and media source
• Extra cameras and technology for live streaming and faster uploading of the results
• Computers or any means of communication with the Committee Members (For public use)
• Wireless Internet access for possible outside interaction, or around Parliament House
• Transportation system

How will you interact and use this proposed Expansion?

• Virtual or Physical Interaction

1. From your Home - Virtually, by posting your issues on a live online forum feed
2. From outside or anywhere around Parliament House - Virtually, by also posting your issues on a live online forum feed, via WI-FI services
3. From inside one of the Committee Rooms - Virtually, by also posting your issues on a live online forum feed, using the provided Computers or communicating devices, or via WI-FI Services
4. From anywhere inside of Parliament House - Physically, by submitting your problem on paper to the Committee or in an anonymous box

How will the Committee Rooms Expand?

• The Committee Rooms will expand with the increasing amount of demand from the community interaction
• The Problems also also coded with a 1-10 importance/ relevance rating
• It is all based and controlled with a central Control Room to sort out all the Problems/ issues
• Similar to the Nervous System in the human body - It controls the entire body, in this case the body is Parliament House!
• It will send out commands and information to the Parliament House Committee Rooms

Human Nervous System

 In my groups case: Parliament House is the Brain and controls everything, it will then send messages and commands to  Committee Rooms (Peripheral Nerve) so that they can adapt as needed and accordingly with the requests from the Community!

The distribution of commands by a Nerve

Parliament House Committee Expansion Presence

- Community based Parliament, with the community having a heavy involvement
- People from all over Canberra, Australia and the World can have their say and try to influence descions
- Public knowledge will be greater from knowing results of Parliamentary problems and the further positive or negative impacts
- Physical expansion of the Committee Rooms - Above Parliament House

- The front/ most visible Facade of Parliament House (The entrance/ foyer) will change colours to adapt to the Committee Meeting that is in session
E.g Green - for House of Representatives Chamber Committees
      Red - for the Senate Chamber Committees
      Blue - for the Joint Chamber Committees

Week 5 Tutorial_Progression of 'Panel 02: Capital Infrastructure and Presence'

4. Second Photoshop Panel Draft (Most Recent)

3. Drafting the Original Panel in the Tutorial (Week 5)

During the Week 5 Tutorial we went through what we had individually done for our development of the Panels.  I began by drafting a lot of text to represent my ideas for Infrastructure and Presence, however we all established that because we only have 1 minute to present of Assignment 1 that we would complete a lot more diagrams to represent our ideas so it would be easier to communicate and read.  As it is evident above, we thoroughly critique the Panel and also adjusted some parts so that it would read better.  I took these comments and judgement into the 2nd Draft (At the top) and will take this to our next meeting before the Due Date to get everything perfect..

2. First Photoshop Panel Draft

1. Original Schematic Layout

Committees ideally turning in Mini Data Centres

Public Interaction with the Committees by:

1. From your home/ library/ local computer - by posting your issues on a live online forum or website
2. From outside or anywhere around Parliament House - by also posting your issues on a live online forum or website by using the free Wireless services available
3. From inside of the Committee Rooms - by either posting your issues on a live online forum or using the Committee specific Computers/ communication devices provided
4. From anywhere inside of Parliament House - by physically submitting your issue requests to the Committees in the 'Boxes' provided 

Parliament House receives the communication from your house and they reply when the results are final

Committee Expansion Representation

It is similar to Adaptive Architecture - The building adapts to what is needed for the situation at hand. It expands to what is asked and will continue to grow and grow if necessary, or possibly return back to its original state.  Adaptive Architecture is similar to the life and movements of Fungi and this could be used to represent our Committee Expansion.

