Presentation A0 - Tree of Life

Had to call it a day on this one, which is a shame as there's so much more I'd liked to have done, including more photomontages and working details. Overall I'm pleased with the result give or take a few presentation tweaks. We'll see how it gets received tomorrow!

Tree of Life Renders

A few renders of the finished model. Just need to bling it out in Photoshop and put it on the A0 and we're done!

New Materials

After more rationalising, I think ETFE is the way to go for the modules. I'm imagining a reinforced concrete floor deck supported by the truss, with underfloor heating/cooling direct from the solar hot water systems and providing some thermal mass. The walls and roof would be ETFE panels on an aluminium frame, with an inner lining of steel mesh to protect the cells from internal damage. Think Eden Project.


The cells could be arranged like the weaves found on the new technology of Carbon Nanotubes, linking in with the 'weave' idea of historical Briggate - but updating it with a thoroughly 21st century technology.



Meanwhile the inner mesh could have fibre optic or LED lighting tubes further weaved into it to provide lighting - such as the MediaFacade system

After a little rethink, the design has been reduced considerably in scale - the sky cafe is now a mere 25m and with the additional wind turbine the entire building is now just over 36m in height. The rings are now open air - solar hot water tubes running over a walkway.

Of course, the larger model would fit in just fine next to Bridgewater Place!