MODEL DEVELOPMENT 3- LIGHT RAIL PLATFORM:

My initial thought when designing the mobile platform was to make it fully portable like the exhibition space. When I started to work out the construction details though I found that it much harder than originally anticipated.  Because it is a platform in the middle of the road which also extends out to cover the light rail itself, some parts had to be at ground level and built into the ground. Because of this, I designed  the frame structure to be built into the ground, and the roof over the platform to attach to the underside of this. The top member of the frame which attaches to the roof can detach from the vertical members of the structure and be easily transported via the light rail, and only the vertical members would have t o be re-constructed in a new location.  The roof structure is able to break up into 10 metre panels to be transported on the light rail, and  the horizontal members which are connected to this can detach into sections also for easy assembly and disassembly.  Here are some snap shots of the process and parts to the design, as well as some final renders of the model: