dead fish and liquid nitrogen

testing how live tissue which are more brittle break apart once frozen.

i. fresh fish

ii. dipped in liquid nitrogen

iii. left for 15 minutes at -196C

iv. extracted from vaccum

v. frozen solid and brittle

vi. force applied with hammer

vii. flesh and bones shatter easily with force

viii. flesh, blood, skin and bones remain in solid state after shattering

i. i1. iv. v. vi. vii. viii. i1i.

elastic materials and liquid nitrogen

testing what materials shatter once frozen with liquid nitrogen; latex retains its shape because its not brittle enough .

i. latex balloon

ii. balloon full of exhaled air (78% nitrogen, 16% oxygen, 5% cardbon dioxide)

iii. blown up balloon in vaccum of liquid nitrogen at -196C

iv. air inside balloon freezes, latex shrinks

v. pinching balloon with plyers, shaking against vaccum flask does not cause latex to shatter

vi. balloon taken out of liquid nitrogen, liquid air turns to gas again once in contact with normal atmospheric temperature

vii. latex expands

i. i1. iii. iv. v. vi. vii.

v. iv.

detail of spaces in prematorium 1:50detail of bridge and restaurant at the entrance of the building, with liquid nitrogen passing through the structure of building’

I. steel walking bridge

ii. restaurant

iii. liquid nitrogen passed through pipes

iv. river

v. layer of ice formed from exposure to cold pipes

iii.

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chapel (floor) and drying chamber 1:50

this model demonstrates the system that will be used to divert excess heat and condensed liquid nitrogen through vents in the

chapel floor. the clouds of smoke will allow privacy for the

mourners.

I. casket

ii. priest

iii. mourners

iv. lift shaft

v. excess heat from drying chamber heats chapel floor

vi. body mass after after drying process

wall inside underground chapel 1:50

the chapel is 3m below ground level. there will be a glass ‘wall of

water’ behind the alter, giving mourners a calm view of the river.

I. wall of water

ii. smoke from chambers under chapel floor

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patina mapping on site 1:500

i have chosen the small strip of brown land between the a12, liquid nitrogen factory and old ford river as my site.

I. old ford river named because it was shallow enough to cross over so did not need to be contained

ii. noise and pollution from slip road and motorway Ecross route a12

iii. liquid nitrogen condensing to gas and leaks into surroundings when unloaded

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