Research Cluster 6
6.20 The Bartlett School of Architecture 2013
6.21 6.19 – 6. 20 Yang Yang Regolithic Architectures. Through the simulation of weathering processes, architectural space can be created as the resultant formation of site and contextual conditions. The regolithic top surface of the architectural structure is manipulated by simulated forces and weather conditions, starting to form typologies of space and structural elements within. Developing a storm-proof landscape for Fire Island in Upstate New York, the project proposes that the ‘pre-weathered’ structure starts to provide buffer zones and strengthened infrastructure for the existing towns in the area. The images show the progressive weathering process and the resultant dissolving of simple monolithic forms into geometries shaped and refined through a progressive application of forces. 6.21 – 6.25 Yuchen Liu Generative Morphology –
Demolition as design method. A view through a new garden for the Winter Palace in Beijing, where demolished structures are preserved as public amenities rather than being rebuilt into private developments. Through simulation the morphological properties of demolition processes becomes a strategy for deriving architectural form.
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