Seeking to escape site-specific narratives, programmatic limitations and typological control; this class will explore architecture’s own generative and material capacities to become an organizational mechanism that relates to function.
During this academic term, we will make use of thorough digital experimentation. The use of advanced NURBS operations, computational fluid dynamics and parametric growth engines will be critical to challenge the formal conventions of building envelope and supporting systems—skin/surface/structure and the complexity of boundary definers, tectonic values and circulation areas.
Starting from the study of reference objects, we will identify particular relationships between form and performance, followed by a series of dynamic analyses that would define strategies for form optimization. Using the resultant geometry information as a driver, students will digitally model and modify the original profiles to satisfy the requirements of two architectural applications that will vary in scale.
Assignment 02: X Ratio Architectural Assemblage
Romero
From the morphological study of the tomato, the helix which represents its main internal structure has been translated to generate a triangular composition that functions as a pergola. The different planes created by the metal tubes makes possible the addition of triangular surfaces such as the case of the roof. These surfaces can even be shared by the adjacent triangular plan just by simple rotation. The study of performance seeks to concentrate on that particular feature of the structure.
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