Camarena Santiago 887459 part b final

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content Introduct ion p.4,5

Conceptualisation

" Design Futuring " p.8,9,10,11.

" Design Computation " p.12,13, 14,15.

"Composition / Generation" p.16,17.

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"Case Study 1.0 "

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"Learning Outcomes"

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Appendix -

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Algorithmic Sketches

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" Research Field "

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"Conclusion" p.18

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Santiago Camarena

resume Studing previously at

Iberoamericana University Mexico City Architecture and Urban Design

Environments Melbourne University Autocad Revit Rhino grasshopper (recently) 3ds Max Maya Illustrator Photoshop InDesign

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have been studying Architecture and Urban Design in Mexico for the last 3 years. I started, as many others to study mentally and emotionally young. Where everything around us is based on perceptions, empiric and natural at all times.

Initially, the stimulus of the material world starts making sense in our hearts and minds. Then I drenched myself in the humongous study of Architecture.

Nowadays architecture practice is staring to reinvent itself all over again. design as a part of architecture is seeking the design researchers to explore new possibilities. Related in an internal and external survival and adaptation of the conext. And when I mean context I like to picture the biggest reference we have available of our environment, Earth. The question that values my perception of architecture is the importance of the possibilities of human quality of life. And being clear that any hope of a better quality of life will lead a sustainable design. Where the Earth and its own generous environments are the only reason we are here, breathing, growing and learning. The natural environments adapt and regenerate. Now, it is time to adapt and regenerate our urban environment to Earth, through new ways of design.

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duction I have worked with digital programms and tools, in a graphic way to representate shapes or function of complex architecture programms. With graphic techniques in Revit and principally 3d Max. I was introduced in my previous studies to a studio called Augmented Materials. Where we were approching design in a "new way". The material was now the principal case of study. Materiality as a research technique to explore cualities of systems and structures. This is when for me, conventional architecture started spinning a revolutionary quality of design.

Urban and Architecture Intervention, Mexico City 3D Max , Rhino

Study to find; elements, systems, design.

Those that can keep us calmed within ourselves, in our homes, in our cities and in our natural environments. To be part of the evolution of design, pointing forward technology and sensitivity. By bringing qualities that make life enjoyable, responsible visionary and human.

Social Housing

Traditional Model Representation

Shell House, Artechnique Remake Model 3Ds Max

Wicker

Augmented Materials Research https://issuu.com/santiagocamarena/ docs/book_interactive

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Science / Technology / Design Computer - Architecture design- production man-machine - praxis

Felix Candela Candela is a great inspiration of shell sculptoric buildings, by 1958 he conceive paraboloids as a new way to propose strcutures. With no intelligent technology he too his own inspiration for reinforced concrete based in nature.

The building "Los Manantiales" is a restaurant sited next to Xochimilco River in Mexico City, Where Candela wanted to express the extention of organic shapes of the surrounding landscape towards afunction of interactions between men and nature.

With parabolic structures mashing together to create an open plan for a general function. The building lacks of function purpose, and becomes more a sculptoric element. Buti this is a great resemblance example to look forward in this contemporary century.

(Architecture Clasis) ClĂĄsicos de Arquitectura: Restaurante Los Manantiales / FĂŠlix Candela (by Karina Duque 2011)

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1958

design futuring

A1 Design practice is the key to develop society direction. Through history the design content in Architecture has been a study of shapes and forms, function and direction always trying to reinvent itself to grow according its own time. The extend of architecture creativity has expand to technology. The capacities of man-computer avilities to function and think becomes one. They have took-off to the unstopable technological train ahead of us. If we learn how to use technology in the best way of our abilities, our creativity is exploring in different forms, human and computer creativity conceptualized by data.

IMAGEs both: (Architecture Clasis) ClĂĄsicos de Arquitectura: Restaurante Los Manantiales / FĂŠlix Candela (by Karina Duque 2011)

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rchitecture along it´s own evolution and the way it has tried to reinvent itself. Towards a manner of uniqueness and exploration of shapes. With technology to satisfy the necesities the new man is living at a period of time. We can encounter different examples of architecture through new technologies. Some of them more than 50 years old where computer creativity wasn't part of the creative design.

