800mm x 800mm lightweightplastic

steel bolt connection column and beam in

pre-cut joints

200mm x 200mm (or to str. eng. spec.s) hollow square

steel beam to provide bracing on both axis

Lateralsection

Construction process

Plastic column with pre-cut hollow inte-

rior (slightly larger than steel beam)

aligned with crane

Excavated ground ready for sculpture

construction

Hole bored to depth for suitable soil

strength (consult geotechnical

engineer) and supported

with round cardboard

tubing

Hollow square steel beam (to structural

engineer’s spec.s) inserted into

borehole with temporary

supports

Bolts attached through plastic

column and steel beam for struc-

tural support, and finished

with Plasti-Bond

Plastic column ac-curately slid onto

steel beam and connected to

concrete and appropriately

weather-proofed

Concrete poured and set around steel

beam and appro-priately weather-

proofed

Arbitrary chaos

Flowing curvature

WyndStream is a proposal for the Wyndham City Gateway Project. It draws upon the changing qualities of tur-bluence formation inherent within fast-travelling vehicles to create multiple dynamic moire effects along the highway. The sculpture posesses many intriguing qualities:

The 3D form of the sculpture is based upon the flowing curvature of arbitrarily-created curves expressed by the stream of wind that passes over a car: a stronger curvature on the 2D plan equates to a sharper angle when transferred into a 3D element. The spaces between the bottoms of these lines is constant, whilst the dis-tance at their tips changes dynamically with the curve.

The moire effects created within the lines elements are vastly different based on both the viewer’s perspective and theit speed. A change in distance produces a sharper (or looser) pattern, whilst their speed determines the rate at which the pattern changes. This means that inbound and outbound traffic have very different inter-pretations of the sculpture, expressing its ingrained experential qualities.

WYNDSTREAM

silhouette on the skynorthern panoramainbound experienceoutbound experience

WyndStreamWyndham City Gateway Project

Architecture Design Studio: Air ABPL_30048Carl Madsen 357577