FINAL DEVELOPMENT

FORM & FUNCTION: Elegantly and harmonically combine form and function into a single entity; where form as well as function

is not only unique but complementary to each other.

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TRUSS | GEARS | HINGE |HYDRAULICS| SLIDE. FINAL DEVELOPMENT

The truss (190 ft span) rises along a cantilever structural member by using gears and tracks to keep the movement smooth and aligned as it travels

Up and down simultaneously allowing for a 30 ft by 40 ft opening. The truss rotates on a hinge which is located across the cantilever arm. Because

of this point rotation the cantilever arm changed from a straight vertical structure to a curved structural since the radius is the truss itself and

it does not elongate. The hinge point took higher elevation to place the observation space and to counter act the  reactant force created by the

rotating weight.

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