Textile structure for Barcelona area using Kangaroo, Geco and Galapagos.

The task was to use Galapagos to optimize a shape using evolucionary computation, for that I design a textile structure to provide shade and cover in an area in the City of Barcelona. For a more accurate shape I used Kangaroo to apply gravity forces in the structure and stiffness for the springs that support the textile.

I´ve also used Geco plugin to calculate the total radiation analysis from Ecotect and imported to my Rhino surface, The idea was to optimize the position of the textile and stiffness of the springs to give more shade to pedestrians placing the fabric in a position that will block more radiation.

 Parameters considered:

- Total radiation (all year)

- Gravity forces

- Spring stiffness

- Weather file from barcelona

RESULT OF GALAPAGOS SOLVER

Air pollution is the introduction of chemicals, particulates, biological materials, or other harmful materials into the earth’s atmosphere, posibly causing disease, death to human, damage to other living organisms such as food crops,or the natual or built enviroment.

Stratospheric ozone depletion due to air pollution has long been recognized as a threath to human health as well asto the earth’s ecosystems. Indoor air pollution and urban air quality are listed as two of the world’s worst toxic pollution problems in the 2008 Blacksmith Institute World’s worst polluted places report.

SPAIN

Over three-quarters of Spain’s population lives in urban environments and a significant proportion is intermittently exposed to high concentrations of pollutants. As a result, there is growing public interest in and demand for information about air quality.
In Spain, the principal pollutants are particulate matter (concentration increases naturally with African dust outbreaks), tropospheric ozone caused by precursor emissions and affects peripheral areas far away from the source of emission) and nitrogen dioxide. Environmental noise is also a major air pollutant in Spain and the principal cause in urban environments is traffic.

CO2 of European Countries (2010)

Urban Population of European Countries (2010)BARCELONA
The Energy, Climate Change and Air Quality Plan of Barcelona 2011-2020 (PECQ) is a local administration instrument aimed at the following during that time frame:
• Improving energy efficiency and reducing energy consumption in the city,
• Cutting the increase of greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs),
• Improving urban air quality, in particular with regard to NOx gases and PM10 particles,
• Improving the quality of energy supply.

AIR POLLUTION INVENTORY

SOURCES:  https://w110.bcn.cat/MediAmbient/Continguts/Vectors_Ambientals/Energia_i_qualitat_ambiental/Documents/Traduccions/PECQ_english_def01.pdf

http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.ATM.CO2E.KT