The Infrastructure required for the Committee Expansion

Home Access 

• IT help/ general technical knowledge
• Computer access
• Power access 
• Data service or Wireless connection

Parliament House Access - In Committee Rooms or around Parliament House (Inside or outside)

• Use all of the existing services (Data, power, telecommunication)
• IT help 
• Technician room upgrade
• TV and media source
• Extra cameras and technology for live streaming and faster uploading of the results
• Computers or any means of communication with the Committee Members (For public use)
• Wireless Internet access for possible outside interaction, or around Parliament House
• Transportation system

Represent all this in Diagrams for the Assignment 1 panels

Current Infrastructure in the Parliament House Committees

Senate Committee Room

• Technician/ communication Room controlling everything in the room (Room at the rear)
• Records all of the sessions and any basic IT support
• Services: Power, Data, Telecommunications etc
• Desks and seating for the Senate Committee Members and evidence providers (People in front of the Technician Room)
• Public access and seating in all of the Committee Rooms to witness the proceedings (People in the seating in front of the Senators and evidence providers)

Australian Parliamentary Committees

-  Currently 19 Committee Rooms inside of Parliament House
-  The committees are made are from the House of Representatives Chamber Committees, the Senate Chamber Committes and Joint Committees from both the House of Representatives and Senate Chambers
-  Each Committee Room is a formal Parliamentary space, however they are never used for debating or voting on legislation
-  The Committee teams are made up of a small number of Paliamentarians with a specific trade
-  They all gather on behalf of Parliament, for issues from the community or current Legislative proposals

Current public involvement:
According to the Parliament of Australia webiste "Public input is also important. Through its committees Parliament is able to be better informed of community problems and attitudes. Committees provide a public forum for the presentation of the various views of individual citizens and interest groups."  (Parliament of Australia, 2011)

List of the Senate Committees:

• Appropriations and Staffing
• Community Affairs
• Economics
• Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
• Environment and Communications
• Finance and Public Administration
• Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
• Legal and Constitutional Affairs
• Privileges
• Procedure
• Publications
• Regulations and Ordinances
• Rural Affairs and Transport
• Scrutiny of Bills
• Selection of Bills
• Senators' Interests

 Select Committees:

• Australia's Food Processing Sector
• Scrutiny of New Taxes

Senate Committees

One witness (left) giving evidence, 3 technicians (recording and controlling the proceedings) and 4 Senate Committee members.


List of the House of Representatives Committees:

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs
• Agriculture, Resources, Fisheries and Forestry
• Appropriations and Administration
• Climate Change, Environment and the Arts
• Economics
• Education and Employment
• Health and Ageing
• Infrastructure and Communications
• Petitions
• Privileges and Members' Interests
• Procedure
• Publications
• Regional Australia
• Selection
• Social Policy and Legal Affairs

List of the Joint Committees:
Administed by the Senate Chamber

• Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity
• Law Enforcement (Formerly Australian Crime Commission)
• Corporations and Financial Services

Select Committees Administered by the Senate Chamber

• Australia’s Immigration Detention Network
• Gambling Reform

Administed by the House of Representatives Chamber

• Broadcasting of Parliamentary Proceedings
• Cyber-Safety (Select)
• Electoral Matters
• Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
• Intelligence and Security
• Migration
• National Broadband Network
• National Capital and External Territories
• Public Accounts and Audit
• Public Works
• Publications
• Treaties

http://www.aph.gov.au/committee/index.htm

http://www.aph.gov.au/committee/committees_type.htm#joint

Week 4 Tutorial Exercise: FLEXIBLE_Architectural Types and Purposes

CHOOSING A GROUP FOR ASSIGNMENT ONE, THEN ESTABLISHING THE PROBLEM?

Define Problem (Concise and relevant): Problem Statement  ->  Solution (How we will solve the Problem)

Problem 1: Not enough Accommodation within a close proximity to Parliament House.

Solution:

• Temporary Accommodation at the rear of Parliament House
• Accommodation isn't close to the current Parliament House
• Used for travelling Politicians, Students, Tourists or in some cases Staff (Working late hours)
• And when its not in use as Accommodation it can be transformed into storage space, meeting/ conference rooms or general staff areas.
• It will adapt to who is visiting/ will need to stay overnight or for an extended period of time

Problem 2: Current facilities unable to cope with the increasing role of the Parliamentary Committee, the lack of interaction and transparency for the general public with he roles and purposes of these committees.

