Eva Magnisali Architect
MArch Architectural Association Design Research Laboratory
Sample of works
Education
2013-2015 Architectural Asssociation | School of Architecture Design Research Laboratory | MArch Architecture and Urbanism 2006-2013 National Technical University of Athens | School of Architecture Diploma in Architecture and Engineering [master equivalent] Grade: 9.09/10 2nd place at the entrance exams 2006 for all Greek students Graduated 3rd in her year
2010-2011 Escuela Tecnica Superior de Barcelona [ETSAB], UPC ERASMUS exchange student 2004-2006 1st Lyceum of Pallini[Athens]
Graduated with the first highest score of the class 19.9/10 |20
2002-2004 1st Gymnasium of Pallini[Athens] Pierre de Coubertin Graduated with the first highest score of the class 19.9/10 |20
curriculum vitae
Evangelia Magnisali Architect Engineer UIA Member-Greek Section
Work experience
2014 RoboFold / RobotsIO Internship on robotic fabrication / Representation of the company at Rhino
2013 Organized in Athens the conference “Smart Matters� on smart materials and interdisciplinary collaboration
Date of birth: 04/06/1988 W2 5DL, London, UK (+44)07858789093 evamagnisali@gmail.com
2009-2010 K. & E. Zacharakis school of architectural and artistic drawing Assistant professor of drawing
IT skills
CAD - Autocad 2D & 3D, Rhinoceros, 3DS Max Maya, SoftImage, TopOpt Inspire Rendering - Vray for Rhino, Vray for Maya Associative Modeling - Grasshopper for Rhinoceros C++, C# for Grasshopper, Processing, Arduino RobotsIO[ABB] Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Premiere, After Effects, Illustrator, Microsoft Office Word, PowerPoint, Excel
Language skills
Greek [native] English [high level- Cambridge Proficiency] Spanish [high level- DELE B2 de Instituto Cervantes] French [high level- DELF 2nd degree A6]
Meeting 2014
Exhibitions
_ Participation at the Zodchestvo Architectural Festival with the lecture: “Robotic arms in Architecture: A new challenge for design” in Moscow, Russia (December 2014) _ Diploma project (NTUA) selected for inclusion in the exhibition of the Greek Section of UIA at the 25th International Union of Architects World Congress at Durban,South Africa (August 2014) _ Diploma project (NTUA) selected for inclusion in the exhibition of the Greek Section of UIA at the VOLAND International Architectural Meeting in Santorini, Greece (October 2014) _ Diploma project (NTUA) published at greekarchitects.gr and selected in the 40 best diploma projects for 2013
Honours / Awards
_ Award of Academic Excellence by the Limmat Foundation, Switzerland _ Honorary Scholarship, awarded by the Greek State Scholarships’ Foundation for distinction in studies _ Honorary Scholarship, awarded by EUROBANK for distinction in studies _ C. Papakyriakopoulos Prize, awarded by the National Technical University of Athens _ N. Kritikos Prize, awarded by the National Technical University of Athens
International Architectural Workshops
EASA [European Assembly of Students of Architecture] 2012
_ Head organizer of SESAM_2012 [Small European Students of Architecture Meeting-part of the EASA network] in Rhodes, Greece, under the theme ‘’Colossus vs landmARCH’’ _ Participation in INCM_2012 in Vienna, Austria- presentation of the results and the final report of SESAM_2012 to the EASA National Contacts _ Organization of the landmARCH one-day workshop in Athens
2011
_ Participation in EASA_2011 in Cadiz, Spain as a helper of the organizing team _ Participation in INCM_2011 in Baku, Azerbaijan- presentation of the SESAM_2012 workshop idea
2010
_ Participation in EASA_2010 in Manchester, in UK _ Participation in SESAM_2010 in Istanbul
2009
_ Participation in EASA_2009 in Darfo Boario Terme, in Italy
MEDS [Meeting of Design Students] 2011
Other interests
2011-2013 National Contact of Greece for MEDS workshop _ Participation in MEDS 2011 in Istanbul
Art: studied at K&E Zacharakis drawing school Digital/analog photography, lomography, workshop of photography at the Capodistrian University of Athens, workshop of photography at the ETSAB, photography exhibition landmARCH Tennis, ping pong, chess Diving, travelling
INTERACTIVE DESIGN
ACADEMIC
contents
Urban Landsc[r]ape
Breath
Wired
Smart Materials Library Diploma Thesis
Architectural design studio 7-8
Interactive Lighting installation
AADRL
NTUA
NTUA
AADRL
Diploma Thesis
GENERATIVE DESIGN
ROBOTIC RESEARCH
PARAMETRIC DESIGN computational workshop
Special topics on building technologies
parametric surface
Robotic fabrication Professional
computational prototyping
Computational form-finding
FormDecode FabLab
NtUA
roboFold / AADrL
AADrL
AADrL
a bridge too far
Encoded Matter
nomadic cells
WireD
DiPLOMA PrOJect AcADeMic l Architectural Association - Design research Laboratory tUtOr: Shajay Bhooshan cOLLABOrAtOrS: Alexandra Lipezker, Georgios Pasisis, Sai Prateik DAte OF PreSeNtAtiON:
investigations into materials and robotics in the field of architecture have begun to challenge the architectural discourse by proposing alternatives to conventional modes of practice through the adoption of new fabrication technologies. the aim of our research is to create a process that ensures continuity between the stage of design and the materialization of the final outcome, through the customization of industrial robotic arm technology. in order to achieve the development of a prototypical system, hierarchically connected, we have created a composite material that combines fibre-glass rods, spring steel and nylon coating. in taking advantage of the force and form interaction that characterizes active-bending structures, our networked material system is deformed and through a thermoforming process the overall output is fused to produce an architecture of high-resolution formation.
