Experiment 3

Draft model



Looking up from the valley floor.
The ring is about 200 metres in diametre and bridges two sides of the valley. The ring is the space for Facebook, which connects (two sides of the valley) people together despite physical distances. The under-texture reflects the circular motion to move in that space.
The part hanging in the middle represents Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola loves having it's logo everywhere, so stretched across a 100 metre long surface seems befitting.




The space for Facebook starts thin then gets thicker as it goes around, mimicking how users meet other users through other uses. Most of the walls and the ceiling is glass, representing how open Facebook is. They invite users to hack their system so uncover bugs. Facebook is powerful in that it relates to the people, and people have the power to make changes. Although it is not the first online social network, it is successful and powerful as it changes the way people interact with each other.

Coca-Cola on the other hand is essentially a business. Coca-cola dominates the beverage industry ("with more than 43 percent of the soft drink market [in USA]" http://www.answers.com/topic/soft-drink-industry#ixzz1wvIBCD3D ), which I tried to show in the building's centralisation in the architecture. If Coca-Cola collapses, so many beverages and snacks would disappear. If the Coca-Cola office here collapses, the building would not only plummet and become toothpicks, but it would also break the Facebook office, emphasising the dominance and significance Coca-Cola has world wide.



For the Facebook lift, I want two small platforms on the valley floor. When the input key is pressed, the platforms rise to level with other platforms hovering above in the air, then these combine with other platforms. I think this accurately represents how people connect through Facebook and show the power of numbers.