Solution:

• More participation from the public - either from home or from Parliament House (inside or outside)
• Getting the public more involved with the issues and problems that they arise in these Committee Meetings, and making them aware of the outcomes
• Committees can grow and expand for the amount of issues and problems at the time
• Expansion of the committee room is necessary to make it successful - public computers for online forum posting, larger IT support, more involvement (being able to view live streaming of the Committee meetings, knowing the results etc)
• Public will then know everything, rather than just what is dramatised and portrayed through the media
• WORKS BOTH WAYS - you tell your problem, they resolve it and a solution is produced.

Problem 3: There are too many unused spaces around Parliament House that aren't being maximised.

Solution:

• Changing of some unused rooms into Public Space opportunities when not in use
• e.g Changing the Foyer into a Marketplace to sell local goods
• e.g Changing a large room into a Function space (Gallery or Arts) for a fundraising event/ social event
• Bringing the local community/ public into Parliament House - exposure and interaction
• also then creating a larger interaction with the City (Capital of Australia)

Jim, Manho and myself have chosen to focus on and develop Problem 2: Expansion of the PArliamentary Committees.  However it can also interact and involve the other two problems to make it further successful and Flexible.

Week 4 Tutorial Brainstorming

Parliament House Maps

Old Maps of Parliament House, Canberra

Parliament House Layout and Basic Information

Diagram of Australia's Parliament House

Parliament House is the meeting facility of the Parliament of Australia located in Canberra, the capital of Australia.  The building was originally designed by and Italian Architect, Romaldo Gieurgola and opened on 9 May 1988 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia.  

The Parliament of Australia has resided in three buildings:

• Victorian Parliament House, Melbourne
• Old Parliament House, Canberra
• New Parliament House, Canberra.

The new Parliament House was later designed by a New-York based Architectural Firm of Mitchell/Giurgola, and involved burying most of the building under Capital Hill, and capping the edifice with an enormous spire topped by a large Australian flag.  The facades, however, included deliberate imitation of some of the patterns of the Old Parliament House, so that there is a slight resemblance despite the massive difference of scale.  It was originally intended to be built in time for Australia's bicentennial celebrations, on Australia Day, Jan 26, 1988.  However the budget and the deadline weren't meant and it was eventually opened on May 9, 1988 by Queen Elizabeth II. 

It now contains 4,700 rooms and many areas are open to the public.  

• The main Foyer contains a marble staircase and leads to the Great Hall which has a large tapestry on display
• The House of Representatives Chamber is decorated green 
• The Senate Chamber has a red colour scheme
• Between these two chambers is the Members' Hall which has a water feature and is not open to the public
• The Ministerial Wing houses the offices of the Prime Minister and other Ministers

As mentioned above, Australia’s Parliament House parliamentary has executive, ceremonial and public areas, with the building being 300 metres wide, 300 metres long and covers a gross floor area (GFA) of 250,000m².  The massive curved walls separate and define the major component parts, with the House of Representatives wing is on the eastern side and the Senate chamber and offices on the opposite western side. The executive wing is at the southern end of the structure, behind the ceremonial and public spaces of the central zone.

House of Representatives Chamber

Senate Chamber

Week 3 Tutorial Exercise: DISTRIBUTION_Capitol Infrastructure and Presence

Strategy 4: Distribution Ideation


Idea -> Story -> Presence -> Support


1. Idea: In the time of a Crisis
When there is a crisis the politicians and staff will be safely distributed out of Parliament House.


Story:  If there is a situation either at Parliament House or in close proximity, then the occupants inside of Parliament House go through the underground access tunnels to higher and safer ground and get evacuated out of the area to safety.  Its a far fetch and extreme situation, however may happen and if it does then everyone with remain safe as possible. 


Presence: It is a safety presence for all the people that may be inside of the Parliament House at the time of the attacks, floods, wild storms, riots etc.  Their life will be looked after and they will be moved underground to a safe moving zone.  Safety is a strong presence when you are somewhere you aren't familiar with and will make the experience a lot more enjoyable.


Structure: There will be multiple secret access routes from inside of the Parliament House to the underground tunnel.  They will be highlighted during the alarms and will clearly show movement patterns, and it will be the responsibility of employees to direct and help calm to situation.  The underground tunnel will have escape buses to transfer all the occupants to a safe distribution space!

