ECO-DESIGN BY REMAKING Dr Cristian Suau ECOFABRICA, UK www.ecofab.org
ECO-DESIGN REUSE LOW-TECH FABRICATION DO-IT-YOURSELF LIFE CYCLE THINKING
Department of Architecture University of Strathclyde
RESEARCH WORK RESEARCH PLAN
RESEARCH BY DESIGN
ECOLOGICAL URBANISM VISIONARY URBANISM INFORMAL URBANITY
ECO-DESIGN REUSE + LOW-TECH + REMAKE COMPACT + PROTOTYPING
WATER IN ARID LANDS FOG COLLECTION IN DESERT
ECOLOGICAL URBANISM VISIONARY URBANISM INFORMAL URBANITY HYBRID LANDSCAPES
HOMERUS MASTER PLAN ALMERE 2007
DRIVE-IN CINEMA
THE PLINTH
THE CAFÉ HALL
WATER GAMES
THYSSENKRUPP TOWER DUBAI 2009
VERTICAL GARDEN - PARK
VERTICAL GARDEN – UP & DOWN
BADEL MASTER PLAN ZAGREB 2012
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MAGOK MASTER PLAN SEOUL 2008
BULNES BOULEVARD SANTIAGO DE CHILE AWARDED DEC 2012
RAMBLA DE LA CIUDADANIA - VISTA AEREA DESDE LA CAJA CIVICA
RAMBLA DE LA CIUDADANIA - VISTA AEREA DESDE PARQUE ALMAGRO
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ESTRUCTURA CUBIERTA
OBSERVATORIO URBANO
OBSERVATORIO URBANO
CIRCULACION
TORRE PANTALLA 1
TORRE PANTALLA 2
AUDITORIUM SALON EXHIBICION
PABELLON SANTIAGO AXONOMETRICA
REDFAB cover
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EXISTING BUILDING
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ROOF + FACADE REMOVAL
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NEW SKIN & CORES + NEW ROOF
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INTERNAL PANELLING
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OUTER SKIN + GREEN ROOF
RETROFITTING PROCESS OF THE REDFAB COMPLEX
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REDFAB DESIGN CONCEPT REDFAB is a collective laboratory to experiment all kind of radical art expressions. It keeps the manufacturing character of the place. REDFAB is situated in a semi-rural and industrial area few miles outside Bologna city. Its immediate context is a stunning green
UPPER LEVEL hotel rooms apartements stuff space
SPACE
the conference room; game and media rooms; administrative cells; and multi-purpose rental rooms for educational workshops, meetings and events. In addition, REDFAB accommodates a café and the gallery shop in the main entrance. LANSCAPE The landscape texture in ground paving is a composition made of stone slabs, grass and pebbles whilst on the top levels the main roof level is a green grid consisting of gardens, ecological continuities between the art complex and the agrarian landscape.
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STREET LEVEL workshop gallery banquetting hall bar library
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too. The REDFAB’s core activities are the Art Gallery (permanent and temporary collections);
restaurant auditorium theatre
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PROGRAMME REDFAB houses a broad community of artists. The permanent collective lives in art-inresidence lofts whilst visitors stay in the Art Hotel (half-way museum and hotel). They all are located on the top level with access to a green roof terrace, vistas and natural
workshop gallery banquetting hall bar library
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ACCESS-FLOWS The passageway (main corridor and access) is a double height ‘arcade’ situated in the main industrial nave (axis north-south) reinforced by a central ramp and three cores, which articulates the ateliers (workshops) with boutiques and art galleries.
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
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transformation of the existing spaces and uses. This programmatic adaptation preserves the original frame intact. Only two circulation cores and a metal perforated skin are the main insertions. REDFAB is more than conventional mono-functional cultural or art centres. It incorporates a hybrid programme that combines dwelling (top level) with working, exhibiting, trade and shopping (street level) with various contemporary art manifestations.