Felix Candela (p. 8) is a good example of technology of the moment put in practice. Shigeru Van (next example) is another master mind of the use of technology available to propose a structure design that is answering to the system of a new necessity.

Shigeru Ban Architects

Shigeru known as the paper architect has a specific way to apply conventional knowledge to new structural alternatives. Structural sophistication with organic materials. He refers to an architecture that seeks for quick, cheap and sustainable measures to build.

“The nine bridges Golf Club“ building has a big roof cover, in a rare tree-form timber columns. This structure was designed according to the regulations of Korea regarding the amount of timber buildings seize. The wooden structures are inspired in summer cushions of Korea called “Bamboo wife”1.

The big inspiration of Ban is reflected in parametric structures that accomplish a system to be more efficient.

Spotlight: Shigeru Ban by Jan Doroteo, (Archdaily, 2016)

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2010

design futuring

A1 Human necessities of the present moment are global, are the well-being of all type of ecosystems as we know them. These environmental needs are more than ever the precursor to define a creative way of design. The time we are living requires bigger responsibilities. The ones we are facing today and the ones that are already a warning.

IMAGEs both: Spotlight: Shigeru Ban by Jan Doroteo, (Archdaily, 2016)

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“ Economic, technical and cultural conditions have change radically. Its is very important for our coulture and our society, as well as for technology industry, to find good solutions…

Along this path industry and technology will join with the forces of thought... “

Mies van der Rhoe, cited in Curtis, architecture since 1900, p.271)

Miguel Angel Aragonés Mar Adentro1 is an ocean resort, product of Aragones knowledge and inspiration between what he learned from functionality of the Modern Movement and pieces of interaction with new technologies. The nest in the middle of the water breaks the hardness of the concrete surrounding. Result of parametric shell/nest to embrace and give shadow to the cafeteria and bar of this area.

The project is juxtaposition of the architecture we often know and the one we are starting to conceive. It might be as important to the project that any other structural system. The organic feeling works as a tree to reconcile with nature.

Mar Adentro/Miguel Angel Aragones (Archdaily Online, 2016)

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design computation

The judgement of computer interrupting creative thinking and practice has been part of this

era. The translation of creativity has now reached a new meaning. Creativity has always been explained through tools that help us make this mental “art� process visual, or reachable for other intuitions. Tools, technology applied to creative design has been part of the media to reach what the mind wants to express in all types of design that we know today. Where does Computer Design is not a tool or a technology?

This new era, these new necessities are seeking for technology to work hand by hand. We can refer to the architecture Modern Movement. When architects where trying to find a new language a new technique that had meaning to the time they were living. When they were looking for reactions to function in this past Modern world. The reaction they where trying to discover is part of the same evolution of function.

What is really the function nowadays? If the function was a sum of operations, of responses of what this space wants to achieve. These modern ideas where trying to open the possibilities of living, not only related to reinvent shapes, related to new possibilities of leaving facing the Modern world they were experiencing. What are the possibilities of this contemporary world (2017)? What responses we want to achieve?

IMAGES, from left to right; -Mar Adentro/Miguel Angel Aragones (Archdaily Online, 2016) -Mar Adentro/Miguel Angel Aragones (Archdaily Online, 2016) -Mar Adentro/Resort (official website, 2017)

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“The problem of the modern dwelling is primarily architectural, in spite of its technical and economic aspects. It is a complex problem of planning and can therefore be solved only by creative minds…”

Translated by the german by Philip Johnson. From Mies van der Rhoe.

(Museum of modern Art. New York, 1947)

ICD, ITKE and Stuggart Biomimetic as a way to develop construction design. We face technology as we usually know it the shapes and formes are restricted to the materials the society has grown in their industries. By investigating the properties of nature and the way their internal systems work as structures is an excellent way to grow this systems in scale and discover structures and freedoms of design. An example of this study is, the Research Pavilion 2013-20141 of ICD, ITKE and Stuggart. They constructed a bionic research pavilion. By the strategy of biomimetic, studding shells of a bug they developed a robotic way to produce a reinforced fibre polymer structure. Which would allow a hard structure and a big length of freedom. The material, form and robotics lead to the construction of this pavilion.

