Content to graphics…

The images I posted earlier today represen the kind of raw output images that Revit gives me access to once I’ve built the model with sufficient detail. One drawing I have on my list is a conceptual drawing that speaks to the landscape reference and integration in the geometry of the roof and the design approach in general. Similarly the cyclical water levels of clear lake represented in the graph from Parsons and McGuinn in Prairie Perspectives Vol 2 is an idea that is present in the use of a sine curve to drive the geometry of the roof structure. The three canopy roof structures expand on the idea of surface – impermeable surfaces being the primary source of accelerated stormwater runoff due to human inhabitation. The other diagrams speak to a strategy to use the proposed RCOC and stormwater retention pond as a ground-coupled heating strategy for the new building and to offload expensive environmental control costs from nearby heritage buildings. The green diagram shows how the stormwater system and RCOC work together with the existing Visitor Centre and Ominik Marshwalk to extend the Park’s most popular trail and to highlight the town’s sustainably stormwater management infrastructure and the research being done at the RCOC.