January 2015
A NeW tOOL
A NeW MAteriAL
A NOVeL PrOceSS
fabrication process
weaving of individual strands creation of the network topology attachment of anchor point application of global deformation application of local deformation setting process
cOMPOSite MAteriAL: wires and nylon configuration before the heating process.
three robotic tests were done in order to test the concept of bending, the anchor point, the control points of the material, and principally, the material integrity itself.
FirSt teSt: 4 strand test // material was proven to be too heavy to overcome its own weight
SecOND teSt: 1 strand test // fiberglass
reinforcement // robotic coordination
thirD teSt: 1 strand test // fiberglass as a core
// successful active-bending
DetAiL
in this series of experiments we investigated the global transformation of the wires by manually applying basic euclidian transformations in the anchor points of the material setup.
ROBOTIC END-EFFECTORS // customization of the process The end-effectors of the system were developed to automate the entire process proposed by the material process and the architectural intentions. In essence the three aspects that were considered for customization were: Material Generation, Global Transformation and the Setting Process.
1 MATERIAL GENERATION
2 GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION
3 SETTING PROCESS
The material, initially weaved in linear strands in a planar configuration, becomes networked into a global structural system.
Robotic arms elastically deform the latter, to result in a spatial formation.
Through a thermoforming process the overall output is fused to produce an architecture of high-resolution formation.
WEAVING TOOL
GRIPPING TOOL
HEATING TOOL
Material Input: Straight Wires
Arduino Microcontroller
Induction Heater
Planetary Gears
Linear Actuator 12V
Halogen Coil
Material Output: Weaver Wires
30cm Jaw Opening
Power Supply
FABricAtiON OF MAteriAL // programmability of the weaving end effector and resulting patterns based on different parameters
rOBOtic ceLL // three phase process
Overall configuration
Weaving process
transformation process
heating process
THE DESIGN PROCESS // Form-finding methodologies Digital simulations Physics engine
Physical models Material formation
Digital simulation Bending deformation in Kangaroo
Form-finding Geometrical definition
POP-UP cONcePt
PhYSicAL MODeLS // Piano wires
the main fabrication and thus design concept is laying the material at on the ground in a first phase, creating the constraints and generating the network, and actuating the system through control end-points,
the design system was generated from three different perspectives: empirically, numerically and geometrically. In the first case, material behaviour and limitations were tested through physical models. in the numerical approach, digital simulation was used as a tool of exploration of a wide solution space. in the case of the geometrical approach, a procedural design strategy was generated, where the actual physical bending behaviour of the structure was approximated, based on observations made during the previous experimentation.
3dimensional configuration
Flat configuration
Physical models - Piano wires and thermoformed surface
surface
secondary structure Physical model - Primary and secondary structure
primary structure NetWOrK cONcePt the local connection pattern constitutes a very important factor concerning the global transformation of the strand network. the active bending behavior of the system can be controlled through the introduction of connections between the individual strands, as well as through the definition of the anchor points.
