Nour Saccal by BIArch Barcelona

Portfolio 2011| 2012

Nour Zeino Saccal

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DE-composing ‘Gestalt’ *

* ‘Die Gestalt’ is a German word for form or shape. It is used in English to refer to a concept of ‘wholeness’.

Gestalt opposes a holistic view by stating that “the whole is different and not reducible to the sum of its parts”

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Imagination is the analysis, it is the synthesis ... it breaks down all creation and, with the materials collected and arranged according to rules whose origin you can find only in the depths of the soul, it creates a new world, it produces the sensation of new â&#x20AC;&#x153; (Baudelaire, Salon 1859, in Beyond Romanticism. Writings on Art).

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Methodology

METHODOLOGY

Spectral Process | Soundscape

Thermodynamic Somatisms | Verticalscape

Organization

VI.

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2. Analyze

Spectral Process V.

Productivity

Representation Techniques

3. Synthesize

B. For a novel Method in Architecture

ORGANIZATION

Thermodynamic Somatisms

1. Decompose

Structure System

A. Towards a new Syntax Representation Techniques IV.

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System

Structure

II.

Productivity III.

Content

A. Towards a new Syntax

Building A Structure

II.

Developing a System

1- Digital Culture 2- Facade Technologies

III.

Productive Land Program

IV.

Tools for a rhetroric Representation | Mapping

B. For a Novel Method in Architecture

Dissociating >><<Recomposing _ Spectral Process

VI.

Applying new Syntax >>> Thermodynamic Somatisms

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A. Towards a new Syntax

Building A Structure The Badalona Olympic Stadium Re-visited

in collaboration with Danielita Mancilla Suarez

Professor : Augusti Obiol

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The BADALONA Olympic Stadium Re-visited

5m 5m 5m

E.Q.

Basic Geometry

For the roof of the olympic stadium of Badalona, we chose to create a playful roof that would also allow for ample light. To create this, we designed concrete arches that are mirrored along the length of the stadium with decreasing height from the center towards the periphery.

E.Q.

Concave arches>>>compression Convex arches>>>>tension >less depth required in the tension member

The arches intersect with one another to transfer compression loads, obtain rigidity (to prevent buckling) through vertical tiebars and resist the bending moment with an added tension cable.

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First Concept

E.Q.

The BADALONA Olympic Stadium Re-visited

Increased reinforcement in the tension member

10 m

COMPRESSION

2.5m 2.5m

COMPRESSION

Combination of Components

Since concrete works best under compression and poorly in tension, we chose a varying section through the component of the arch with increased reinforcement at its tension locale. The plane of intersection is increased between the two arches in order to counterbalance the compression forces resulting in the compression member of each arch.

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COMPRESSION

Single Component | Reinforcement

2.5m

Arrangement of Units over the Roof

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S2 The BADALONA Olympic Stadium Re-visited

SUNLIGHT INFILTRATION

Section 1

ION 1| scale 1:750

Concrete ArchCONCRETE

CABLE

DRAINAGE Drainage Point

POINT

Concrete RingCONCRETE

Section 2

RING S2 Roof Plan

TION 2|scale 1:750

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Tension CableTENSION

ARCH

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Building Structures Nour Zeino Saccal_Dani Mancilla Suarez

2011-2012 | Barcelona Institute of Architecture

The BADALONA Olympic Stadium Re-visited

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2011-2012 | Barcelona Institute of Architecture

Geometry > A System for sustainable Manufacturing

Digital design, doesn’t mean working in virtual space but rather informing the physical reality of geometrical principles, performative behavior and manufacture logics. It is about the permeability of the threshold between the physical and the digital realm. Such permeability is procreated by an exchange of data which itself is dependent on the formalization of inherent geometric relationships between different elements of the architectural design. * The focus in the next two projects is on the geometric and physical principles that faciliate the creation of a System for sustainable manufacturing.

A. Towards a new Syntax

II.

Developing a System

1- Digital Culture

Professor : Juanjo Gonzalez Castellon

in collaboration with Neha Gupta, Glenn Hajadi and Timothy Brennan

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*Digital Culture Brief

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and edi ng of space. This ability for change encourages the user to become an ac ve par cipant in the dynamic crea on of form.

