to see the picasa slideshow of the final jury day
click the img above
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Images from final presentations - projects
to see the picasa slideshow of the final projects
click the img above
click the img above
Thursday, September 30, 2010
preparing for the Final Jury
Students are now preparing for the Final Presentation.
Each of the 10 groups will have:
- a 20 slides beamer presentation
- 2 panels A1
- a short clip
The Final Jury will be on Tuesday October 5
@ the Castello del Valentino (Torino), Salone d'Onore
h. 10.00 a.m. – 6.30 p.m.
Each of the 10 groups will have:
- a 20 slides beamer presentation
- 2 panels A1
- a short clip
The Final Jury will be on Tuesday October 5
@ the Castello del Valentino (Torino), Salone d'Onore
h. 10.00 a.m. – 6.30 p.m.
Students will be presenting their projects to the public.
Welcome speech:
Rocco Curto Preside II Facoltà di Architettura, PoliTO
Mark Mistur, Associate Dean, School of Architecture, RPI
Jury members:
Paola Virano, Direttore Divisione Urbanistica ed Edilizia Privata, Città di Torino
Paolo Corradini, Direttore Relazioni Esterne Lavazza
Paolo Moretto, Cino Zucchi Architetti
Mikkel Kragh, ARUP Associate
Marco Visconti, MDN Marco Visconti & Partners
Jefferson Ellinger, RPI
Roberto Pagani, Politecnico di Torino
Lorena Alessio, Politecnico di Torino
Alessio Erioli, Università degli Studi di Bologna
Andrea Graziano, Code-it
Riccardo Balbo, University of Salford, School of the Built Environment.
Special guest:
Bruce Sterling
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Friday, September 17, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
2nd pinup presentation: physiological components and surface population
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Sunday, September 12, 2010
@ work & presenting first week work
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photo credits 73de (thanx!)
photo credits 73de (thanx!)
Friday, September 10, 2010
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Ecology of Energy
A decent book that gives you a global perspective on energy issue by a Cambridge physicist David MacKay
http://www.withouthotair.com/
Although there're some errors in his assumptions regarding the energy consumption of buildings. A more complete picture can be found here with the U.S. Department of Energy issued Building Energy Databook.
http://buildingsdatabook.eren.doe.gov/Default.aspx
http://www.withouthotair.com/
Although there're some errors in his assumptions regarding the energy consumption of buildings. A more complete picture can be found here with the U.S. Department of Energy issued Building Energy Databook.
http://buildingsdatabook.eren.doe.gov/Default.aspx
Grasshopper Resources
For dealing with solar geometry and component population and many more!
www.tedngai.net
The definitive Intro to Grasshopper 3D by Andrew Payne and Rajaa Issa
http://www.liftarchitects.com/
Another good source of general information is by Zubin M Khabazi
http://download.mcneel.com/s3/mcneel/grasshopper/1.0/docs/en/Generative%20Algorithms.pdf
Once you get past the intro, I suggest to look at the following documents for more advanced usage.
Essential Mathematics 2nd Edition by Rajaa Issa
http://download.rhino3d.com/en/Rhino/4.0/EssentialMathematicsSecondEdition/
Connected Holes by Lars Renklint
http://blog.rhino3d.com/2009/03/connected-holes-in-grasshopper.html
Grasshopper workshops at Cornell architecture by Woo Jae Sung
http://woojsung.com/
www.tedngai.net
The definitive Intro to Grasshopper 3D by Andrew Payne and Rajaa Issa
http://www.liftarchitects.com/
Another good source of general information is by Zubin M Khabazi
http://download.mcneel.com/s3/mcneel/grasshopper/1.0/docs/en/Generative%20Algorithms.pdf
Once you get past the intro, I suggest to look at the following documents for more advanced usage.
Essential Mathematics 2nd Edition by Rajaa Issa
http://download.rhino3d.com/en/Rhino/4.0/EssentialMathematicsSecondEdition/
Connected Holes by Lars Renklint
http://blog.rhino3d.com/2009/03/connected-holes-in-grasshopper.html
Grasshopper workshops at Cornell architecture by Woo Jae Sung
http://woojsung.com/
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Workshop Description
The parametric workshop engages the problems raised by our rapid pace of urbanization and the ecological impact of our built environment, using two main drivers: the evolving of digital technologies, and the growing of ecological awareness.
Digital technology plays a critical role in acknowledging change and difference in the way we design, build and live architecture. Ecological awareness, on the other hand, requires one to observe and understand the behavioral tendencies of our natural and built systems. The use of parametric design software in this context will enable designers to use design not only as an organizational device serving semiotic, pragmatic and aesthetic functions, but also as a regulator of the internal and external environments, managing bioclimatic flows to maintain homeostasis through intelligent morphologies.
In this framework, the workshop program will develop a Physiological Skin, a concept that explores the “envelope” as a mean to capture, transform, store and distribute various energetic flows to maintain a stable internal environment appropriate for housing in the city of Torino.
The Physiological Skin will not only take on the bioclimatic exchange as its main design challenge, the aesthetic vision as it situates in the historical Italian neighborhood, the Renaissance and Baroque, times of new discoveries and new aesthetics, will also be a main criteria for the successful development of the project.
Digital technology plays a critical role in acknowledging change and difference in the way we design, build and live architecture. Ecological awareness, on the other hand, requires one to observe and understand the behavioral tendencies of our natural and built systems. The use of parametric design software in this context will enable designers to use design not only as an organizational device serving semiotic, pragmatic and aesthetic functions, but also as a regulator of the internal and external environments, managing bioclimatic flows to maintain homeostasis through intelligent morphologies.
In this framework, the workshop program will develop a Physiological Skin, a concept that explores the “envelope” as a mean to capture, transform, store and distribute various energetic flows to maintain a stable internal environment appropriate for housing in the city of Torino.
The Physiological Skin will not only take on the bioclimatic exchange as its main design challenge, the aesthetic vision as it situates in the historical Italian neighborhood, the Renaissance and Baroque, times of new discoveries and new aesthetics, will also be a main criteria for the successful development of the project.
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