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Weight vs. Floor area

Irina Shaklova — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 08:16:54 +0000

Mapping ‘Mobility’ around the Besos

RICHARD — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 22:39:06 +0000

Tracking Movement: Nus De La Trinitat | Besos

boneykeriwala — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 19:37:09 +0000

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Optimus Polymer

rshambayati — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 00:26:18 +0000

EVOLUTIONARY DESIGN

mamta — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 12:43:05 +0000

The material being studies is Bimetals. The metal shows bending and relaxation with response to temperature.
Here a particular type of prototype was studied in order to understand what the appropriate size of one unit is in order to achieve maximum solar radiation to be able to open and close.

The amount of material used was controlled by its length and it width thus trying to optimize the material used and the bending was allowed to a maximum of 45 degrees to prevent breaking.

The picture above shows the digital representation of the module that was tested and its various parameters that could be controlled.

Galapagos was run with respect to both the surfaces but the results received were too many to analyses and sort.Hence to make the result clearer Galapagos was run again but this time using on the portion of the element that could open and close ( As the material optimization would almost still be relatively the same).The various results were colour coded to get a better understanding.

The most optimum results .

The Birth of Tragedy Out of The Spirit of Music

apostolosmarios — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 10:21:05 +0000

HydroPanel

pongtidasantayanon — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 00:04:28 +0000

Hydro Panel

//The panel is made by two surfaces containing hydrogel spheres in between. It works as a cooling facade system which absorbs water from the rain and keeps the facade cool for a longer time as the water evaporates slowly.

Setup

//The volume required by one sphere of hydrogel to grow to its maximum size is 4 cm3. By tilting one cell of the panel we can determine the area of the triangle in which the water will collect. By associating this area to the magnitude of estrusion the cell will always have the volume of the container enough for one sphere. The rest of the area needs to be perforated for the collection of water and ventilation.

Parameters and optimization

//The parameters used to optimize the geometry of the cell are the volume of water required by one sphere, the total exposed surface area and the size of perforations on the inside. The volume is kept constant while maximizing the exposed area and size of perforations on the outside and the minimizing the size of perforations on the inside.

POLYHEDRON DEFORM

danielgiraldo — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 21:58:20 +0000

https://vimeo.com/89963307

WATCH VIDEO

A.3 Retrofitting of Iaac Roof

rashasukkarieh — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 20:37:02 +0000

Iaac’s roof top is currently not used and infact is a source of heat-island effect as there are no measure taken to use the roof as a terrace/ garden or as a source to generate energy. One of the projects proposed was bcn URBAN TERRACES 2012, yet it was a temoporaty project. After research about new technologies for materials and light structures, the new porposal is to define a shading devise and a source of energy at the same time. In order to achieve that, a study was made about the materials and firstly, and the location/positioning of this structure. Using Geco + Galapagos+ grasshopper, a study was performed about the optimal position of the shading material to provide the highest amount of daylight factor.

Geco plugin was used to calculate the total radiation analysis from Ecotect and import the data to the surface creacted in grasshopper. The idea was to optimize the position of the textile hence locate the PV panels to optimize there efficiency. After several attempt over galapagos, this position was the optimal.

A.2 Self Tracking

rashasukkarieh — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 13:45:50 +0000

Using the GPX file downloaded from the Open GPS tracker, the track of my movement is visualized through grasshopper definition (size and color of bubbles assigned to stops and speed respectively)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.sogeti.android.gpstracker&hl=en

According to the analysis done on the frequency of the tracking points, the type of activity can be determined. After a long day in iaac, I took a bike for some fresh air, walked along the beach, and biked back home.

Visualization of a street view