ICD/ITKE Research pavilion 2013-2014, ( A. Menges, J, Knippers, Stuggart University, 2014)

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design computation

Today is the moment to relate to what we have learned and the circumstances we are living on.

Sustainability, Technology, Computer, Man- Computer. The answer of all of that may need to be a sum of all this questions, a technological, environmental, sustainable and man-computer.

Tecnhology is the respond to make our contemporary necessities achievable. What is necessary in this new century? Maybe the most advanced technology we have, computation, is the one that in hands of designer can shape the world. Is time to relay context of an architecture project to the biggest picture of context available, earth. Does the symbiosis of man and computer will give direction to new systems of reaction?

Images Both: ICD/ITKE Research pavilion 2013-2014, ( A. Menges, J, Knippers, Stuggart University, 2014)

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Honeycomb Morphologies

2011

Another Biomimetic example of ICD. honeycomb structures by developing a double layered system with increased shear resistance in which each cell size, shape, direction and orientation can be different2. The constraints yielded in these experiments informed the development of a honeycomb deriving growth algorithm that defines the honeycomb morphology as folded overlapping strips in response to given design input.

Design Research Agenda by Achim Menges (ICD University of Stuggart, online) 2 AA Emergent Technologies and Design (M. Hensel, A. Menges) 3 ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion 2011, Stuttgart University, 2011 1

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composition /

generat ion Today computation has had a big push in the design environment. Computation as the top

technology in our hands, have give us tools to compress design and expand it in numerous possibilities. Composition as an element of representation form, might not be enough to understand the numerous qualities of systems available. But when the Composition meets the Generation, designer become thinkers and researchers towards systems and materials.

Materials and nature itself is again the most important conceivable element of construction and design. The “digerati” research designers learning again from nature. Generative ways to set a design production of multiple updates. When we look at nature and becomes an associative and dependant factor, synthesize as a system with real and measurable data.

Theories of the digital in Architecture by Rivka Oxman and Robert Oxman

2011

(Routledge, London and New York, p.1-9.)

ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion

Sea urchin’s plate skeleton morphology was the research towards this pavillion.

Using freeform surfaces representing different geometric characteristics while developing two distinct spatial entities: one large interior space with a porous inner layer and a big opening, facing the public square between the University’s buildings, and a smaller interstitial space enveloped between the two layers that exhibits the constructive logic of the double layer shell.3

IMAGES, from left to right; -AA Emergent Technologies and Design / Honeycomb Morphologies (M. Hensel, A. Menges, M. Weinstock) -ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion 2011, Stuttgart University, 2011

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INTENDED DESIGN I would like to explore pattern systems towards the manipulation of cells or geometry for the construction of vaults. A intelligent constructed shelter/apiary for Bees.

Our honey suppliers, Are in danger of species. Bees importance in the natural environments it´s bigger than we can imagine. The best pattern making architects of nature. Bees have taught men the complexity and simplicity of hexagonal patterns, wax hives pattern structural systems.

The best example of representation of the system is ICD previously mentioned (refer previous Honey Comb). My interest is Not to follow the hive or honeycomb pattern system towards the representation of its own system (biomimecry). In other words I wish to explore different geometry patterns to create a shelter / apiary for bees. Researching the optimal conditions for the reproduction of bees in . The gentrification of bees can be the biggest detonator of developing flora and fauna. And its preservation.

Computation intervention to help develop the research of conditionings of habitad for a specific native stingless bee specie.

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conclus ion

learning outcomes

A4 A5 Where is the design going? What are we searching? And why? These are the questions that

ring hardly in new generation minds. Living an episode of change towards something to come, but barely touchable and conceivable. The new Modern stage is coming to reinvent design.

And with this comes a great responsibility towards the future. We are suffering the futuristic and mechanisation of a not conceivable design that grew as an excitement of the unknown.

Only by the help of the computation we are able to make processes quicker in analysis and representation. Our minds can give a program of rules and this rules become a tree of relations represented in data. And a graphic method available to take data into a physical material. By encouraging design to a sustainable way of reconciliate with the Earth.