GeOMetricAL eVOLUtiON
initial setup Footprint definition
Plane deformation Space definition
DeSiGN iterAtiONS
3D deformation Volume definition
Geometrical manipulation of deformer’s edges
Merging of vertices creation of connections
curve extraction Network creation
Primary structure generation
Secondary structure generation
Surface generation
3D print model
Material Experiment Details: Number of Strands: 8 Number of connections: 10 Number of fixed anchor points: 8 Number of actuated anchor points: 2 Total length of fiber glass rods: 160 m Total length of wires: 800 m Total length of nylon: 960 m
Anchor points
Constraints vs Deformation
2m
After selecting the optimal network a digital simulation of its active bending behaviour was realized in order to visualize the final outcome. Similarly a physical model of the same setup was made in order to verify the accuracy of the latter.
Scaled-up Material experiment Setup
OUter LAYer Double coated piano wires 0.64mm x30 // triple twist
The setup of each individual strand consist of ten fibre glass rods in a circular array at the core and 50 spring steel wires weaved around them. All of those are coated in nylon tubes which are later fused by heat to solidify the composite strand.
MiDDLe LAYer Double coated piano wires 0.64mm x20 // triple twist
Anchor points
cOre Fiber glass rods 4mm x10 // Straight
Mid-connections
close up of strand network before local heating
close up of strand network after local heating
SMArt MAteriALS LiBrArY
DiPLOMA PrOJect AcADeMic l National technical University of Athens tUtOrS: Dimitris Papalexopoulos, Nelly Marda DAte OF PreSeNtAtiON:
the current diploma project constitutes a research held on the necessity of constant updating of engineers on technological innovations and developments. the building proposed, a Smart Materials Library, houses a centralized archive of smart materials, an open library that promotes interdisciplinary collaboration in the construction sector through an educational proposal for student internships and lifelong learning programs for professionals. After an extensive research on the existing material libraries, the character of the project was determined, so as for the building to become an interdisciplinary teaching tool that will help design and technical disciplines to share their respective approaches to materials, become a setting to explore methods and design tools, as well as a place to experience the visual, tactile and experiential aspects of smart materials.
March 2013
Program
Light / Ventilation towers
Adaptive building envelope
ExpERiEnCE DEsign: Specific elements of the building are designed with a conceptual approach that aims to create an emotional relationship with individuals, connecting at the level of perception of personal value. the interactive systems placed in the building make visible or translate invisible phenomena, ranging from sounds to pollution, electromagnetic waves and human desires. SOUth eLeVAtiON SecOND FLOOr PLAN VieW SteeL StrUctUrAL SYSteM // Slab’s beams
StrUctUrAL DetAiL // Section of the exhibition / seminar spaces SPAtiOteMPOrAL UrBAN ANALYSiS // Speed vs Perceived information // Morphology of main volumes
PhYSicAL MODeL
UrBAN LANDSc [r] APe
ArchitectUrAL DeSiGN StUDiO 7-8 AcADeMic l National technical University of Athens tUtOrS: Nelly Marda, Kostas Moraitis cOLLABOrAtOrS: Angeliki Labada, Silena Patsalidou DAte OF PreSeNtAtiON:
June 2010
Situated in the center of Athens, this public service multiple functions building is a trading center, museum and production space for artists. its morphology derives from the intention to create a folding geometry, where the urban environment continues within the building and thus, exterior and interior space blend in a unified social platform. this project was elaborated in multiple scales, starting from design and concept and ending to materiality and construction details.
South view of the building
basement
North view of the building_the dressing rooms
ground floor
first floor
second floor
steel-i beam heB 200 x 200 mm
steel haunch 200 x 200 mm
steel-u beam UPN 200 x 200 mm
the DreSSiNG rOOMS
the red semi-transparent polycarbonate structure of the dressing rooms allows the controlled penetration of light, thus creating a public theatrical scene of shadows, where the visitors can both observe the blurry movement within the rooms, as well as become the ‘actors’ that are being observed from the exterior public space.
detail of the connection of the metal floor to the concrete slab of the dressing rooms
StrUctUrAL DetAiLS
Section PhYSicAL MODeL 1:50
BreAth
iNterActiVe LiGht iNStALLAtiON AcADeMic l Architectural Association - Design research Laboratory tUtOr: robert Stuart-Smith cOLLABOrAtOrS: Paul clemens Bart, coscu cincilic, Pavlina Vardoulaki DAte OF PreSeNtAtiON:
ActUAtiON // Movement and sensoric
November 2013
reSeArch AGeNDA // Material fabrication to Behaviour Breath is an interactive light installation consisting of five silicone cells, which are actuated through sensors,servo motors and Arduino. in a normal state, the cells constantly contract and expand at a constant rate. When movement is sensed in close proximity this rate increases, and in the final state where distance reaches a minimum limit, their movement stops completely. Main goal of the research realized during this workshop was the investigation of the ways in which matter, energy and force can be combined in order to generate specific, partially controlled material effects. The silicone cells were designed and casted using pattern as a behavioural template, and by embedding piano wires in the at configuration, the relationship between frame and skin and the movement facilitations that the latter implies were explored.
