precedent studies
DESCRIPTION
*Conditions: Water: Freeze/ Flood/ Float or Earth: Bury/Hang/Dig *Experiments: Type A: Natural System precedents Type B: Architectural precedents natural systems Topics: Tensile structures, Inflated structures, Aggregated systems, Pattern Formation systems The key experiments should be analyzed through the following strategies: structure (skeleton, decomposition, hierarchy), functionality (heating, cooling, circulation, flow), materiality (skin, shading) *Crisis Types: Environmental, Political, Social, and FinancialConditionsTRANSCRIPT
Unit 5 ‘in/out crisis’ emergent and adaptive 2014-2015 tutors: alessandra swiny & michalis georgiou & natasha christou University of Nicosia, Department of Architecture. [ARC] Architecture Research Center
*Experiments: Type A: Natural System precedents Type B: Architectural precedents natural systems
PHASE 1: LEARN (October- November)
The key experiments should be analyzed through the following strategies: structure (skeleton, decomposition, hierarchy) functionality (heating, cooling, circulation, flow) materiality (skin, shading)
Topics: Tensile structures, Inflated structures, Aggregated systems, Pattern Formation systems
TYPE A: Natural System Precedents
Net Structures
Collective Behaviours_ Emergence
Bubble Occupation Study_Clusters
Fractal Patterns
Packing Sysyems
Cones
Burrs
Birds nests
Bee Hives
Eucalyptus Leaf
Termite Hill_mound
Type B: Architectural precedents natural systems
Buckminister Fuller
Buckminister Fuller
Reciprocal Structures
Circle Packing Analysis
Frei Otto
Achim Menges
Antonio Gaudi_Sagrada Familia_Structural Analysis
Wind Catchers/towers_Badgir
Glenn Murcutt_shading systems_eucalyptus leaf
Ornament_Pattern
Adaptive building initiative (ABI) 2008 - Buro Happold & Hoberman Associates
Buro Happold & Hoberman Associates
Jean Nouvel Arab Institute
Theo Jansen
Examples
Examples