My experience of architectural computing, has been drenched in knowledge. The material of the Lectures and the readings are really explicit and well pointed to understand these new theories. When at first everything can sound abstract and rudimental, the course has lead me to understand computing as a tool of research design, while conceiving the world in a sustainable way,

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sketches These

selection of sketches in particular gain my attention while playing with pattern geometry. These sketches show the relation between surfaces, out of lines with specific pattern geometry scaled by an external distance factor.

The analysis of surface divided in different sets of lines and point embedded with a specific geometry helps to understand a simple system of shapes and interactions between elements. The geometry starts becoming part of the shape and the shape is conditioned by open and close spaces of scaled patterns.

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Bibliografy AA Emergent Technologies and Design (M. Hensel, A. Menges, M. Weinstock) http://www.achimmenges.net/?p=5123 (Architecture Clasics) ClĂĄsicos de Arquitectura: Restaurante Los Manantiales / FĂŠlix Candela by Karina Duque 5 Julio, 2011 http://www.plataformaarquitectura.cl/cl/02-95859/clasicos-de-arquitectura-restaurante-losmanantiales-felix-candela Design Research Agenda by Achim Menges (ICD University of Stuggart, online) ICD/ITKE Research pavilion 2013-2014,

by A. Menges, J, Knippers, Stuggart University, 2014 (online, http://www.achimmenges.net/?p=5713) ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion 2011, Stuttgart University, 2011 http://www.achimmenges.net/?s=honey Mar Adentro/Miguel Angel Aragones (Archdaily Online, 2016) <http://www.archdaily.com/787732/mar-adentro-miguel-angel-aragones/> -Mar Adentro/Resort (official website, 2017) http://www.maradentrocabos.com/ Mies van der Rhoe, cited in Curtis, architecture since 1900 Spotlight: Shigeru Ban by Jan Doroteo, 5 August, 2016 http://www.archdaily.com/792108/spotlight-shigeru-ban Theories of the digital in Architecture by Rivka Oxman and Robert Oxman (Routledge, London and New York, p.1-9.)

Translated by the german by Philip Johnson. From Mies van der Rhoe.

(Museum of modern Art. New York, 1947)

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Patterning

Spanish Pavilion

Aichi, Japan 2005 Alejandro Zaera Paolo

Sectioning

Banq

Boston, USA Office dA

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Case study a 1.0 Case study b 1.0

Spanish Pavilion Aichi, Japan Alejandro Zaera Paolo

Ceramic Pavilion presented with an hexagon pattern, which elude the rational length of this geometry sides. However they still work together in shape due to the abstract relations of one geometry with the subsequent in all of its sides.

As an precedent example of patterning, the Spanish Pavilion presented in Japan. Is a Pavilion that seeks to create a skin of pattern geometry through computational design. Achieving the use of the hexagon as a grid, where the geometry sides are related between each other according to some iterations in deformation of the geometry and in the same way the offseted geometry. In this way the Pavilion reaches an outstanding way of diversity in the faรงade.

The preconceived geometry inspired in the Islamic Spanish art, is related to the hexagons forms which lead to the manipulation and deformation of the geometry and variation of colour to achieve diversity in the faรงade. The pavilion was built through ceramic pieces prefabricated and ensemble in site, as a puzzle.

FOA Spanish Pavillion , Divisiare (Alejandro Zaera Paolo, 2006)

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FOA Spanish Pavillion , Divisiare (Alejandro Zaera Paolo, 2006)

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geometry deform cells

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Spanish Pavilion

Aichi, Japan 2005 Alejandro Zaera Paolo

Patterning

The hexagons are being offset, and structure in systematic ways of relations of geometry grid. 6 hexagons aligned in two rows are the starting the point. Subtracting all the side lengths and vertex point to move this geometry boundaries, create varies in the external and internal geometry.

The grid then can start growing, with the repetition of the same grid in a plane axis.

A constrain in the offset can be limited with a graphic example of alpha channel.

