ECO-FABRICATION

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

CORE

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

CORE

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

CORE

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.

CORE

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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conference W3

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art hotel

cinema

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art bar hotel

video

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conference

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PLANS OF REDFAB

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CAFE C AFE AFE AF FE SECTION & ELEVATION 11 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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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

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EURO-PALLETS

WHEELS

METAL PROFILES

WHEELS METAL PROFILES

25cm

30cm

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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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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

SUAU Š

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.