An Architecture of Selection
A life cycle - propagate then decay
Optimized Architectural relationships prosper and grow into ubiquity, the herd is thinned only the fittest survive.
When a flexible space adapts to a specialised optimal state it only remains optimised while the function remains active. Post-activity, spatial requirements remain then become progressively de-optimised and degrade, this regressive state can be called the decay of the optimal space
An everyday example is a gathering of friends at a house party a few friends migrate to the kitchen to assist in preparations the space is smaller and feels cosy full of life, the warmth of the stove the action of the kitchen, more guests arrive the party moves to the lounge, the party seeks to find the optimal balance between space and density for 6 people in a domestic kitchen feels activated but 6 people at a night club is lifeless, as the party grows the activation of space inside is excessive, it spills into the back yard and then the front yard, guests numbers increase, revellers spill on to the street awaiting transport to a larger venue, activities die down, guest numbers steadily drop, spaces steadily regress, the kitchen is once again the focal point.
When a spatial arrangement no-longer suits inhabitant’s needs, change occurs, a selection of new requirements, new arrangements, these new conditions lead to a new optimization evolves.
AN ARCHITECTURE OF.....
An Architecture of Circadian Rhythm
Day & Night
An Architecture of Seasons
Summer - Aurtum - Winter - Spring
Parliament sitting & Parliament not sitting
An Architecture of Cycles
Functions and Spatial Arrangements Shift Merge Grow Decay and Disperse
An Architecture of Selection
A life cycle - propagate then decay
Optimized Architectural relationships prosper and grow into ubiquity, the herd is thinned only the fittest survive.
An Architecture of Purge and Rebirth
Election - New government
Change in system of Government – republic – annexation of south pacific nations, communist, despot, tyranny etc
An Architecture of Growth
Growth of Government & public servants & members of parliament
Growth of Parliamentary Services
Growth of the Nation
An Architecture of Integration
New technological integration with government
An Architecture of Disobedience
Actively supports those who seek to peaceful oppose the Government
Adaptive Bloom
This piece is part of the Constructing Realities showcase of work from the new Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Architectural Research at the Bartlett School of Architecture.
Justin Goodyer: Adaptive Bloom – Bartlett School of Architecture from Ruairi Glynn on Vimeo.
http://hyphenation.com.au/adaptive-bloom/
// Adaptive Bloom
12 October, 2010 | design
Justin Goodyer: Adaptive Bloom - Bartlett School of Architecture from Ruairi Glynn on Vimeo.
Marilena Skavara – Adaptive Fa[ca]de
Marilena Skavara – Adaptive Fa[ca]de
project that came out of the Adapative Architecture and Computation programme at the Bartlett School of Architecture. ‘Adaptive Fa[ca]de’ by Marilena Skavara explores the functional possibilities and performative characteristics of cellular automata (CA). In addition to the unique emergent behaviour of CA, a neural network enables a further computational layer to evolve CA behaviour to the context of its surrounding environment.Adaptive fa[CA]de from marilena on Vimeo.
http://www.interactivearchitecture.org/marilena-skavara-adaptive-facade.html
Fibre Composite Adaptive Systems / Architectural Association
Fibre Composite Adaptive Systems / Architectural Association
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Jan 2011
By Alison Furuto — Filed under: Structures , Architectural Association, Konstantinos Karatzas, Maria Mingallon, Sakthivel Ramaswamy
Fibre Composite Adaptive Systems is a thesis project as part of the master program, Emergent Technologies and Design, at the Architectural Association in London by Maria Mingallon, Sakthivel Ramaswamy and Konstantinos Karatzas. The thesis developed a material system capable of emulating self-organization which is then extended into an architectural application. More images and project description after the break.
Courtesy of Architectural Association
Fibre composite adaptive systems is a research project which emulates self-organization processes in nature by developing a fibre composite that can sense, actuate and hence efficiently adapt to changing environmental conditions. Fibre composites which are anisotropic and heterogeneous offer the possibility for local variations in their material properties. Embedded fibre optics would be used to sense multiple parameters and shape memory alloys integrated in a fibre composite material for actuation. The definition of the geometry, both locally and globally would complement the adaptive functions and hence the system would display ’Integrated Functionality’.
Courtesy of Architectural Association
‘Thigmo-morphogenesis’ refers to the changes in shape, structure and material properties of biological organisms that are produced in response to transient changes in environmental conditions. This property can be observed in the movement of sunflowers, bone structure and sea urchins. These are all growth movements or slow adaptations to changes in specific conditions that occur due to the nature of the material: fibre composite tissue. Natural organisms have advanced sensing devices and actuation strategies which are coherent morpho-mechanical systems with the ability to respond to environmental stimulus.
