The Roots of the Volatile: Post-tornado Codifications on the Great Plains

The project on tornado roots the volatile, shelters on the ground what swirls on the atmosphere. Rooted on a the destroyed, the site becomes a shield on far from equilibrium circumstances and a livable ground in equilibrium conditions. After generating the territorialization for each of the elements that determine organisms, the project assembles relationships between organisms. Earth and earth organisms intersect generating chained settlements, earth and air organisms, if they intersect, generate earth lodges covered in bushes while the trees open the space for the settlement. when fire stripes intersect the lodges, these last organism is split and scaled, generating an aperture for light on behalf of the difference in sizes produced. Water and earth organisms in their intersection water canals adapt to the settlement in order for it to become a source of water on the inside whithout interrupting the flow. Air organisms, as in trees will not intersect between each other, istead trees work as a group for its purpose to disorient and slow down wind. In the enconunter of wind and fire organisms, the trees will make space for fire while this stripe generated by the rows of trees will become a bush above fire. When water intersects rows of trees these will open space without interrupting the flow. Fire organisms will also not intersect in the site. Last, water canals when intersecting with fire wil follow along the topography generated, again, without interrupting the flow.

The project on tornado faces the aftermath of the hazard as the organisms will be placed in a destroyed site without buildings, while this materials will become the foundations for the new city.

Earth organisms are placed on site varying its size depending on the topography. These reconstructed earth lodges resemble mounds that could almost be part of the natural landscape. Bigger and shallow earth lodges are placed on the lower areas of the site while deeper and smaller shelters are placed on the highest areas, reducing the risk of impact. The air organism, consisting of the windbreaks made out of tree barriers, depends on a wind intensity mapping which determines the thickness of the barriers, this is to say the number of rows of trees which vary in size. The rows are facing north related to the predominant wind direction on Moore. The fire organisms are placed on Moore facing the predominant sun incidence direction, and the heights vary depending on a radiation intensity mapping, which is determined by the topography.

The water organism, which will provide drainage in the whole site is distributed evenly as rain falls on the site this way, while the capturing pools become deeper on the lower parts of the site as the flow of water accumulates on these areas.

The project works on 4 organisms in each modality, this organisms are earth, water, fire and air. This organisms as we can see have different scales going from sizes S to XL so they can adapt to the different situations that the sites have. Each scale of the organism will be placed in an specific part of the site.