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Timelapse #60

From bare lawn to a stormwater basin

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Project concept

From bare lawn to a stormwater basin

From bare lawn to a stormwater basin

About this timelapse

Construction Timelapse and Building engineering: an oval stormwater detention basin takes shape on a park lawn, from mown grass to a finished turf hollow ready to hold rain. The build shows excavation, clay lining, concrete inlet and outlet structures, and turf laying in a clear site sequence. This AI architecture turns a practical water infrastructure into a readable neighborhood work. The basin, about 16 meters long and just over a meter deep, stores park runoff and releases it slowly through the outlet chamber. Follow the site as it takes shape and subscribe to Rapid Build Lab for the next engineering timelapse.

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From concept to result

The images used to create the video

Single static photographic image, vertical 9:16 framing for a YouTube Short intended for a construction timelapse. Fixed camera at eye level, about 1.7 meters high, facing northeast, with the horizon one third from the top and depth of field sufficient to read foreground, center and background. On the left an existing gray asphalt path runs parallel to the frame, separated from the lawn by a low concrete curb. Center and right is a flat municipal lawn of mown green grass, with a row of five lime trees in the background on the right and a black street lamp already present at the far corner of the path. Clear afternoon light, sun from the left, soft contact shadows, blue sky with a few high clouds, natural photographic rendering and real colors. The central lawn is continuous and mown, with visible grass texture and flat ground occupying the foreground and the center of the frame up to the row of lime trees. The path stays clear and the curb separates asphalt and grass along the whole left edge.
Starting image
Single static photographic image, vertical 9:16 framing for a YouTube Short intended for a construction timelapse. Fixed camera at eye level, about 1.7 meters high, facing northeast, with the horizon one third from the top and depth of field sufficient to read foreground, center and background. On the left an existing gray asphalt path runs parallel to the frame, separated from the lawn by a low concrete curb. Center and right is a flat municipal lawn of mown green grass, with a row of five lime trees in the background on the right and a black street lamp already present at the far corner of the path. Clear afternoon light, sun from the left, soft contact shadows, blue sky with a few high clouds, natural photographic rendering and real colors. In the center of the lawn an oval excavation is open, about 16 meters long and 9 meters wide, 1.2 meters deep, with regular gently sloping banks. The half nearer the camera already has the floor and the bank covered by a layer of compacted brown clay, with visible joints and a matte surface. The farther half still shows bare excavated soil, lighter in color, with a stake and tracing string along the rim. On the left, near the curb, a short trench holds a gray 400-millimeter pipe resting on the trench floor, while the inlet structure has not yet been cast. On the right, on the far rim, the outlet chamber is stopped at reinforcement cages and wooden formwork up to half height, with the concrete not yet poured. Two workers in hard hats and high-visibility jackets stand on the grassy rim on the right, and a yellow mini excavator is parked on the lawn beyond the excavation with its tracks on the ground. Internal turf, the finished chamber and water are not present.
Construction in progress
Single static photographic image, vertical 9:16 framing for a YouTube Short intended for a construction timelapse. Fixed camera at eye level, about 1.7 meters high, facing northeast, with the horizon one third from the top and depth of field sufficient to read foreground, center and background. On the left an existing gray asphalt path runs parallel to the frame, separated from the lawn by a low concrete curb. Center and right is a flat municipal lawn of mown green grass, with a row of five lime trees in the background on the right and a black street lamp already present at the far corner of the path. Clear afternoon light, sun from the left, soft contact shadows, blue sky with a few high clouds, natural photographic rendering and real colors. The oval detention basin is complete and fully visible, about 16 meters long and 9 meters wide at the crest, 1.2 meters deep, with banks and floor covered by green turf and a mown grass rim clear all around. On the left a smooth gray concrete inlet structure receives the mouth of the 400-millimeter pipe. On the right the concrete outlet chamber is finished, with a circular bottom opening, an overflow weir and a galvanized grate. A municipal worker in a high-visibility jacket walks on the near rim toward the grate, notebook in hand, at realistic scale and not covering the basin. Site machinery, formwork and soil piles are not in the scene. The basin is dry and ready to hold rainwater.
Final result

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