tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12995701503888718622024-02-08T17:31:44.685+01:00smart skin for sustainable dwellingweb log of the "smart skin for sustainable dwelling" workshop held by the Politecnico di Torino Faculty of Architecture II (Italy) and the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute School of Architecture (Troy, US)at the Castello del Valentino, Torino in september 2010torino 2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/11135835056947044658noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299570150388871862.post-38508889210650934602010-10-07T15:58:00.000+02:002010-10-07T15:58:25.803+02:00final jury day<a href="http://goo.gl/photos/Cc7A" imageanchor="1" style="clear:right;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:1em"><img border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Xa2nJiKvjiY/TK3OlG_NBAE/AAAAAAAAAo8/_0KYuBDLG2k/s160-c/FinalJuryDay.jpg" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(73, 73, 73); line-height: 15px; ">to see the picasa slideshow of the final jury day</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(73, 73, 73); line-height: 15px; ">click the img above</span></div>torino 2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/11135835056947044658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299570150388871862.post-19778430612070921262010-10-07T15:42:00.001+02:002010-10-07T15:59:16.259+02:00Images from final presentations - projects<a href="http://goo.gl/photos/r7GV" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Xa2nJiKvjiY/TK2-MACGrTE/AAAAAAAAAmI/-qWEueaGO7c/s160-c/ImagesFromFinalPresentations.jpg" /></a><br />
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #494949; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">to see the picasa slideshow of the final projects</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.polito.it/php/news/index.php?idn=3130&lang=it">http://www.polito.it/php/news/index.php?idn=3130&lang=it</a>torino 2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/11135835056947044658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299570150388871862.post-14556906691676610632010-09-30T13:06:00.001+02:002010-09-30T13:07:44.480+02:00preparing for the Final Jury<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Students are now preparing for the Final Presentation.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Each of the 10 groups will have:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">- a 20 slides beamer presentation</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">- 2 panels A1</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i>The Final Jury will be on </i></b></span><b><i>Tuesday October 5</i></b><br />
<b><i>@ the Castello del Valentino (Torino), Salone d'Onore</i></b><br />
<b><i>h. 10.00 a.m. – 6.30 p.m.</i></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Students will be presenting their projects to the public. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i>Welcome speech:</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Rocco Curto Preside II Facoltà di Architettura, PoliTO<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Mark Mistur, Associate Dean, School of Architecture, RPI<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b>Jury members: </b></i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Paola Virano, Direttore Divisione Urbanistica ed Edilizia Privata, Città di Torino<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Paolo Corradini, Direttore Relazioni Esterne Lavazza<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Paolo Moretto, Cino Zucchi Architetti</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Mikkel Kragh, ARUP Associate<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Marco Visconti, MDN Marco Visconti & Partners<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jefferson Ellinger, RPI<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Roberto Pagani, Politecnico di Torino<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Lorena Alessio, Politecnico di Torino<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Alessio Erioli, Università degli Studi di Bologna<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Andrea Graziano, Code-it<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Riccardo Balbo, University of Salford, School of the Built Environment.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b>Special guest:</b></i><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Bruce Sterling</span><o:p></o:p></div>torino 2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/11135835056947044658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299570150388871862.post-57163858306075959482010-09-26T02:29:00.000+02:002010-09-26T02:29:09.091+02:00interim presentation<a href="http://goo.gl/photos/juQX" imageanchor="1" style="clear:right;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:1em"><img border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Xa2nJiKvjiY/TJ6P6lOa3GE/AAAAAAAAAYE/NBlrJCEUYww/s160-c/InterimPresentation.jpg" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(73, 73, 73); line-height: 15px; ">to see the picasa slideshow click the img above</span></div>torino 2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/11135835056947044658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299570150388871862.post-2425410521407729832010-09-22T09:38:00.000+02:002010-09-22T09:38:06.180+02:00RPI and POLTIO students part 2<a href="http://goo.gl/photos/tF31" imageanchor="1" style="clear:right;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:1em"><img border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Xa2nJiKvjiY/TJkZazlVO4E/AAAAAAAAAUY/rgXgRd7XLLU/s160-c/RPIAndPOLTIOStudentsPart2.jpg" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(73, 73, 73); line-height: 15px; ">to see the picasa slideshow click the img above</span></div>torino 2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/11135835056947044658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299570150388871862.post-34077184187437409722010-09-18T18:49:00.000+02:002010-09-18T18:49:47.926+02:003rd pinup<a href="http://goo.gl/photos/lGFl" imageanchor="1" style="clear:right;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:1em"><img border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Xa2nJiKvjiY/TJToyZDvvdE/AAAAAAAAAQs/QWeAPACeNb8/s160-c/3rdPinup.jpg" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(73, 