So the general theme of the project was one set in the future when the famous coastal bluffs of the Pacific palisades are being aggressively attacked and eroded by rising sea levels. In keeping with LA's massive engineering infrastructure the entire beach is blanketed with a steel mesh with a design appropriated from land erosion prevention systems and covered with a surface capable of treating polluted water runoff from the mainland. Humans will inhabit the space between this massive 'blanket' and the beach below. Water will be taken from a polluted river which flows through the site and pumped up onto the roof through a series of 2 meter wide poles which do double duty holding up the roof. The water is filtered and pours through the roof at select locations. The water pouring off the roof creates the walls of the program. [one cannot get into the pool without walking through a wall of 'clean' water]. The view above is from the PCH highway looking south. You can see the trusses in the grid formation taken from the erosion systems, and in some spots you can see the water pouring off the roof to create the walls.
More to come!
I tried just posting the panels as I printed them, but there is so much detail in them it was lost when it gets shrunk from 35inches to 5inches - so only certain parts will get posted.
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