69 posts tagged “span”
The main qualities for the project formed the mainframe of the topological surface. The software output consisted of an extensive array of subtly varying surface conditions. According to their performative behavior the population of over one hundred individual entities where scrutinized for their fitness according to different criteria, such as the potential to fulfill the program, the performance as structural entity and the affect generated by its appearance. This process reduced potential candidates to a very small number. Finally this candidates ran trough a series of algorithms (various remeshings, subdivisions, optimizing the size of the spatial pockets etc.) which eliminated all candidates but one.
This technique can be described as an evolutionary process driven by a series of intensive forces, such as the specific compartmentisation of the pouches, the loadbearing qualities of curvilinear conditions and the allover sensual experience of the space. The numerous explorations and investigations of SPAN into the nature of topological bodies, throughout the recent years, served as basis for the design process. One of the results of these investigations was a series of models only dedicated to seamless, continuous circulations within architectural bodies and apertures in complex curved geometries. These two fundamental architectural conditions, opening and circulation, are discussed in the project of the Austrian Pavilion for the Shanghai Expo 2010 in an alternative way.
The lecture describes the design process of the Austrian Pavilion for the Shanghai Expo 2010, as well as the construction method. The lecture depicts the advanced fabrication methods involved in the construction of the Project, such as the use of simulation softwares, building information modeling and CNC fabrication.
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Matias del Campo - Sense and Advanced Sensibility
Vienna based Architecture Firm SPAN, headed by Matias del Campo and Sandra Manninger, is driven by a compulsive desire to speculate about architectural opportunities in the presence of animated matter, organic entities and their underlying geometrical and mathematical presence. Their award winning architecture designs are informed by a manifold variety of sources reaching from Science Fiction and Fashion to Biology and Botany. The multiplicious inspirations are fused into projects applying the most advanced digital design tools and casted into form by computer controlled machinery. Their activities include Architecture Design, exhibitions and lectures as well as teaching in various countries and institutions, such as the University of Applied Arts Vienna, the Bauhaus Dessau and the ESARQ in Barcelona.
So, here is the new studio task for next semester in the Dessau Institute of Architecture:
DIA Dessau Institute of Architecture Advanced Architecture Studio WS09/10
Prof. Matias del Campo: The Tangling Line - Urban design for the Expo 2012, Yeosu, Korea
Braiding, Weaving and Bifurcations…
This semesters studio is focused on the idea of tangled structures—massively distributed networks made up of relatively weak cross-linked fibrous components that are the dominant mode of formation of structures in nature. This elegant concept of material assembly follows a long lineage in architectural history, from gothic interweaving to Art Nouveau braiding; textile techniques from two-
to three-dimensional weaving (Miyake, Northsails); Fine Arts from Pollock to Eliasson; Mathematics from topology to tangle theory; and science from advanced composites to tissue engineering demonstrate the omnipresence of this concept of matter assembly. A crucial characteristic of this structural morphology is that patterning, form, and organization are inherent conditions emerging out of the design process. The studio projects will explore in depth the aesthetics and performative parameters of tangled and patterned surface conditions as an alternative to prevailing assembly strategies in a
contemporary design environment, using the most advanced digital design tools and computer controlled fabrication methods, such as 3D printers and Laser Cutters. Design research is conducted into the architectural potential for this idea in the context of advanced engineering and contemporary construction methods.
The main task of the studio is to explore braiding, weaving and bifurcations as design tools for urban scale structures. The site and program for these explorations is the Expo 2012 in Yeosu, Korea. The site offers the opportunity to work on distributed, tangled networks along the coastline of the Expo Project. All the necessary data, such as plans and information about the site will be available from the studio master. Due to the size of the project group work is encouraged, limited to a maximum group size of 3 students.
For more information please visit the studio blog: http://bifurbication.blogspot.com/
It is highly recommended that prospective students of this studio pick up the reader Deep Ornament: Primer that is available in the DIA Office. This reader forms the theoretical basis of the work in the studio.
