Positive acceleration utilizes the engine, intake, exhaust and fuel systems. The exhaust and intake systems are aerodynamically tailored to provide the path of least resistance, allowing the engine to become more efficient. The engine itself is designed to control combustion energy and transfer it into rotational energy to propel the network.
Negative acceleration requires the engine in a reverse role for engine braking and the wheel braking system which is designed to put vast amounts of anti-rotational friction on a system directly linked to the wheels and tires. A system of holes in the brake rotors allows the system to ventilate itself to prevent wasted heat energy.
Lateral acceleration is controlled as much by rider weight transfer as by the handle bars which allow the bike to lean into turns. Throttle and braking also play an active roll in the suspension stability while turning. Motorcycles are at equilibrium while standing centered and so the rider must upset this equilibrium. The suspension moderates the upset chassis and keep the wheels in contact with the road. The suspension is designed react to the forces presented by the road as well as apply the forces of rider input towards the road while providing feedback to inform the rider.
[i]
Aerodynamics is important to the stability of the network which is capable of speeds near 200 miles per hour. The outer sheathing of the motorcycle is shaped by the aerodynamics studies of the human body in conjunction with the machine as well as the functional breathing requirements of the engine. Apertures in the skin coordinate with intake and cooling systems. Every material is scrutinized and each system is whittled to an optimum state to achieve peak performance. The complete network, including the rider, performs at a level beyond the sum of each aforementioned system.
The systems of input from the rider are based on visual information as well as critical evaluation of feedback from the systems which affect the rider’s senses, primarily audible and vibrational. Feedback is vital to the performance of the machine because it acts as the nervous system in the body, acting as a mediator and interpreter for the road. The advanced rider is so much a part of the experience of the road that knee pucks are worn to allow the rider to slide his knee on the ground through turns in an effort to lower his center of gravity. In this way the motorcycle is acting as an artificial appendage which extends the capabilities of the human. When man integrates himself this fully with a machine the experience is out of body or more appropriately super-bodied, enhanced and enlivened.
The Architecture_
_Form follows Force_ dynamic forces have direct relation to the form and consequently the intended reaction of the system to that force.
_User Integration_ the user is the motorcycle and the motorcycle is the user. When separated neither system operates to the ability of the combined network. Super-bodied experience can be achieved.
_Framework_ a single spine facilitates the connection and orders the interaction of all the other systems in accordance to their performative duty and forces which inform them.
[i] “ducati 1098 bare,”
[ii] "Casey Stoner integrated" <http://www.gameguru.in/images/moto-gp-1.jpg>
1 comment:
both good examples now in the can. keep moving forward.
Option 1: Comparing and contrasting architectural riffs on these ideas:
'towards a new...' and 'refabricating...' these will be longer more invovled pieces to the puzzle so just stick to an outline don't get specific yet.
outline the move Corbu is making and why you think he is making them and then you can have a photo example of it in action
your input is to steal/modernize/update his thinking
in direct contrast to this point for point dissect KTA, they are postivie think on points A,B,C but then your thesis comes in full effect (backed by coral and motocycle) to ask why they haven't been pushing the envelop.
Obviously this would be the lead up to a discussion about what is pushing the envelop a.k.a. what your gonna design
Option 2 Case study #3 is a third case, dynamic space - scuba diving... same format as moto and coral.
Somewhere in another case I see Lebbeus Woods coming to the fore as well, perhaps Piranesi...
And when we hit that you will have to ask yourself if you want to propose something fantastical such as that (totally doable) or if you want more reality...but we need a little more foundation built up before we can talk in depth on those issues.
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