Courtesy of Architectural Association
Architectural structures endeavour to be complex organizations exhibiting highly performative capabilities. They aspire to dynamically adapt to efficient configurations by responding to multiple factors such as the user, functional requirements and the environmental conditions. Existing architectural smart systems are aggregated actuating components assembled and externally controlled, whose process of change is essentially different from that of thigmo-morphogenesis. In a leaf, the veins account for its form, structural strength and nourishment, nevertheless they are an integral part of the sensing and the actuation function. This process of a coherent self-autonomous multi-functionality could be termed as ‘Integrated functionality’. Emulating such a Morpho-mechanical system with sensors, actuators, computational and control firmware embedded in a fibre composite skin was the core of the research presented herein.
Courtesy of Architectural Association
Performative abilities and intelligence of the fibre composite adaptive system proposed, springs from the integrated logics of its material behaviour, fibre organisation, topology definition and the overall morpho-mechanical strategy. The basic composite consists of glass fibres and a polymer matrix. The sensing function is carried out through embedded fibre optics which can simultaneously sense multiple parameters such as strain, temperature and humidity. These parameters are sensed and processed as inputs through artificial neural networks. The environmental and user inputs, inform the topology to dynamically adapt to one of the most efficient configurations of the ‘multiple states of equilibrium’ it could render. The topology is defined as a multi-layered tessellation forming a continuous surface which could have differentiated structural characteristics, porosity, density, illumination, self-shading and so on. The actuation is carried out through shape memory alloy strips which could alter their shape by rearranging their micro-molecular organization between their austenitic and martensitic states. The shape memory alloy strip is bi-stable, but a strategic proliferation of these strips through a rational geometry could render several permutation and combinations creating multiple states of equilibrium, thus enabling continuous dynamic adaptation of the structure.
ttp://www.archdaily.com/105431/fibre-composite-adaptive-systems-architectural-association/Architecture & Design Quotes
"What works good is better than what looks good. Because what works good lasts."
Ray Eames, Architect, Graphic and Industrial Designer, Filmmaker
King’s Cross Station Canopy
King’s Cross Station / John McAslan + Partners
Architect: John McAslan + Partners
Location: London, England
Photographs: Courtesy of John McAslan + Partners, Hufton Crow, John Sturrock
Designed by John McAslan + Partners, and engineered by Arup, the 7,500sqm concourse has become Europe’s largest single-span station structure, comprising of 16 steel tree form columns that radiate from an expressive, tapered central funnel. The graceful circularity of the concourse echoes the form of the neighbouring Great Northern Hotel, with the ground floor of the hotel providing access to the concourse.
Santa Caterina Market Canopy - EMBT Architecture
Santa Caterina Market renovation 2005
Barcelona
SPAIN The Santa Caterina Market was a convent, a space where the sky opened.
Truly, if you go to this large esplanade, you realize the scale of it in relation to the rest of the city and, where the market stands, the expanse of sky is enormous, then, you can almost sketch what happens to the space in the old city, looking to sky, looking upward
http://www.mirallestagliabue.com/projects_all.asp
Civil disobedience
"Civil disobedience is the active, professed refusal to obey certain laws, demands, and commands of a government, or of an occupying international power. Civil disobedience is commonly, though not always, defined as being nonviolent resistance. It is one form of civil resistance."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_disobedience
Civil Disobedience - Tent Embassy
Tent Embassy
On 26th January 1972, a group of young Aborigines erected a beach umbrella on the lawns of Parliament House in Canberra, with a sign saying 'Aboriginal Embassy'. Over the next months, thousands joined their demonstration, which captured national and international attention, before being finally dispersed by police in July.
"Although the 1967 referendum was an important event marking the beginning of change in Black/white relations, most notably in the sphere of politics, the establishment of the Aboriginal Embassy in Canberra was a much larger event in the minds of most Blacks. The Aboriginal Embassy is credited with bringing more immediate and much wider changes, although the possibility of some of these changes stemmed from the results of the referendum".
Roberta Sykes.Black embassy, white violence
The young Blacks were getting buses ready now to go up to Canberra to put the Embassy back up. I went too, to help if I could. I took some very young children with me because I knew this would be a marvellous moment in history and I didn't want any Black kids to miss it.What I saw up there would put a shock into anyone. The police came running over in hundreds . . . and began beating up on the Black women who had grabbed each other's hands and were standing in a big circle around the tent and the men who were protecting the tent . . . They punched them knocked them to the ground and then jumped on their guts. I couldn't believe my eyes. All this was taking place right outside Parliament House, that great white building where I was told the laws were made and the country is governed. The television cameras were everywhere but that didn't stop them.
Mum Shirl - an autobiography
(with the assistance of Bobbi Sykes), 1981, p.79.The Embassy symbolised that blacks had been pushed as far back as blacks are going to be pushed . . . First and foremost it symbolised the Land Rights struggle. But beyond that, it said to white Australia, 'You've kicked us down for the last time.' In all areas. In education, in health, in police victimisation, in locking people up en masse - in all these things. It said that blacks were now going to get up and fight back on any or all these issues.
Source: Australians for Reconciliation Study Circle Kit.
http://www.indigenousaustralia.info/land/land-rights/aboriginal-tent-embassy.html
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