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REDFAB is the new shelter for urban culture in Bologna, Italy and internationally,
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restaurant auditorium theatre day care cafe
EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC OF THE REDFAB COMPLEX
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roof garden
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SECTION EAST-WEST
art hotel (32 rooms)
cafe
access
11 flats
W1 art space
childcare
arcade
art hotel
roof garden 0
second floor (upper level)
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art space
conference W3
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art hotel
cinema
sculptures void
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SECTION EAST-WEST bar-cafe
void
art space
art bar hotel
video
art space
void
conference
void
bar cinema
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PLANS OF REDFAB
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ground floor (str (street level)
sculptures void
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first floor (intermediate level)
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CAFE C AFE AFE AF FE SECTION & ELEVATION 11 0 1 2 3 4 5
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SECTION 22 0 1 2 3 4 5
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VIEW OF REDFAB ENTRANCE & CAFE
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VIEW OF THEATRE-CINEMA
VIEW CONFERENCE
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AERIAL VIEW REDFAB
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The American Border Cities: dr cristian suau
Instant Urbanism along the Pan-American Highway
fairbanks
calgary
detroit-windsor
denver
minneapolis dallas
el paso-ciudad juarez
panama city
arica-tacna
los andes-mendoza
buenos aires punta arenas
pan-american highway darien gap highway (underconstruction) borderland cities mega-cities pan-american highway darien gap cities highway (underconstruction) borderland cities mega-cities cities
ECO-DESIGN REUSE REMAKE LOW-TECH COMPACT PROTOTYPING
RECICLARQ GLOBAL 2004 onwards
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PALLET HOUSE GLOBAL 2004 onwards
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TIMBER – HOUSING TYPES WITH PALLETS
CRISTIAN SUAU, RESEARCH BY DESIGN PROJECTS
NOMADIC ALLOTMENTS LONDON 2010
mobile allotment - BM - london festival of architecture 2010 cristian suau rachael davidson
FULL ALLOTMENT SHED
PLAZA-SEATS GARDEN BOXES GREEN BUFFER PLAZA DECK PLAZA-SEATS
TABLES
RAMPS
GREEN BUFFER
CRATES
RAMPS
EURO-PALLETS
SHED
TABLES
WHEELS lateral bracing
1 lateral bracing
SEATS & GARDEN BOX
METAL PROFILES
EURO-PALLETS
CRATES - PLASTIC TRAYS
2 EURO-PALLETS 1 lateral bracing
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WHEELS
METAL PROFILES
WHEELS METAL PROFILES
25cm
30cm
40cm
METAL PROFILES
WHEELS
GARDEN ORGANIC ROLL INSULATION
EURO-PALLET 800X1200mm
1. crates 30x25x40 2. white plastic straps (30cm length) 3. 100m rice rope light
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GREENERY felt insulation
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GREENERY felt insulation
MOBILELANDS© DR CRISTIAN SUAU mobileland COORDINATOR
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE
STALLED SPACE 1 STALLED SPACE 2
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STALLED SPACE 3
STALLED SPACE 1
STALLED SPACE 2
STALLED SPACE 3
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mobilelandŠ
WATER IN ARID LANDS FOG COLLECTION IN DESERT WATER HARVESTING FOR DRINKING AND IRRIGATION REPAIRING ENDANGERED ECOSYSTEMS
TARGET FP7-ENV-2013-WATER-INNO-DEMO
SUAU ©
FOGHIVE - 3D fog collector CHILE 2010-12
28th International PLEA Conference LIMA, 7-9 NOVEMBER 2012 OPPORTUNITIES, LIMITS & NEEDS: Towards an Environmentally Responsible Architecture
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28th International PLEA Conference LIMA, 7-9 NOVEMBER 2012 OPPORTUNITIES, LIMITS & NEEDS: Towards an Environmentally Responsible Architecture
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SUAU ©
FOGHIVEŠ in the fog oasis of Alto Patache, Chile. Overall view of 3D fogtraps facing the SW winds from the Pacific Ocean
FOGHIVEŠ in the fog oasis of Alto Patache, Chile. detail of an standing-alone 3D fogtrap collecting fog through condensation
air art
SUAU ©
THE POWER OF LESS TOWARDS A DEMOCRATIC DESIGN
THE POWER OF LESS 1. EMPOWERING DIVERSITY Conflict, diversity and difference are constitutive of democratic coexistence. A democratic architecture has to provide new flexibility by identifying potential obstacles; exploring possible architectures; looking at potential smart technologies and defining new sociospatial models.
THE POWER OF LESS 2. ADAPTING SYSTEMS What Should We Play Instead? Life is frantic and changing. Adaptability is a necessary antidote against reductive and dysfunctional schemes of living in motion. We must operate with progressive design approaches on potential architecture and new spatial games
THE POWER OF LESS 3. PLURAL DESIGN Density and diversity are sustainable. All citizens have the right to have a sustainable social, climatic and built environment. For instance, any democratic architecture should support the use of decarbonised technologies and encourage passive energy systems.
THE POWER OF LESS 4. PLAYABILITY One of the most significant aspects of design lies in its ludic action. What level of playability do we take into consideration within design process?
THE POWER OF LESS 5. SOCIAL ACCESSIBILITY We must reject any architectural trend that excludes the ethic role and consequently the social promotion. Architects are certainly organic intellectuals because they are organizers of the built environment and the potential one.