iNStALLAtiON & ASSeMBLY // Unit Assembly
A2 FIXPOINT // APPLIED FORCE
B2
A3
B1
BASE INSTALLATION PLATE
B3 B2 SUPERPOSITION FOLDING
A1
COMPONENT 01 A2
A3
B1 A1
COMPONENT 02
B3
SUrFAce treAtMeNt // 2D Pre-conditioning of 3D Behavior
Lasercut mould for silicone casting
STRUCTURAL PATTERNING
LATERAL BRACING
TRANSLUCENT POCKETS
WIRE LAYOUT
STIFFENED POLYPROYLENE BASE
FORCE INPUT
Digital 3D model
PhYSicAL PrOtOtYPe DetAiL // Silicone unit and actuation wiring
A BriDGe tOO FAr
GrASShOPPer 3D WOrKShOP WOrKShOP l FormDecode tUtOrS: Marios tsiliakos DAte OF reALiZAtiON:
this pedestrian bridge was designed during a three-day workshop of associative design modelling, with thee use of Grasshopper3D.
FabLab
April 2013
Main supportive structure
the NUrB-based model is fully parametrical, and its morphology allows its application to a variety of cases, depending on the site conditions and the structural needs given every time. Beam
Main profile for the oor
Supportive beams Roofing Glass rail
Glass for the roofing Floor
Grasshopper deďŹ nition
Glass
Flooring
Structure
Basic elements
PArAMetric SUrFAce
DiGitAL DOcUMeNtAtiON AND iNFOrMAtiON MANAGeMeNt iN DeSiGN AND cONStrUctiON AcADeMic l National technical University of Athens tUtOrS: Dimitris Papalexopoulos, Athina Stavridou cOLLABOrAtOr: Antiopi Koronaki DAte OF PreSeNtAtiON: September
Digital fabrication - 3D print model
2011
Parameters of intervention
this project is an introduction to parametric design and digital fabrication through the use of rhino and Grasshopper. the intention was to create a complex morphology that can be adapted to several different functions, deriving from the combination of simple geometrical elements, in this case of a grid and a curve, projected on a curved surface. the aim was to produce a parametrical form that can transform and adapt to a vast variety of cases, meeting the requirements of both static and aesthetic criteria.
1. Definition of the density of vertical/ horizontal elements 2. Projection of those
3. intersection with curved geometry
4. Assemblage notches
1. division and projection of vertical/ horizontal curve 2. creation of vertical/horizontal geometry [orthogonal solids] 3. curved geometry [brep] 4. openings 5. assemblance notches 6. final vertical/horizontal geometry
5. Design of openings
Grasshopper definition
rOBOtic FABricAtiON Assistance at the Advanced Architectural Geometry 2014 workshop “First Person hologram” with roboFold / robots.iO and Zaha hadid Architects team
rOBOtic ArMS reSeArch PrOFeSSiONAL l roboFold / robots.iO AcADeMic reSeArch l iaac / AADrL
My interest on robotic fabrication led to my application for an internship at Robofold, where i developped several software definitions for robotic arms’ animation and control and gained practical experience through my assistance at Advanced Architectural Geometry workshop and through the representation of the company at the rhino Meeting 2014. pushing
My experience was extended during my postgraduate studies at the Architectural Association Design research Laboratory AADrL, where i generated robotic simulations for my thesis project, as well as during the studio’s visits to iaac and odico where i attended workshops on robotic programming and fabrication.
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Appendix
CHAPTER 007
heating
otic Pattern Simulation Workshop
at iaac on real-time control of KUKA Kr150-2 industrial robotic arm through the use of Arduino and sensors.