Week 3 Tutorial Exercise: VIRTUAL_Capitol Infrastructure and Presence

Strategy 3: Virtual Ideation

Idea -> Story -> Presence -> Support

1. Idea: Virtual Simulation - Perfect Sustainable Day
A simulation room inside of Parliament House to show how a 100% Sustainable Day would appear like in a 'Perfect World'.  The simulation may vary from a 5 minute brief introduction, or a 30 minute more throughout walk-through.

Simulation Goggles that each patron would use to experience the Sustainable Simulation

Story: Sustainability is a major issue amongst not only Australian communities, but also all around the world.  It is also a major topic of discussion in the Parliament system at the moment with the possible introduction of the Carbon Tax.  However, some people aren't completely sure what 'sustainable living' is.  This virtual simulation will allow an opportunity to experience this possible sustainable living requirements.  It will offer guidance to how scientists and politicians believe we should be living to make the world 100% sustainable and making the future look brighter!

Presence: It will be an eye-opening experience for some and not as enjoyable for others, because they may have other sustainable beliefs.  It is designed to help assist in future living patterns and how we should be trying to help out the environment, rather than destroying it like we currently are.

Support:  It will be supported structurally by using a regular room inside of parliament to make a virtual simulation for the patrons.  The room will simply just have to contain a few chairs and a pair of simulation goggles for each of the uses, however the goggles will have to be specially designed and have the 100% sustainable day simulated onto each pair.  It will be funded by the Greens Party and also with the help of Scientists and sustainable living experts.

Week 3 Tutorial Exercise: MOBILE_Capitol Infrastructure and Presence

Strategy 2: Mobile Ideation

Idea -> Story -> Presence -> Support

1. Idea: Floating/ Elevated Communication Device
A advertising 'Blimp' (or of something similar) or plane displaying signage, that contains important and relevant information for the community.

Planes displaying Signage behind it

Story: It is needed to convey information from the Parliament and other sources to inform the Canberra public about something important, an event occurring or a problem!  The only means of communication is through the media - TV news, radio stations or internet updates, however I think that this will be the most effective and efficient way to convey important messages to everyone.

Presence: It will have a strong presence amongst the community because it will be helping everyone out when a message is needed to be displayed to the public.  The message may be warning of storms/ natural disasters coming and informing of time frames etc, or important news breaks from Parliament or around the city, or anything that is relevant (something coming up in the future)!

Support: This system must by supported in the air, either by using a blimp or a plane to display the messages in the air.  The blimp has the opportunity to be remotely controlled from land and to just circled to sky in the community, whereas the plane with have to be man-powered.  The blimps also offer last advertising chances for the supporting companies.

Week 3 Tutorial Exercise: FLEXIBLE_Capitol Infrastructure and Presence

Strategy 1: Flexible Ideation

The Flexible strategy had so far seemed to be the the most interesting and to have the greatest opportunities. I believe that I'd get the best value from this strategy compared to the others.   

Idea -> Story -> Presence -> Support

1. Idea: Temporary Flexible Accommodation

Temporary accommodation at the rear of the Parliament House for:

• Students
• Tourists
• Politicians
• Staff

Story: The Accommodation can used as a storage facility or be used by the staff for meetings, office space or lunch rooms, and  or when there is no further need easily dismantled or removed offsite by a helicopter or truck services.

Parliament House is doesn't currently have any accommodation for visitors or the staff and there is no close immediate accommodation.  It would come in handy for staff working overtime or extended hours, students visiting the Parliament House on School Tours, tourists or even travelling Politicians who would prefer to stay as close as possible.  It also adds further needed space for the staff and and other necessary requirements.   

Presence: The accommodation wont have a huge presence to those who aren't taking advantage of the useful facility.  It will only be known to those who are using it and wont be completely obvious to others who aren't staying in the placement.  However it will have a great presence to those who are guests, because it is a great opportunity to be of close proximity to the Parliament HouseIt could possibly blend into the existing Parliament house building.

