To create quite a nice aesthetic atmosphere inside my shipping container , I will be lighting up the water on the interior side walls. With out this lighting the water would be lost and it is a very important aesthetic so it needs to stand out. To light up the water I will be using LED Light sheets. LED Light sheets are versatile backlighting units which deliver bright, even illumination suitable for a variety of applications. The lighting product can come in the slim size of 6mm or 8mm thickness. LED light panels can be employed within retail display systems, used to create a dramatic wall of light or ti illuminate surface materials such as decorative glass and graphics. Which is perfect for the fact the water is in glass like a 'fish tank'.
http://www.applelec.co.uk/product/37/33/led-light-sheet.php
-Infrared Lights-
Walking into my exhibition space to stimulate temperature rising, and as a result the sea levels have risen, I wanted to use lighting to help stimulate the warmth change. Starting from when you enter the shipping container having just regular light bulbs, because they all ready give off a small amount of heat and then about 1/3 in to the ship changing to infrared lights to warm the other end of the shipping container up. Or I can have just all the shipping container as infrared lights.
Infrared (IR) is an invisible radiant energy with longer wavelengths than visible lights, extending the nominal red edge of the visible spectrum. Most of the thermal radiation emitted by objects near room temperature are infrared. Infrared radiation is popularly known as "heat radiation." Heat is energy in transit that flows due to temperature difference.
-Multipurpose Submersible Pumps-
For the interior glass water walls I need to pump water into the space. To do this I am going to use a multipurpose submersible pump. This pump will be in the sea water pumping water to the generator on land and then up and down the crane and into the top of the shipping container. The reason for doing this is that having a generator on the shipping container would have looked 'ugly' and for stability and the fact the container tilts, and the generator size I would need, it makes much more sense to have it on land.
These pumps are submersed below the water and pump water out of the water. They can domestically be used for draining pools. The pumps can be continuously used without any damage to the motor. For what I would need for my exhibition space it would need to be quite big to get a large quantity of water into the shipping container. The size of the hole entering the side interior walls is the same as the one leaving the shipping container. This ensures the space will always be fill with water, as this is what I want to achieve.
-Ramp Material-
For my ramp going in and out of my exhibition space it needs to be both sturdy and movable. For the material qualities are the ramp my best option will probably be some kind of metal. Aluminium or Galvanised Steel. The galvanised steel would have an open pattern to wall along which would be good for water to pass through but I think people would be very spectacle and unnerving to walk along it across the water. It is also very hard on bare feet and high-heals so would not be completely practical for business ladies passing by with heals on to approach the space. So for the material of my ramp I am going to use Aluminium and then could use the black galvanised steel on the sides so people can still see through but also feel safe and not fall off into the water. No parent would take their child into the exhibition space if at first glance the ramp looked unsafe.
Above is the aluminium steel material I will be using for the base of my ramp to give a flat surface. This makes the space wheelchair assessable also.
Above is the black galvanised steel which I will use for the side rails of the ramp. The gapped pattern allows people to feel both safe and also lets them see through to the water.
http://www.ramps.org/ramps-for-homes.htm
-Glass Material-
For my interior glass walls I will be using glass material that they use for making aquariums. The glass will have to be quite thick to allow for the volume of water passing through the space, so the water pressure doesn't make the glass burst.
-Exhibition Name Ideas-
So far I have four ideas of what I could name my exhibition space
-Get on my Level
-Rise Above
-Level Up
-The Uprising
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