Step2 : Removal of barnacles and husks / Chemical chamber
The biological waste containing remains of anti-fouling paint is removed and piled up as a landscape element in an open container, which is immersed and connected to an underground chamber, thus preventing the contaminated content from being released into the environment. The lower part of the container collects the polluted water, which results from waste being exposed to rain and excess seawater. The constant process of filling the container leaves no visible signs until the water reaches its maximum level and the gravity is greater than the resistant force of the shutter. The water is released in the instant of a moment, manifesting the shift of forces – the angle of repose . This sudden shift will cause various effects within the chamber underneath, such as a more immediate moist environment, traces of chemical fluids, and ephemeral aspects such as sound resonance of water and the falling shutter. The blackbirds that eat the biological waste from the container above - connected to the chamber with adjustable hinges - will instantly respond to the shift, recoiling the action. The sky turns black, filled with screaming, flying birds - making the event perceptible at distance around the Flushing Bay area. Step3 : Chemical cleaning / Chemical chamber Positioned at the same spot, the boat is cleaned with chemical solution. Step4 : Polishing and sanding / Dust chamber The boat is polished and sanded - a pipeline transports the dust into a glass-chamber connected with the service area. The container also serves as a window between the space and the outside, filtrating the light through particles of dust. Step5 : Painting Finally, the boat is painted with anti-fouling paint, and released into the water in clean state. In a few months this operation will be performed once again.
section, chemical chamber
3 Epilogue
‘[...] the very concept of energy prevents us from drawing any concrete conclusions as energy transforms each conclusion into a new beginning and opens up new opportunities for thinking and acting. Each end contains both the nostalgia for what it lacks and also the promise of the novel and unforeseen.’ —S. R. Pansera, ‘Beyond Entropy’ Synthesis ‘architecture / nature’ The ambition has been to explore the dialectical relationship between the machine and the landscape, weaving the structure into the complex, intertwined systems of processes on the site. The relationship between the architecture and the landscape concerns both passive 7 and active 8 locomotion, where the landscape affects the architecture - spanning from the elements being displaced, which leads to a new revelation of a secret space – to the reverse situation where phenomena like rain and seawater trigger an integrated mechanism. This allegory establishes a translation of the vocabulary and terms which apply to geology and ecology, into man-made landscapes - and moreover to architectural matters which become a sort of conglomerate of building and landscape, nature and machine.
Underground chambers
The system of passive underground chambers is operated and affected by active structures, for the pragmatic purpose of closing and opening the chemical chamber at day/night time; others are closed off or subdivided based on the seasonal changes that affect the plant. The temporary absence of the structures generates open slits, instantly changing the spatial condition by altering the light and creating new connections and relations. Besides the abrasion 6 between the fixed concrete chambers and the movable structures, which, over time, leaves traces of forces, processes and actions - this additionally exposes the chambers, making them more vulnerable to external phenomena like moisture, rust, algae and mud. 6 Abrasion (geology) noun – the process of scraping or wearing away; – the mechanical scraping of a rock surface by friction between rocks and moving particles 7 The category of passive locomotion includes movement by fluid stream or air transport, physical attachment to another moving body, and gravity – all conditions in which the object moved does nothing itself to produce motion. Initiative locomotion, is defined as locomotion through an environment of any medium (water. soil, air, wood, etc.) by virtue of the entity’s own controlled kinaesthetic and kinetic abilities.
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8 Movement is a characteristic inherent in all machines; operations where material or non-material is moved, or shaped. Mechanics, though, do not work the same way a motor does: in mechanics, movements are simply propagated, not created.
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