Support: The accommodation could be a concrete in-situ frame consisting of vertical columns and horizontal beams for support, or simply stacking of the temporary storage boxes - e.g Shipping Containers, Pre-fabricated Capsules/ Boxes etc.  (Examplar: ANU Student Accommodation)  When these arent in use they could also be used as Storage, Conference or Meeting Rooms, Staff Offices etc.

Cranes moving Shipping Container accommodation into places - Stacking on top of each other.

2. Idea: Mixed Use of Existing Available Spaces

Improving the use of boring and non-use spaces within and outside of Parliament House.

Story: Maximising the beautiful, large opportunistic spaces that aren't always in use and making the most of them for other uses.  The external Foyer entrance is a great chance for local markets or events (E.g Bands or performances) to get the local public more involved in the iconic building space in the Nations Capital.    As well as using the external foyer space, the internal rooms could also be used for public galleries of School or University students work or even to host Art events.  These opportunities could not only be a chance to the get the city more interactive with the Parliament House, but also to gain fundraising for charities or other events while having an enjoyable time.

Charity fundraising events

Presence: The presence will be evident throughout the local communities and will make the Parliament House a more public and welcoming building in Canberra.  It will be known as not only the Parliamentary centre of our country but also a community-friendly building for markets, events and performances and possibly fundraisers.  

Support: It wont have physical support materialistically, but the support will come from the committees inside of the Parliament House and the local community of Canberra to make it possible.  The organisation will be important top making it a success, however will be thoroughly worth the effort input.  

Assignment 1: Vision and Strategy Statement

Vision and Strategy Statement

• Undertsand how Parliment House works and functions
• What function/ part of the House needs to be replaced or enhanced in relation to our stratergy choice
• The possibility for expansion of these existing elements, e.g. by adding a possible new layer to an element, or by completely replacing it
• This enhancement will improve the quality of Parliment House and how it is perceived (Presence)
• Startegy selection needs to be supported through architectural selection and must enhance existing presence or create a new presence

The 4 Startegies are:

• Flexible
• Mobile
• Virtual
• Distribution

Each of these startegies have been thought about below and during the Week 3 Tutorial we will further look into possible ideas for each of these strategies, by investigating  1. Idea, 2. Presence of the idea, 3. Support for the idea and 4. Story behind the success of the idea.



Parliment House Entrance

Week 2 Tutorial Exercise: Capitol Strategies

Capitol Strategies

FLEXIBLE ARCHITECTURE – Flexible spaces/ functions/ programs in an Artifact

Summary of my understanding:

•         Adaption or changeability available amongst the building
•          The programs of the building may need to change over time (Architecture that adapts over time)
•          Adapting to the needs at the CURRENT TIME
•          More opportunities for other/ extended functions
•          Flexible spaces inside of the building, as well as the exterior
•          Can be extended, renovated, or dismantled to accompany change (in cultural, social, parliamentary etc changes)

Making it possible:

•           Creative thinking to maximize the space opportunity available
•            Large open interior spaces (less structure of walls etc) allowing for temporary or adaptable structures for the functions needed at the time         
•            Bringing the outside into the inside, making a clear connection
•            Reducing the footprint of the building – more functions in less of a space
•      Adjustable walls/ parts of the structural skin

Questions from the Task:

1.     
           What do you think Flexible Architecture benefits Australia?
      It will benefit Australia because it will allow and accommodate for change that we will need to expect over the time.  We will need to begin to predict what’s going to be effective and successful in he near future and this could be done by designing building that allow for this future.  It could be as simple as designing an apartment block with retail spaces on the bottom and then office space and the residential spaces (equipped with a gym and public spaces etc) and people may never need to leave their complex again.  Or also by designing a large open planned building to allow for multiple functions within the building, by constructing temporary structure inside of the open planned building for the program/s needed at the time, then dismantling the current program and erecting new structure/s for the ‘new’ program/s in need.

