Journey between the hotels

Image of the journey between the Utopian hotel on the Waiheke site and the Dystopian hotel on the Auckland site. Travel from Utopian site to Dystopian is via lantern, while travel from Dystopian to Utopian is via raft. 

-Eman

Trans-material

- Alicia

Lantern Modelling and Render.

Model of Lantern.

Close-up

Close-up

Rendered.


-Alicia

Raft Development

Since rafts are usually used when in danger or trouble we have used the raft to symbolize an escape from the Dystopian city site to the Utopian Waiheke site.    

RHINO FILE

Close ups

The perspective image on the top right corner can either be used as luggage holders or seats/rooms for passengers to hold on to on the raft.

3DS MAX FILE

Proposed material in real life scale for the raft would be wood and a light weight aluminium to hold the raft together.

ARCHICAD SECTION

Cut lines are colored dark blue


-Eman

   

Modified Lantern

-Richard

3D element printed

- Richard

Vehicle Testing

The first vehicles we've tested have been a glider and a raft, both taking advantage of renewable energy resources- wind and wave current.

Our flying vehicle

Playing around with our first glider.

Testing how our glider's performance holds up outside in its real environment.

Our sea vehicle- raft

Our first trial of two versions of our sea vehicle, a raft.

Floated quite well, even when the natural elements tested.

After talking with our tutors, they've recommended looking into how a kite glides and have emphasized the need for refinement in design and attention to detail when constructing.

Vehicle First Tasks

The following short clips show motion within the environment around us.

Sketch + Photoshop of Motion

Motion in Action

The following video shows the flying of the first lantern. It takes a while to take off but when it flies, there's no looking back.