Where and where not to offset the grid. At the same time making easier to identify some internal offsets unreliable of the rest of the grid panel.

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A constrain in the offset can be limited with a graphic example of alpha channel.

Where and where not to offset the grid. At the same time making easier to identify some internal offsets unreliable of the rest of the grid panel.

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case

study

Spanish Pavilion

Aichi, Japan 2005 Alejandro Zaera Paolo

The hexagon grid panel is being extrude to make a further research of 3d volumes, the manipulation of the 3d elements make easier the extraction to analyse specific elements, the offsets, boundaries and shapes.

Also the exploration of the 3D pattern in different surfaces, with variation of the geometry length. Helpful way to analyse the geometry being broken from a 2d plane to a curved surface.

The grid is being broken in the boundaries to comply with the surface form if it is merged in a boxed surface. But if the geometry is mirrored to the surface the grid stays almost intact with small deformations to bend. The mirrored grid donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t follow the specific bending of the surface creates a resistance to fold.

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a 1.0

Banq

Boston, USA Office dA A restaurant space quality provided by sections of timber through computational design in an historical setting in Boston.

Banq is divided in two areas, a bar and dining space. However the design is conceptualized as well from ceiling to ground in an z axis. This sectioning ceiling of timber is used to hide the structure, drainage and mechanical equipment. And primarily as an acoustic system. Is working as an inverted mountain canopy 1.

The geometry of the ceiling sections are constrained from the relationships with the structure and equipment upon them.

The columns as well as part of the standing pilot of the ceiling is covered by the surface sections to appear to be floating from the ceiling.

The historical setting of the building the strategic ceiling system is trying to be suspended and avoiding the walls.

Office dA gave to this project an excellent example of computational design responding to qualities needed in a restaurant atmosphere. Avoiding noise and dismissive structure and equipment, trhough a beautiful timber sectioning canopy solution.

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BANQ project of OFFICE dA (yatzer, 2008) BANQ project OFFICE dA (archdaily, 2011)

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BANQ, office dA, by John Horner Photography (yatzer, 2008)

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The exploration of the definition helps to subtract the contour desired through a complex surface, have a count of contours to extrapolate in section extrusions and vary heights.

This sectioning criteria is useful for evaluating a surface in height and subtract lines to a z axis direction.

surface

section contours (10)

section contours (20)

section contours (35) contours

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extrude lines

case Banq

Boston, USA Office dA

study b 1.0

sectioning

In this case the surfaces extruded are limited to the same height and vary in the pronunciation of the grading of the contoured surface.

As well is easy to play with the angle direction of the extrusion to vary the shape of the extruded surfaces.

contours sections

hight difference

angle of extrusion

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angle of extrusion

image sample

planar surface

This case approximates more to the Banq example. Sectioning a surface into paralel lines, extrude the lines according to a height constrain delimited by an image sample. The first matrix vary in iterations according to number of sections and heights

planar surface

surface extrusion

surface extrusion

sectioning

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surface density

case Banq

Boston, USA Office dA

study b

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zebra image sample The second one discovers new section geometries with a different image sample, and extruding the sections itself.

This criteria of sectioning is well applied for a planar surfaces to extrude in a z direction, but fails to describe the Banq restaurant example. In the way that the surfaces extrude from a planar element, when in Banq the surfaces in the ceiling donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t appear from plane surface, due to the control of equipment and structure to hide

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extrude section surfaces

Patterning Spanish Pavilion

Aichi, Japan 2005 Alejandro Zaera Paolo

The Spanish Pavillion definition is good exapmle of a definition to analyze a deformed geometry In this case, the hexago. Allowing to play with size and extend in relations in a grid.

The selection of specific cells to offset.

The continuity of the deformation can be dramatic and will involve a complex way to build a physical representation. The cells need to be defined one by one. When the hexagonal geometry remains with its original shape, the iterations possible lead the investigation for further 3d analysis.

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Case study a 1.0

The hexagonal grid extruded. Showing a precise selection according to the image sample, of hexagons extruded in a variation of height with the grid. Can organize a structure system for positioning selected elements and create variation in the morphology of the total system.

