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Master Project Theme I: Eco-Machinic Apparatus

iaac — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:23:34 +0000

The Eco-Machinic Apparatus for each student is developing. With Claudia Pasquero and Marco Poletto from ecologicstudio as tutors students had been showing their development in research of their specific apparatus. Branching mechanisms, creating forms out of melted wax, recycling materials, and lots of other different systems where one can read and interpret different situations based on the research theme, With two weeks left to develop their projects, students are preparing for their final research outcome and documentation of the process.

Master Project Theme III-Multiple Results

iaac — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 22:44:05 +0000

Students are experimenting on how to proceed with their projects, they are in the current stage where they are proposing their design ideas and also the possibilities which might emerge from these. Jordi Pagès i Ramon and Lluis Viu helped students to develop and fulfill their projects through different approaches. Students should go to digital drawings now to see their projects in progress.

IAAC Lecture Series_June 4th < Toni Kotnik

iaac — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 23:07:08 +0000

“Structure as Diagram: From Typology to Topology in Structural Design”
Toni Kotnik
Principal of Kotnik.architects

Toni Kotnik
Toni Kotnik studied architecture and mathematics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, the University of Tübingen, and the University of Utah and received his doctoral degree from the University of Zurich. He was research fellow at Center for the Representation of Multi-Dimensional Information (CROMDI), principal researcher at OCEAN design research network, postdoctoral researcher at the ETH Zurich and assistant professor at the University of Applied Sciences in Lucerne. Currently, he is studio master at the Emergent Technology and Design program at the Architectural Association in London, senior researcher at the chair of structural design at the ETH Zurich and principal of Kotnik.architects, a Zurich-based architectural office. His practice and research work has been published internationally and is focused on the interplay of digital architectural design, mathematics, and structural force flow.

Relational Masterplan

Tue, 18 May 2010 19:59:40 +0000

Studio: Emergent Territories.

Project: Neigbourhood Renovation, Mumbai.

Scripting goal: Find the optimal heights for footprints in order to accomodate XX number of people given by density studies. Ideal solution to link Excel sheet to Rhinoscript, in order to have a changing landscape according to numeric inputs representing people, height limitations, available area and floor space index ratio.

The script is based on a previous work of Roland Snooks, and adapted to it are some options and inputs relating to the urban scale.

Different possibilities are tested to find optimal solution.

Even though the land use and mass/void ratio for the siteplan is already set up, the numeric chart allows infinite variations for the spatial arrangement of the neighbourhood, having a target density but allowing different possibilities on height and percentage of used area. This table can be adapted to different urban planning projects, since the density and urban constrains are also parameters to be changed by the user.

From different massing studies and partial scripts (couldn´t manage to relate Excel and Rhinoscript…), the masterplan gains height according to land use and desired number of levels per building, according to previous density studies.

During the same proposal, Grasshopper was also used as a tool to locate specific heights in the overall masterplan, using simple extrusions and varying the numerical input for the heights.

Research Studio I – Emergent Territories Final presentations

iaac — Fri, 14 May 2010 13:17:55 +0000

With the model of the projects they have worked upon, students presented their proposal for Mumbai to invited guests Trilochan Chhaya( Dean of BSSA, Mumbai) , Ethel Baraona Pohl (Editor), Marc García Duran ( Working with Ferrer Foundation, India & Housing Projects in Barcelona), François Guisan (Environment Engineer for Sustainability), Faculty Luis Falcon and Hemant Purohit and to their fellow students.
There were discussions on how adaptable a city could be, and what it should look like, its Sustainability, economics, social and cultural aspects were all discussed about. Students have also published a book on their research and have also provided a scaled 3d milled project proposal on the city of mumbai.

RSIII. Digital Tectonics (FAB)BOTS – Final Presenations

iaac — Fri, 14 May 2010 12:22:19 +0000

The final presentations for the design research studio ended with MAA students presenting their works, to invited guest Mara Balestrini (Communicator / Microsoft), Borja Martinez(Art Director,www.losiento.net), Olaf Gipser( Architect,www.olafgipser.com), Jordi Truco(Architect / hybrid-a.blogspot.com), Carme Romero(Research Director www.hangar.org Jorge Velazquez (Robotic Engineer www.pal-robotics.com), Olga Subiros(Architect / www.programcollective.com), Catalina Pollack (Architect), Esteban Colmenares (Architect), Faculty Marta Malé-Alemany , Victor Vina, Luis Fraguada, Assistant Cesar Cruz Cazares and fellow students.
Overall guests and critics were impressed by the amount of work done by students in the brief amount of time (four months) – This work involved forming a thesis for the development of the machine – the accessibility, adaptability, and specifity of the project. This also includes computation based on scripting, processing and Arduino, material engineering where some made their custom material to suit their machine, to making tools which adhere to the type of material that is made for the situation. seven different projects, seven different outcomes.

Operational Landscape: Mumbai "slum" Renovation

Thu, 06 May 2010 13:39:43 +0000

Urban scale and it´s complexities

TEAM: Moises Gamus, Michael Harrison. FACULTY: Luis Falcon, Hemant Purohit

Research on the reorganization of flows and forces that give shape to a city. Starting point: THE VOID (i.e. public space).

Finding optimal walking distances between main public spaces (250 mts), a network of movility and interaction mingles through the built environment, emulating the current urban tissue which is a result of self organization… Learning from self organization, understanding its simple rules and its emerging complexity.

Mumbai´s reality:

TOO dense and still growing.

Scarcity of resources: Water, energy and waste management; conflict in movility and lack of personal living space.

THE SITE: Saki-Naka / Asalfa

Site Analysis

SWOT Analysis

Insolation analysis and WindFlows

ZONING DIAGRAM. Based on urban densitiy and context (natural and urban)

ZONING DIAGRAM // DENSITY STUDIES

Program organization based on distance from metro station and topographic conditions.

RS1: Emergent Territories

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:10:48 +0000