After looking at the UNSW campus sketchup file, I decided to look at the monument from the UNSW main walkway and decided that the monument should somehow relate to the beaches in Sydney; of how much it means to Sydneysiders. Hence, the idea of the looks of seashells came across my mind, because as the time spent on the beach in the day is remembered, the sunset that drops behind this monument at dusk would remind Sydneysiders of the beauty of the city.
This design, is however developed to have a less straight rooftop to a rounded rooftop to represent a seashell more than a bullet train.
Side work
This design was based on copy pasting one material, then change the sizes of the other poles by scaling up and down.
This design did not offer a clean finish, and is scrapped.
This design took into the play of different arc angles and extrusion off one element to demonstrate an element of stacking.
Two more sets are added to see a more finished product.
Then, the product is subdivided and smooth to achieve a more organic finish.
This idea was scrapped as it did not give a clean finish and does not achieve a monumental value.
After consideration of materiality, shape and the form that the light rail, the light rail shall be shaped contemporarily, with some relation to organic shapes and the use of simple shapes to form more complex shapes. This is concluded because it should reflect both Zaha Hadid's and Herzog de Meuron's styles of architecture. Some form of relation to Sydney should also be considered into the design of this architecture as it will be a monument that represents a light rail; a soon-to-be transport to be used by most Sydneysiders, especially future Sydneysiders.
The development of the design is shown below as for week 2:
After subdividing and smoothing the product, this could serve as a very meaningful monument at the same time achieving both qualities of organic and stacking characteristics of Zaha Hadid and Herzog de Meuron. This is the final model of the light rail as of the end of week 2.
Below is a perspective view as you would walk down the main walkway of UNSW.
UPDATE:
The model is finally made accurately conceptually in the picture below:
Adjustments made in comparison to previous model:
The roofs are rounded, so are the arches. There is not a single component of the roof that contains a straight line.
The following pictures demonstrate the rendered version of the light rail stop, including other detailing features that brings the model to life.
