Mourning Dove Colony Final Rendering - Digital Media Final (individual work) 

Locations of bridges 

The colony project start with requiring students to have a clear understanding about an assigned bridge and creature in order to create a habitat for the species. The studio’s bridge is Panther Hollow in Shenley Park and my animal is mourning dove. Concept models about the bridge and drawings about the animal is generated after research. A transformer that narrates the animal’s special ability is also created to help students have further understandings and inspirations.
Studio Narrative Film (Collective Work)
Each individual studio as a group create narrative about the bridge and each student creates habitat for their specific animal, so the bridge eventually becomes a colony for these species. My studio set the story hundreds of year from now and nature occupies the bridge while humans are almost at their demise.
Panther Hollow Bridge Study + Integration (Collective Work) 

Current Panther Hollow Bridge

Panther Hollow bridge is a three-hinged arch-bridge, used as a road bridge, and is made out of steel and masonry. It has two supporting components at each end and another supporting hinge at the crown of the arch. While the addition of the third hinge makes the bridge more expensive, this type of bridge is quite popular because it’s isostatic. Which means that the bridge won’t be affected by shrinkage, temperature, shrink, or support deformation.

Panther Hollow Bridge After Colony 

Panther Hollow Bridge Concept/Study Model 
Mourning Dove Study 

Transformer - Mourning Dove flight navigation study 

My habitat for mourning doves are created before this situation as one of the final attempts to restore species diversity and save the environment. The aim of this habitat is to increase the number of mourning doves by providing them a safe and communal habitat, while providing paths and thresholds for hosting other species.
Nesting
Nesting
Structure and symbiosis
Structure and symbiosis
Nutriment and Predation
Nutriment and Predation
Mourning Dove Habitat Design 
Design at Bridge Scale
The habitat for mourning doves, at Panther Hollow, aims to provide shelter and increase species diversity. Doves play important roles in nature such as spreading seeds and pollination, and they are very social. So, On the sides of the bridge around the big columns are the colonies for mourning doves. There are two habitats on each side of the bridge and a total about 60 individual units. 
Design at Bird Scale
Inspired by their nesting habits in natural environments. We know that over half of new hatchlings are unable to survive harsh weathers and predators due to weak dove nests. And we are aiming to improve this situation. The structures are  secured on the walls of the bridge through pins on the back that goes into the bridge columns. The habitat is protective against harsh weathers and predators in order to provide suitable nesting  for doves. Each unit is used by a pair of doves as they usually live in a pair for life and reuse nests every year. Additional structures such as the connecting wires and water collectors provide community spaces for doves and other species. 
The habitat also generates corners, thresholds and paths to support both doves and other species. These small parts form the whole colony as a living, breathing, and growing organism. Thank you.
Final Rendering and Studio Collective Exquisite Corpse 

Studio collective exquisite corpse 

This final project of Digital Media I is a combination of individual and group work. Joining with their first-year studios, students use learned skills in this class to create rendered drawing of their creature habitat. The drawing is also generate connections with a larger group representation of the habitat condition on their bridge.  

Mourning Dove structure 

Individual Final Rendering 

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