Initial and schematic design

This week has been busy, so I have not developed my design as far as I would have liked, however, with the coming week, I endeavour to catch up.

I have two main concepts for the building:
1) That the new structure would relate to and have a relationship to the existing structure of the Story Bridge
2) That the new architecture as a whole, might be interactive, or have interactive elements within the fabric of the building

I have begun sketching ideas of form, spatial arrangment and massing studies, which I will upload in future posts (hopefully I will remember!). However I have begun to explore how the structure could be suspended and interconnected to the under side of the bridge.
I realised that there will need to be accessed from the ground level of the wharves to the suspended 'pod', as access from the bridge is not viable due to traffic, and from the cliffs is possible though not as advantageous as from the wharves.

I began to realise that part of the building will need to rest on the ground, because physically suspending the entire mass off the bridge may not be feasible. Similarly, as access must be from the ground, I would prefer there to be more than just a lift shaft and goods hoist on ground level.

In terms of my two initial concepts for the design, I have so far explored how the two structures of bridge and entertainment venue can be structurally linked, and now I move on to looking at how my building can beome interactive. In order to do this I need to look at the Story Bridge and how it interacts with people, and then I may be able to apply similar principles to my structure, seeing as the two are linked. (For example, the bridge structure creates and resonates with varying frequencies and strains from use and either blocks or echoes environmental sounds - similarly my building could utilise technology to provide a similar relationship - recording and echoing environmental sounds into some form of music track, amplifying/carrying the strains of the bridge, or simply creating a structure which will generate sound, similar to the bridge.)