Port of New Orleans

—Port [definition]{noun}

—1.a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.

—2.a place along a coast in which ships may take refuge from storms; harbor.

—3.Also called port of entry. Law. any place where persons and merchandise are allowed to pass, by water or land, into and out of a country and where customs officers are stationed to inspect or appraise imported goods.

—4.a geographical area that forms a harbor: the largest port on the eastern seaboard.

—5.Informal. an airport.

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Port of New Orleans [facts]

—Center of the world’s busiest port complex

—5th largest in US based on volume of cargo

—2nd largest in state after Port of South Louisiana

—12th largest in US based on value of cargo

—Longest wharf in  world – 2.1 miles long and it can accommodate 15 vessels at once

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—Port of New Orleans {is}…

—Isolated by water

—Accessed by vessels

—Connected by six[6] class one railroads

—Surrounded by the city of New Orleans even though immediate areas are somewhat barren

—Part of the Mississippi River which stretches across the mid-U.S. {14,500 mile of inland waterway system}

—Busy {over 6,000 vessels  annually move through N.O. on the river}

—Intermodal {rail, 50 ocean carriers, 16 barge lines, & 75 truck lines}

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—Port of New Orleans

—In a sense, Port of N.O. is not ‘quarantined’ or ‘isolated’

—To be quarantined means: 1 : a period of 40 days
2 a : a term during which a ship arriving in port and suspected of carrying contagious disease is held in isolation from the shore b : a regulation placing a ship in quarantine c : a place where a ship is detained during quarantine
3 a : a restraint upon the activities or communication of persons or the transport of goods designed to prevent the spread of disease or pests b : a place in which those under quarantine are kept
4 : a state of enforced isolation

—To be isolated: 1 : to set apart from others; also : quarantine
2 : to select from among others; especially : to separate from another substance so as to obtain pure or in a free state{1 : an individual, population, strain, or culture obtained by or resulting from selection or separation  2 : an individual socially withdrawn or removed from society

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My latest update

Here are a few pictures of my model before I apply any forces to it:

Continuous [Aggregation of operative word]

Continuous:
1 : marked by uninterrupted extension in space, time, or sequence
2 of a function : having the property that the absolute value of the numerical difference between the value at a given point and the value at any point in a neighborhood of the given point can be made as close to zero as desired by choosing the neighborhood small enough

Midterm Presentation

Diagram of spaces

Ideas?

My idea so far for this project - since it is dealing with smallpox, and the preventive measure of it, I want to create different sizes for different rooms based on touch and allotted space for a specific purpose. The quarantine room will be largest so that the person will be less likely to touch its surroundings and possibly spread smallpox to others. I want the spaces that aren't used for quarantine to maybe conform to a person's body and as well as have the elevation in relation to the stages of smallpox. The rooms are separated by importance/use for the duration of smallpox. As for energy, mainly solar energy and possibly the use of heat/vibrations from cars in the garage.

Picking the site

On Monday (3/1/10), we went to New Orleans for a site visit - the site consists of the a wide area covering the Erato Cruise Terminal in the Port of New Orleans. I chose my site to be along the building elevated, near the spiral ramp.

House & Lazar House research/diagrams

Narrative

In Kenya, Africa you might encounter a lot of barefoot runners. They’ve ran that way all of their lives probably, but what about those of us who aren’t born running barefoot? It might even seem dangerous when you hear about running barefoot, but it is actually good for the foot and body. When a person runs barefoot, the way their feet land on the ground is different than shod runners – so it lessens the force of the body weight on their legs. In want to create a prototype that will perhaps lessen the dangers (cuts, blisters, etc) of running barefoot, and ultimately and firstly to help prevent the spread of smallpox through person-to-person contact by its lesions. The purpose - to protect a barefoot runner's most vulnerable parts of the its foot- the ball and heel of the foot in addition to providing protection against smallpox[through contact]

Poster