73, 73); line-height: 15px; ">to see the picasa slideshow click the img above</span></div>torino 2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/11135835056947044658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299570150388871862.post-54655498876796160132010-09-17T11:18:00.000+02:002010-09-17T11:18:24.229+02:00LED session<a href="http://goo.gl/photos/uWhR" imageanchor="1" style="clear:right;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:1em"><img border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Xa2nJiKvjiY/TJMwgi53lJE/AAAAAAAAAM4/oqWaJwPPBks/s160-c/LEDSession.jpg" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(73, 73, 73); line-height: 15px; ">to see the picasa slideshow click the img above</span></div>torino 2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/11135835056947044658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299570150388871862.post-23566646786990233252010-09-16T23:55:00.001+02:002010-09-16T23:57:39.724+02:002nd pinup presentation: physiological components and surface population<a href="http://goo.gl/photos/zISH" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Xa2nJiKvjiY/TJKN_Mj5GaE/AAAAAAAAALE/9zSQ09-yDFE/s160-c/2ndPinupPresentationPhysiologicalComponentsAndSurfacePopulation.jpg" /></a><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #494949; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">to see the picasa slideshow click the img above</span>torino 2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/11135835056947044658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299570150388871862.post-72860847932036345402010-09-12T01:08:00.001+02:002010-09-12T01:12:39.399+02:00@ work & presenting first week work<a href="http://goo.gl/photos/Jtgl" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Xa2nJiKvjiY/TIwJcSze_GE/AAAAAAAAAGA/6b7FixlaqoY/s160-c/WorkPresentingFirstWeekWork.jpg" /></a><br />
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</div><div>to see the picasa slideshow click the img above<br />
photo credits 73de (thanx!)</div>torino 2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/11135835056947044658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299570150388871862.post-51266270381567606042010-09-12T00:56:00.001+02:002010-09-12T01:12:09.729+02:00first pinup - physiological components<a href="http://goo.gl/photos/oCCS" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Xa2nJiKvjiY/TIwGT3nJZFE/AAAAAAAAADw/xRG-mKTfnao/s160-c/FirstPinupPhysiologicalComponents.jpg" /></a><br />
to see the picasa slideshow click the img abovetorino 2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/11135835056947044658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299570150388871862.post-61300626734880406742010-09-10T09:31:00.002+02:002010-09-12T01:11:46.487+02:00RPI & POLITO students @ work!<a href="http://goo.gl/photos/gIKf" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Xa2nJiKvjiY/TIj0d52tn4E/AAAAAAAAACs/REMxWjIlqMA/s160-c/RPIPOLITOStudentsWork.jpg" /></a><br />
to see the picasa slideshow click the img abovetorino 2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/11135835056947044658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299570150388871862.post-66404469324187290082010-08-25T04:35:00.000+02:002010-08-25T04:35:11.540+02:00Ecology of EnergyA decent book that gives you a global perspective on energy issue by a Cambridge physicist David MacKay<br />
<a href="http://www.withouthotair.com/">http://www.withouthotair.com/</a><br />
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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.<br />
<a href="http://buildingsdatabook.eren.doe.gov/Default.aspx">http://buildingsdatabook.eren.doe.gov/Default.aspx</a>torino 2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/11135835056947044658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299570150388871862.post-49938827020880034982010-08-25T00:51:00.000+02:002010-08-25T00:51:36.883+02:00Grasshopper Resources<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">For dealing with solar geometry and component population and many more!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.tedngai.net/">www.tedngai.net</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The definitive Intro to Grasshopper 3D by Andrew Payne and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Rajaa Issa</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.liftarchitects.com/">http://www.liftarchitects.com/</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Another good source of general information is by </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Zubin M Khabazi</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://download.mcneel.com/s3/mcneel/grasshopper/1.0/docs/en/Generative%20Algorithms.pdf">http://download.mcneel.com/s3/mcneel/grasshopper/1.0/docs/en/Generative%20Algorithms.pdf</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Once you get past the intro, I suggest to look at the following documents for more advanced usage.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Essential Mathematics 2nd Edition by Rajaa Issa</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://download.rhino3d.com/en/Rhino/4.0/EssentialMathematicsSecondEdition/">http://download.rhino3d.com/en/Rhino/4.0/EssentialMathematicsSecondEdition/</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Connected Holes by </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Lars Renklint </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://blog.rhino3d.com/2009/03/connected-holes-in-grasshopper.html">http://blog.rhino3d.com/2009/03/connected-holes-in-grasshopper.html</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Grasshopper workshops at Cornell architecture by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Woo Jae Sung</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://woojsung.com/">http://woojsung.com/</a></span></span>torino 2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/11135835056947044658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299570150388871862.post-85931825010642853972010-08-24T12:00:00.002+02:002010-08-24T12:00:59.074+02:00Workshop DescriptionThe 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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.torino 2010http://www.blogger.com/profile/11135835056947044658noreply@blogger.com0