Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Unreal Hint

To turn a spiral staircase into a ramp manipulate the settings so that the step height is a very small unit like 4, but the total ramp height can be a large unit...the larger the unit the higher up your spiral will stretch, the smaller the turn angle the more spirals you will get.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

People Of Power





Zhang Yin


"Richest woman becomes richer(Xinhua)Updated: 2006-10-13 10:35
Zhang Yin, who became a household name Wednesday morning for topping a recent list of China's richest people, is a billion yuan wealthier by the afternoon. Reports of her massive wealth were printed in morning newspapers yesterday and before markets closed that afternoon, share prices of Zhang's Guangdong-based Nine Dragons Paper Industries Co., Ltd. jumped 2.77 percent, adding an extra 1.1 billion yuan (139 million U.S. dollars) to her assets.................(
http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2006-10/13/content_707587.htm)



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Ratan Tata


Ratan Tata grew up in the lap of luxury at a villa in the centre of Mumbai, parts of which went on to become Sterling Cinema and Deutsche Bank. In comparison, his current lifestyle is almost spartan. (http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/feb/05tata.htm)



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Carlos Salim Helu


Carlos Slim Helu is a Mexican entrepreneur and businessman involved in a varied group of companies that include telecommunications, retail, banking and insurance, technology, and auto parts manufacturing businesses. He is the wealthiest Mexican man, the richest Latin American, and one of the top ten richest men in the world. (http://www.woopidoo.com/biography/carlos-slim-helu/index.htm)

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Sunday, September 9, 2007

Final submission map layout










Final Submission

zone 1





zone 3 The meeting place
Interior of lobby of meeting place
The meeting place looking towards lobby area
The meeting place elevation taken from first axonometric
The total area side view

The three spaces I designed are an aggregation of transformed prisms that have been pushed beyond the spirit of fear.
The meeting place is accessed at the end of a long winding ramp that is anchored mid air by the three spaces.