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Long exposure photo - trace of the robotic movement
pushing / gripping rOBOtic chOreOGrAPhY
robotic Simulations created for AADrL using the robots.iO Grasshopper plug-in
Aiming to investigate on an industrial robotic arm’s limitations and capacities, i generated a visualization tool that analyses the reach of the latter within an enclosed space. this establishes the points which the robot can traverse through and the areas that cannot be approached. Moreover, using this definition, the points of the grid of occupation can be differentiated and clustered in efficiency zones, indicating the ease of access. this can be useful for the optimization of the fabrication process. timeline / robotic simulation Movement visualization
Movement of robotic axes in 3D space
Grid / Operation space Efficiency zones visualization Axes angles / movement calculation
Grasshopper definition initial grid / tested space of operation
reach in x axis
reach in -z axis
reach in z axis
reach in -x axis
reach in y axis
reach in -y axis
Grid differentiation / Efficiency zones
eNcODeD MAtter
ADAPtiVe SYSteMS AND StrUctUreS computational Prototyping AcADeMic l Architectural Association tUtOr: Shajay Bhooshan
- Design research Laboratory
cOLLABOrAtOrS: Baiye Ma, camila Degli DAte OF PreSeNtAtiON: December 2013
esposti, Sai Prateik
Magnetic field simulations in Grasshopper
Magnetic field simulations in C++ Given certain magnetic field conditions, particle simulations were realised for the visualization of the ferrofluid phenomena. p0110101101001202_1000
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encoded simulations in c++ DNA FEATURES p0110101101001310_300
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0 particles on sphere 1 particles on grid/ box 2 obj file for the above 3 obj file for the fields' centers 4 Electric field On/Off 5 Electric field multiplier 6 Radial field On/Off 7 Gravitation field On/Off 8 Gravitation multiplier 9 interparticle collision On/tOff 10 interparticle collision multiplier 11 gravitational constant 12 Collision On/Off 13 obj file for collision 14 collision bounce factor 15 frames of silulation
RESEARCH AGENDA // Ferrofluids & magnetic fields the aim of this workshop was the study of a physical phenomena and its general laws and in a second phase, the translation of the basic rules that govern it in code and the recreation through simulations of the particles' behaviour, from the most simple to the most complex ones The chosen phenomena was the ferrofluid, due to its amazing capacity to change configuration over time, depending on the different magnetic fields that affect it. The phenomena was simulated initially in C++, and later through the use of Grasshopper and Maya NDynamics MAGNetic FieLD
DetAiL
NOMADic ceLLS
cOMPUtAtiONAL FOrM - FiNDiNG AcADeMic l Architectural Association - Design research Laboratory tUtOr: Shajay Bhooshan cOLLABOrAtOrS: Alexandra Lipezker, Georgios Pasisis, Sai Prateik DAte OF PreSeNtAtiON: September
2014
in this conceptual project the proposal concerns the creation and development of inhabitable spaces for the most flux populations of today's world, the neo-nomads. Material system and robotic fabrication process are considered as one part, that creates the basic structure. According to the need for space, living pods are inflated / deflated within this robotically fabricated structural network. in order to develop a dynamical system, a growth logic is implemented into the design process, and through the investigation on aggregation systems found in nature, rule-based design methodologies are generated.
MAiN SKeLetAL StrUctUre
SecONDArY StrUctUre [POD FrAMeWOrK]
PriMArY StrUctUre [SKeLetON]
bifurcation branching
separation
MAteriAL PLAceMeNt
2 PeOPLe POD rOBOtic cONStrUctiON GrADieNt MAP iNitiAL cONDitiON
DiFFUSiON LiMiteD AGGreGAtiON OF UNitS
1 PerSON POD SecONDArY SKeLetAL StrUctUre
POD iNFLAtiON
PrOtOtYPicAL Site cONDitiONS
DeSiGN PrOceSS SPAtiAL DePLOYMeNt cONcePt the design process can be broken down to different design stages, which nevertheless are interconnected and are affecting each other. the digital model of the skeleton is animated, representing the robotic construction through pultrusion. After the skeleton is deployed in space, the pods get inflated into position.
4 PeOPLe POD
References Theodore Spyropoulos
Director - Minimaforms Director - AADRL AA School of Architecture 36 Bedford Square London WC1B 3ES theo@minimaforms.com
shajay bhooshan
Designer - Zaha Hadid Architects Course Master - AADRL AA School of Architecture 36 Bedford Square London WC1B 3ES shajay.bhooshan@zaha-hadid.com
dimitris papalexopoulos Architect - Archsign Professor - NTUA 18 Bouboulinas Str. Athens 106 82 dplxs@otenet.gr
gregory epps
Founder - RoboFold / Robots.IO Unit 38 Mahatma Gandhi Industrial Estate Milkwood Road, Herne Hill London SE24 0JF gregory.epps@robofold.com