Form & Function

This project's foundation is based upon a relationship between form and function as a critical architectural theme. This creates the idea of whether the building's form should be independent of its function or not. This also creates a new perspective on the designers intended message through conceptual combinations and methods.

Span Prototypes & Reductive Diagrams

Name: Astoria-Megler Bridge.
Type: Truss Bridge.
Location: Oregon.

Name: Quebec Bridge.
Type: Cantilever Bridge.
Location: Canada

Name: Millau Viaduct Bridge.
Type: Cable Stay.
Location: France.

Movement Analogy

Name: Car Jack.

Name: Winged Corkscrew.

Name: Ice Cream Scooper.

Prototype Table

Preliminary Designs

Mechanism & Analogy

For my mechanism, I decided to utilize the simple yet complex form and movement of a Winged Corkscrew. I used its mechanism of rising and lowering as a base for the foundation on my bridge that will lift and then lower. In order to sustain and mechanically function I also added a pulley system that does the heavy lifting on this concept.