Flexible Exemplars (Not only pieces of Architecture):

Sydney Opera House, Jorn Utzon, 1973        

• Mixed use: Arts, dance, theater, movies, concerts (Australian Idol final) and performance, events (bridal expo’s) and is also a tourist attraction for Australia (Australian icon)
• Over 3000 events a year, with annual audience of 2 million people

The Brisbane Exhibition

• Flexible because it has rides, show bag pavilions, entertainment areas and live shows, gaming machines, food pavilions; making it a large, multi purpose and flexible event
• Always having to change and update the rides and the gaming attractions to accommodate for bigger crowd and the more popular choices from other shows around Australia and the world
• As well with the show bags, they need to change for new brands, what’s popular at the current time, for certain age groups, also for the bigger crowds generated and for new wants and needs 

Big W

• Self serve checkouts – adapting the large queues

Restaurants in RSL’s and bars (multi-use venue)

• Spaces to suit buffet and sit down eating in the Restaurant, as well as other functions that are in demand – poker night, and over crowding in other areas (Flexible space conversion)

Public Parks (similar for SUNCORP STADIUM – also a multi-use venue)

• Concerts, family occasions, sports, public events, fitness activities, kids playgrounds etc

MOBILE ARCHITECTURE – Mobile/ movable/ transportable Artifact

Summary of my understanding:
SIMILAR TO MY UNDERSTANDING OF PORTABLE ARCHITECTURE

•            Transportable architecture, e.g. movable on the back of a truck etc
•           A non-fixed/ temporary structure
•            It is transported to where required by any means
•           Could be required during a natural disaster (Tsunami, cyclone, flood or general storms), or also because of a political, social or cultural crisis
•           Move something/ someone to a better place because of being forced or by request/ willingness

Making it possible:

•           It can be moved by means of transport on Land (Truck, car, forklift, hand etc), Water (Boats, any other water proof vessel) and by Air (Plane, helicopter etc)
•           Size restrictions – to fit on the back of a truck, in a plane or by hand etc
•           Regular design problems of climate (What crisis’s may occur etc), client and need requirements

Questions from the Task:  

1.      What do you think Mobile Architecture benefits Australia?

It could be very handy for Crisis’s in Australia, because in the last year there have been floods, cyclones, tsunamis, heat waves and political issues.  The mobile industry could be very handy for moving people and keeping them safe in these unsafe conditions.  For example, mobile shelters could be dropped into places that are getting hit be bad storms and have lost power or parts of their houses and will keep them safe during the storms, or mobile shelter could be transported to safe areas during floods and cyclones (similar to the ones in Toowoomba and Northern QLD) to accommodate for people who have had to abandon their houses and have no where to stay.  Another example could be if Australia is under threat for any reason (e.g. Terrorist attacks) the prime minister/ who ever in under attack could be transported to a mobile artifact to protect them.  There are plenty of mobile possibilities. 

Mobile Exemplars (Not only pieces of Architecture):

GMC Pad – Mobile Architecture by Car         

• Mobile urban loft         
• Resting space while on the road travelling        
• Toilet and living space as well

Minimum Mobile Module – By Lab Zero

• Shipping container Architecture
• Containers are dropped off by cranes into place         
• They unfold out to form a shelter/ miniature house        
• Solar Paneled powered

The Drop off Unit – By Lab Zero

• Transported by helicopter or truck
• To any locations needed for emergency situations and vacancy purposes
• Similar to the other Lab Zero example, however this isn’t a shipping container skin
• It comes as a compact artifact and expands/ folds out to form the sheltered mobile unit
• It has fold down legs in each corner to adapt to any site it has to be/ has been placed on
• Can be erected in 30 mins by 2 people

The Exhibitions (And other shows around Australia and the world), also relevant for Circus’s

• Its transported all around Australia for the Ekka celebrations (from city to city), as well Circus’s travel around performing
• Transported on the back of trucks to each locations
• Assembled on site by the staff
• Its not an emergency type example but is still a type of mobile architecture

Live Acts and Shows

• Another example is travelling bands/ live acts that take around a touring bus and trucks to perform at remote/ unique locations (e.g. Ayres Rock or a beach etc)
• E.g. Crusty Demons (Motorbike performers) traveling for Australian Shows, or the Living End (Band)

VIRTUAL – Experiential or digital reality substitutions, manipulations or representations

Summary of my understanding:         

•       Substitute to reality – representation, Illusion, fantasy or expectation         
•       Symbolic representation of your imagination         
•       Virtual social networking/ communication – no face to ace contact anymore, only over internet and telephone (virtually)         
•             Manipulation of resources

TWO TYPES OF VIRTUAL REALITY

1. Experiential Reality

·         Reading a book or watching a TV show/ DVD and reenacting a scene from your own interpretation of your experience, your own description and act it out virtually.
       
