SAF VISUALISATION CENTER

A design proposal for the the Screen and Dial located along the San Andreas Fault in the Carizzo Plains, CA. The project consists of two components - the 'Screen' being the experiential visitor zone that educates people about the history of the Carizzo Plains, and the Dial that is a series of masses that helps in tracking the movement of the fault over a long time. My design principle was to make both components of the project an experiential zone wherein the 'Dial' form an atmosphere that makes people uncomfortable being trapped within the huge solid masses, and on the other hand the screen encourages people to move around and explore the diverse views offered by the Carizzo plains by framing the landscape. The concept was driven by the fact that under the Earth's surface, it is the trapped heat that finally causes the the tectonic plates to move, resulting in the release of energy causing an earthquake. Therefore, the natural processes occurring inside the earth provides the basis for the experience of the 'Visualization Center'.