WEEK 3 Task

_Reference Images

_Sketches

_Natural Disasters

Earthquake

I believe that an earthquake will cause many of the slabs that make up the pavilion to crack and fall out of place. This would obviously leave cracks all over the building. I wanted to emphasize the damage caused by the earthquake by causing the entire building to split into 3 parts. This is the result of the ground beneath the building to shift from the earthquake.

Flood

I believe that the flood build on the cracks caused by the earthquake. The constant running of water over various elements of the pavilion will cause them to erode at a smaller and more elegant way. I imagine that most of the stares would be almost completely eroded by the water and cracks to smooth out and grow in size. Furthermore, I imagine that in one section that has broken off the pavilion to have a pool of water remaining from the flood.

What parts of the building will break? 

The various slabs of the building, the foundation, the pool

What will grow / spread across the building's remaining surfaces (moss, mould, cracks, stains)?

 I want moss and mould to grow around the cracks of the building. At points of breakage of the building, I think that there will be an opportunity for trees to sprout out of the holes of the building.

What would be cool to make the process of decay interactive?

I think that as the user walks up the stairs, I will make the top slab of the building collapse, giving the user a sense that they are somewhat involved in the decay of this building.

What evidence of the building being lived in will you carefully reveal to the viewer? 

Various pieces of furniture in the building, as well as washed out by the floods. 

Will you leave evidence of what disaster caused the building to be abandoned?

I think I will put posters of an incoming doomsday scattered across some walls of the building, however these will be faded. Sandbags will be present, as well as barbed wire, suggesting the building may have been a hideout during a war.