Monthly Archives: May 2012

Hyperborder Port: Border Prototype

The aim of the workshop was the construction of a prototype of a single module from the proposal for the studio project: Hyperbordered Port. The important thing was the development of the unit referring to the entire system. The prototype of the unit was developed in order to study the function of the hydraulic system [...]

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(In)Visible City

Invisible City as a project has gone through a process of  research, analysis and hypothesis and we are now looking at the translation of the design objectives into a feasible project. Sound forms the central trigger of a design system that is an intervention in the visible-invisible landscape of the ocean and the port. Data [...]

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Development of prototype with Edouard Cabay

Exploration of wood as a bending material, during the workshop, helped us conceive multiple curves with a strip of wood spanning 10m by 0.1m. This wooden strip was made of 3 layers. 2 of which were used to achieve the length, give thickness and more tension to the strip. The 3rd layer consisted of smaller [...]

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Workshop with Edouard Cabay

The aim of the workshop was to create a responsive modul of our system using in the Emergent Territories studio project, where the excercise is to redevelop the Port of Barcelona. Using fabric material, different joints were made against stretching forces to achieve the strongest connection between the fabric and the supporting structure. Also, we [...]

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Group 5 presentation for the review with Nader Tehrani

A space may be defined by its usage, environment, volume and time. Port de Barcelona is one such space being characterized and having unfathomed attributes of the same, yet to be explored. An orchestrated play of such spaces may be constructive, liberating and help redefine the fundamental concept of port spaces. video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O9i3Z5z2QQ

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