Its the time of year when all the experience gathered throughout the year is consolidated into one major piece of work. Yesterday I submitted a somewhat abstract image for the Nottingham Trent MA/MSc catalogue for 2012. Below is the submitted text and image for the project which should tempt the viewers imagination to see more!
Paul Colfer
MSc Architectural Technology and Design
Manipulation of Tide – The architectural recreation
of natural flow
The sheltered nature of natural coves offers
protection from the harsh environment of our coastline. Infrastructure has been
built in these coves thus interfering with the natural tidal flows which create
the sheltered deep water conditions. This project proposes an architectural
solution to restore natural harbour conditions originally created in nature.
The project focuses on using this concept to
complete a regeneration of Dunmore East Harbour, Co. Waterford, Ireland.
Political decisions are changing the requirements placed on Irish harbours and
this project aims to transform Dunmore East to
accommodate these variations. The settlement of silt threatens to reduce the
overall water depth in the harbour which would limit its future use. This
project uses architectural design and technical innovations to protect a major
natural amenity for the South East of Ireland.
Image: A Graph showing the relationship between
tidal height and tidal flow volumes. By: Paul Colfer, 2012
Paul Colfer
MSc Architectural Technology and Design
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