The inspirations our design were the sail and the wave the city logo

BLUE PART is the requirement and indication of each section. BLACK PART is the design concept and design intent of our gourp.

C.1. Gateway Project: Design Concept
Note the feedback from the crit jury. How will you address these comments/suggestions? What changes will you make to your design approach, conceptual idea or argument for innovation? Review the gateway project documents, site plans, photos, etc. and write a few paragraphs on how you think your team’s technique can be developed and implemented. Consider how your technique can evolve in relationship to the site, the clients, the people who will encounter the project (as an installation, as a symbol, as an idea, as a manifesto, etc.). Consult with your studio leader and finalize the concept of your design proposal.

Fig C.1.1.3 was the selection criteria made up of aesthetic, light effect, materials, relevance to design aim and structural stability. Our design was believed could mostly satisfy all the elements in this criterion.

Considering the Wyndham was a coastal city, which had an inseparable relationship with the sea, the design of our group also had a ‘sea’ theme. The design was generally made up of two parts-one part on site B which is inspired by the waves, and the other part on site A which is inspired by the rocks. In terms of the waves, it consisted of 10 separate pieces. Each piece bent more inward than the previous one, formed an overall effect of waves hitting the rocks. The inspiration of the shapes of these bending pieces came from the sailing boats, so that another effect was like sailing boats on the waves. Further, the waves were decorated with hundreds of little circles, just like those bubbles floating on the waves. The bubbles were created using Grasshopper. They were arranged in random sizes and used curve in the city logo to interfere them. In addition, there was no blocked view on 360 degrees; the curve could be recognized in all directions. On site A, there was a group of polyhedrons representing the rocks by the sea. Each individual polyhedron was made up of 4 hexagons and 4 triangles. They were connected to each other on the triangular surfaces. The highest point of the polyhedrons connected to the lowest wave to perform structural stability. The overall project measured about 100m in length and spent about 20m in width. The highest point of the wave was 20m and the lowest point was 5m, which allowed the access of a truck. The length of the rocks was approximately 35m in length and with a height of 7m.

Do the materials behave as expected? Rationalise, optimise and refine as necessary.

Document the development of these elements and prototypes using vector drawings and photographs. Send prototypes off for fabrication as soon as possible to avoid the last minute rush to the FabLab. Send some preliminary ones off early in the week even if they are only minimal or not fully resolved. Plan to adjust your designs after the prototypes are back (make sure that your workflows can incorporate change readily by relying on logical, well-documented and clearly structured parametric solutions).

C.4. Algorithmic Sketches
Your journal should again include the best of your algorithmic sketches, demonstrating your learning of the core computational principles and the way you incorporated them into your design. （↓a general sketch for our design concept and inspiration）

（look from another direction）

After the project presentations consider any feedback given in the crit and address it in your journal. You can show the team’s further development of the argument or technique through writing, diagrams, vector linework, etc.