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Sectioning

Banq

Boston, USA Office dA

In this case the surfaces extruded are limited to the same height and vary in the pronunciation of the grading of the contoured surface.

As well is easy to play with the angle direction of the extrusion to vary the shape of the extruded surfaces.

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Case study b 1.0

As explained before in the sectioning case study.

This criteria of sectioning is well applied for a planar surfaces to extrude in a z direction, but fails to describe the Banq restaurant example. In the way that the surfaces extrude from a planar element, when in Banq the surfaces in the ceiling donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t appear from plane surface, due to the control of equipment and structure to hide.

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a section the previous surface, with a positive z extrusion

b pattern with hexagonal geometry the previous sectioned surfaces

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evaluate a surface

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hexagonal grid extrusion

Offest and vary the scale owith forces points

as previous , plus the hexagonal grid

intention: Morph the hexagonal result, to the result of the sections

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box morph won't follow the surface geometry. but allows to evaluate the geometry throughout the grading of the surface.

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section the surface, with a positive z extrusion

extrude the sections to become 3dmentional

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honey comb negative

zebra

Morphing the hexagonal grid to the surfaces obtained from the sectioning.

The grid starts an interesting behaviour to achieve the different shapes of the surfaces. Where the same number of hexagons are being merged to define different surfaces.

Two different image samples provided to extrapolate different sections and evaluate them with different heights and morphology.

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The development of the proposal had been limitated by the potencial of 3 different outcomes.

1.An

hexagonal grid streched to be morphed with non rectangular surfaces. Where the number of hexagons of the grid remain but vary in shape to adapt to the length in height of the surface.

2.The iterations of offests in full volumes can give variation in openings to the grid.

3.The importance of the previous two relays in the hexagonal

shape remaining intact and just varies in the result of the grid factor. For future evaluation of the system behaviour. The offset geometry and hexagons coming out of the grid could be the constrain of deformation of the geometry. Where a perfect sided hexagon limits the deformation of the grid and evaluates the hexagons around it and the behaviour of the rest of the grid.

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technique

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first cardboard prototype grid bahaviour streching and bending surface

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section layers

technique prototypes

The technique of this first prototype is researching the materiality which will allowed a a good performance at the site in com through a metal In combination with the technique of the hexagonal grid behavior.

Planar surfaces are being strip out to create the extension of the grid which will be blend into the hexagonal half shape.

Including the X side on the top and the adyacent Y sides.

The strip sections are being cut by hand with metal scissors, and ben the sides in rectilinear position with the help of a press and hand bend the metal according to the angle of the hexagon shape needed.

Join: The teeth left in the sides which bend in the lower X position, to grab the lower structure X uper side of the hexagon.

Experimenting junction with the same material make it work as an independent system of other materials. Which inform the behaviour of the embedded material.

The sides of the hexagons remain the same, while the angle can vary according to the forces applied to stretch and deform the structure.

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section, foldings

base grid

augmented grid

Prototyping inform the digital definition.

Prototype

For the analysis of what is wanted to achieve through computational design was needed an integral trial of prototyping and material experimentation.

The prototype bending and stretching let to assure that the hexagonal grid adapts to the shape of section surface is being compress or stretch to.

This interpretation in the material behavior can create new constrains to be seek in the digital process. As well as the digital process informed the system that we seek to achieve as project.

Relation between compression and extension.

The digital process was lacking of information to perform, in variation and iterative ways.

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When the grid is being compress it expands and flex.

When one hexagon of the grid is being retained in shape (through mdf pieces) the system bahaves differently) limiting the compress deformation and altering the adjacent hexagons gaining height.

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The awareness of a conscious human questioning environment diversification, and restoration.

bee hive sculptural strcture / apiary.

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Bees intrcoduce to urban landscapes, Paris on the left, London on he right.

Ted Talk (Marla Spivak, Bees scholar, 2017) Death and Extinction of the Bees (Joachim Hagopian)

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Images Bee hives and hand pollinator Bees analysis (Marla Spivak, Bees scholar, 2017)

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project Site: Kensington, Melbourne, Australia Mooney ponds reserve and river, next to the Macaulay road and bridge, and Macaulay train Station.