           2. Digital Reality

Sci-fi reality, similar to the movie – the Matrix and the computer game – World of Warcraft.

Opportunities of Virtual Reality:

•           Substitute of physical communication (no need to meet clients face to face anymore)
•           Replacement of hand tasks (manual tradition)
•           Manipulation of resources (making things become automatic)
•           Automation
•           Robotic control, humans controlling a robot to do their physical tasks (e.g. I-Robot Movie)

Questions from the Task:

1.      What do you think Virtual benefits Australia?

Virtual could offer both positive and negatives opportunities for Australia.  Making everything digital/ by substituting regular activities will always be faster and more economical, however it can also sometime be unreliable and not 100% successful.  For example, by replacing face-to-face contact between clients and consultants will disable a good physical contact working relationship and might not be reliable all of the time.  Also the satisfaction of completely tasks on your own makes you feel apart of the team and the responsibility of being the best at your job.  Robots would remove everyday humans from their jobs and might not always be also reliable; however robotic control would save employees cost and time!

Virtual Exemplars:

Substitute for face-to-face communications

• Done digitally through technology advancements
• No one has to meet personally face-to-face and can sometimes be a more productive and effective process to get their business work done
• Examples: Skype, laptop/ P.C webcams or through an iPhone (Or Companies Private Technology)

Substitute for human day-to-day tasks

• Robots under human control, or instructed to undertake these tasks
• The possibility to do house work, teaching, drive the humans around, play sport etc
• Examples: I-Robot (movie)

DISTRIBUTIVE ARCHITECTURE – Distributing to those in need/ who require these services

Summary of my understanding:         

•       Similar to Mobile Architecture        
•              Mobile/ Distributed = Movement/ transporting         
•       Mass production then distributed out to those who require
•             Not centralised
•           There is a targeted audience for the distribution
•            Distribution could be sustainable – recycling of the products
•           Once they have been sent to the supplier and when the supplier is done with the product they can send it back for recycling/ second-hand opportunities

Question to ask?
How does something get distributed?

o   Trucks, cars, helicopters, plane, boats, on foot or by swimming?

·      Where does something get distributed?

o   Remote or common areas of Australia (even possibilities of internationally)

o   Developed or un-developed, upper class or struggling communities in Australia

·         Why does something get distributed?

o   Requests or needs from the supplier, communities or individuals

·         What is the something getting distributed?

o   Anything from food, to clothing to machinery etc

Questions from the Task:

1.      What do you think Distributed industry benefits Australia?

Distribution is required to all parts of Australia and especially to the remote, hard to access parts of our country.  It will always be necessary for Australia to function successfully.  There are also opportunities for companies to distribute to the poor and less privileged parts of Australia through charities or donations.   This is because some of these communities may not be able to afford or gain their hands on these services.  By having a successful and thriving distributive industry it will not only benefit Australia but also their company!  

Distribution Exemplars:

• Distribution Mediums

The distribution industry can provide distribution my multiple types of mediums, and above shows two of the most popular and efficient ways – Truck (Land) and Plane (Air)

Specific exemplar: UNICEF First Aid Relief (This Company uses Plane services to fly in relief to Countries)

• Purposes – Crisis’s

A crisis can occur anytime throughout the year and by being prepared for them is the best way.  Having these means of distribution can also be efficient during these times and may also help saves lives or prevent further problems during these times. 

For Example, during floods, similar to the one in Brisbane earlier this year, theses industries can provide helicopter or plane (Air) services, or boat (Ocean) services to bring them to safety or to aid with supplies until the floods have eased or ceased.