The current Issue of Frame magazine
focusses on the issue of color. This edition also features the Austrian
Pavilion for the Shanghai Expo 2010 by SPAN & Zeytinoglu.
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description of the Magazines Agenda: Frame is the
world's barometer of interior design. The magazine shows you what's happening
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slices of art and architecture: that's the essence of Frame magazine. We gather
the most radical and fashionable work from around the globe and package it to
perfection in six hefty issues a year. Loaded with nothing but the best in
contemporary design, Frame is an inspiring and indispensable reference for
professionals in interior design and other creative pursuits.
Finally, after a Semester of hard work our students presented their results to a distinguished panel of critics at the Dessau Institute of Architecture. The results of this semesters work at the Advanced Architecture Studio where well received by the Jury consisting mainly of members of the Faculty of the Kansas State University and some additional members such as Nina Rappaport. Here are some images of the sudents work:
- the intricate relationship between surface articulation structure and affect.
The Park Guell Butterfly House.
Synopsis
Surface Grammar explores the opportunities present in the morphologies of surface articulation as point of departure for the design of architectural conditions. Inherent qualities such as spatial subdivision, components, organization, structure and circulation form the ground for a variety of speculations on architectural conditions. The sensorial and spatial experiences co-notated with the manifold qualities of contemporary, algorithm driven intricacy, starting with their topological qualities to the distribution of components and patterns forming the structural body, are scrutinized for their architectural qualities and incorporated in a project.
The design of the Austrian Pavilion for the Shanghai Expo 2010 made it on to the cover of the renowned Austrian architecture magazine Architektur & Bauforum. The editorial by journalist Brigitte Amort describes the history of Austria´s contribution to various World Expo´s, starting with the hosting of the 1873 World Expo in Vienna, through the various contributions such as in Sevilla, Aichi and Zaragosa to the upcoming world Expo in Shanghai 2010. The project is described extensively within the editorial. Architektur & Bauforum is available at the kiosk of your choice.
In computational design techniques we can perceive the presence of one
What we perceive, or understand as a surface grammar, can be described as the means to generate all the valid strings of a specific surface language; it can also be used as the basis for a recognizer that determines for any given string whether it is grammatical (i.e. belongs to the language). To describe such recognizers, formal language theory uses separate formalisms, known as automata.
In this sense we are using geometry as the basic grammar of the surface explorations. To rigorously investigate this condition the course relies on a contained set of geometrical rules, or strings of information. This container is formed by specific tessellations. Two conditions form the rules of the surface grammar:
Tessellation & Delamination. These two conditions alone can create a thriving array of variation.
Recent introduction and coupling of digitally mediated design and production environments facilitated a radical deviation from the traditional ways of using representations, knowledge assets, organisational forms and standards. At the core of the technological shift lies the 3D knowledge rich Parametric Design and Building Information Modelling (BIM) tools/systems. These systems offer radically new methodologies to merge design with execution. The relationship between the designer, the organisational structure of the collaborating parties and their interaction with different tools (e.g. Parametric design and BIM tools) at different stages of the design process and the extent to which this interaction contributes to innovation vary. Different tools and systems suggest different workflows and support different organisational structures and methodologies. As architectural design/production moving towards a more dynamic and process oriented model for digital practice, both the profession and the academy is in the process of coming terms with these new forms of thinking.
This International conference wants to give the state of the art of innovative design and construction technologies, with a wide perspective of all the operators involved form architect, to engineer to supplier and clients.
The themes for IDCT09 will be focused on the following areas:- Design and form finding
- Engineering and computational methods
- File2factory and mass customization
- Digital processes in construction industry
- Innovative materials
- Advanced design and construction technologies
- Technology transfer
- Multidisciplinary approach
Here are some images of the final review of the studio Sandra and I teached this semester at the Esarq in Barcelona. The studio is part of the Genetic Architecture Studio, a postgraduate course at the Universidad Internacional de Catalunya exploring novel architectural conditions emerging out of the collision of natural science and computational