Where Where can bees can bees be introduce? be introduce? ! !

What is What to be is build! to be build!

Water, and natural system surrounding in an urban landscape.

An apiary, Bee hotel to Rehabilitate the beauty of the Ponds and bee survival.

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The technique is applied with the materiality in the site due to the condition of humidity and water system.

The conditions of the hill facing the river can be followed up by the sectioning grids facing down the grading surface.

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technique

proposal

project The system is an adaptive contour sectioned grid, which allows the ecosystem to breath without creating a major environments constructed intervention.

Structural Sculpture Environmental Consciousness The prototype design is intend to be a structural sculpture intended for human environmental consciousness of the importance of beekeeping and the major necessities of bees for human chain for food and plant reproduction. In a site where the ecosystem conditions are roughly damaged by the urban landscape, but still a place which figures a possibility of extension of natural life and reproduction of flora and fauna conditions.

In site Here the systems lays and plays a visual engagement with human, through visual statements along a pedestrian and network train system. The train station exit and entrance along the walking trail and bridge. Promoting this site importance for a visual conceptual intervention. The sculpture is placed in site where the hives (apiaries) will form part of the same in specific positions and conditions.

The hexagonal shape remains an important geometry to be a visual factor that relays a shape of biomimecry of a bee honey comb structure. And the free shaping and organic flexibility allowed the sites environment to behave in the way it normally does.

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COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN Computational design a long this project has brought me closer to an interrogative integral discussion of man-machine. Where does technology is leading the human abilities and necessities to be achieved by the intelligent design in parametric modelling. To discuss, between the architects heart and the functionality as a designed piece of computational architecture. Are we creating soulless architecture? How much of the design process is being interrogated by the human situation.

The form and shape in computational designed will always have both. Although, this pieces are being emotionally treated in consciousness, of where are they leading the emotional behaviour of human society towards the world we want to live in ?

Does a parametric design creates in people more than a geometric surprising shapes and form?

Does parametric evolution will lead people to a better design of architecture in urban cities in the environmental circumstances we are living today? Or we are designing through new technologies just for exploring the capacity of human intelligence applied through computational design. Where the human seek of new design typologies is just an impulse to build new and exciting constructed spaces for the amazement as a human necessity.

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learning

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BEES Vs. HUMAN

3Dmesional Media

The Brief of the course lead the exploration of different clients regardless if the client wasn´t human.

However, this has been interrogated many times in the tutorial sessions: _” The project proposed is taking in consideration humans?... Are bees enough?_” .

In the case of this project bees are the client. With the present and unavoidable circumstances of the importance of bees in the planet, and the extreme food chain relation they have with humans as the principal pollinator. If bees are not enough, leads me to question if food is not enough? If a future starvation is blind to the world we live in today.

Why as architects as designers is not well seen in practice if we build something regardless if the human interaction is present. Why does architects and designers aren´t also focusing in designing interventions for habitats, for wildlife and natural environment. Design is relaying in building for a social urban desire for human own survival. And we tend to forget that our survival is relaying in our biggest environment, Earth. …The awareness of a conscious human questioning bee hive structure sculptural / apiary. For an environment diversification, and restoration.

The study of parametric tools with grasshopper has lead me to believe that by creating a parametric design based in constrains can be reachable in infinite manners. And the iterations possible can be infinite as well. The focusing of a system needs to relay on the client and site adaptation to emerge a concrete design.

I believe that computational design and the prototyping are meant to inform one another.

We cant relay that the computational tools can express the materiality behaviours in a physical state.

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Bibliografy Theories of the digital in Architecture by Rivka Oxman and Robert Oxman (Routledge, London and New York, p.1-9.)

FOA Spanish Pavillion , Divisiare (Alejandro Zaera Paolo, 2006) Ted Talk (Marla Spivak, Bees scholar, 2017) Death and Extinction of the Bees (Joachim Hagopian) BANQ, office dA, by John Horner Photography (yatzer, 2008) Ted Talk (Marla Spivak, Bees scholar, 2017) Death and Extinction of the Bees (Joachim Hagopian)

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santiago camarena

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