Digital Culture | Triangle | Tension | Tent A. Ini al con gura on of dynamic elements

B. Movement of 2 dynamic elements inward

C. Movement of 2 dynamic elements outward

D. Random movement of dynamic elements

Component

The system is based on the logic of one form/shape-- the triangle with an applied force.

Triangle >>> Tension >>> Tent

LEGEND 1. Triangular net system 1.1. Catenary cables 1.2. Steel ring connec on 1.3. S tched cables on fabric 1.4. Ring connec on 1.5. Standard stainless steel clamps 2. Moveable tables 2.1. Tables with plas c posts 2.2. Table base with sea water deposit as weight 3. Sta c main compression structure 3.1. Wood post 4. Sand

Change of scale

Internal Parameter

A. Tension module outline

The ability to alter the shape and the scale of the triangle is based on a push or pull force.

b a

C. Solid / void rela onship due to sun exposure

A. Tension Module outline

b a

B. Dispersion of component

B. Dispersion of Component

2.1

1.3

C. Solid | void relationship

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In recent decades, new methodologies have emerged in architectural design that exploit the computer as a design tool. This has generated a varied set of digital skills and a new type of architectural knowledge. Digital design, however, doesn’t mean working in virtual space but rather informing the physical reality of geometrical principles, performative behavior and manufacture logics. It is about the permeability of the threshold between the physical and the digital realm. Such permeability is procreated by an exchange of data which itself is dependent on the formalization of inherent geometric relationships between different elements of the architectural design.*

1.1

Combination

Variations of in triangle combination create a solid-void relationship.

D. Geometric expansion strategy

2.1

DIAGRAMS ILLUSTRATING LARGER SCALE OF COMBINATION

2.2

The Project:

The flexibility of triangle | tension system allows for the rearrangement and editing of space. This ability for change encourages the user to become an active participant in the dynamic creation of form. *Digital Media Brief

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Sequence

The component and and its neighbors are in a sequence of events, from the global to the local.

D. Geometric Expansion Strategy

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Digital Culture | Triangle | Tension | Tent

D. Random movement of dynamic elements

C. Movement of 2 dynamic elements outward

A. Initial Configuration of dynamic Elements

A. Tension module outline

B. Dispersion of component

C. Solid / void rela onship due to sun exposure

B. Movement of two dynamic elements inward

1.1

2.1

1.3

1.4

1. 5

LEGEND 1. Triangular net system 1.1. Catenary cables 1.2. Steel ring connection 1.3. Stre tched cables on fabric 1.4. Ring connection 2.5. Standard stainless steel clamps 2. Moveable tables 2.1. Tables with plastic posts 2.2. Table base with sea water deposit as weight

3. Static main compression structure 3.1. Wood post 4. Sand

C. Movement of two dynamic elements outward

D. Geometric expansion strategy

2.1

DIAGRAMS ILLUSTRATING LARGER SCALE OF COMBINATION

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3.1

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Digital Culture | Triangle | Tension | Tent

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2011-2012 | Barcelona Institute of Architecture

A. Towards a new Syntax

II.

Developing a System

2- Facade Technologies| Diamond Facade

in collaboration with Neha Gupta and Marija Bojovic Professor : Miquel Rodriguez

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Facade Technologies | Diamond Facade

Area assigned for design

ESCALERAS ESCALERA-ASC. 27.59M2

ESCALERAS ESCALERA-ASC. 28.91M2

ESCALERA-ASC. ESCALERAS 27.60M2

SALIDA

BAJA DE

RAMPA 102.60M2

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ESCALERA-ASC. 25,59M2

ESCALERA-ASC. 25.59M2

ESCALERAS

ENTRADA

SALIDA

BAJA DE

90m

RAMPA 102.60

PRIMERA

The brief was to design an envelope in light concrete for a section of a parking block measuring 90m x 37m. The parking block is part of an abandoned building of Terminal 2 at the Barcelona El Prat airport. Our strategy included the creation of courtyards necessary to draw light into the building. In order for the concrete envelope to appear continuous, we decided to fold the envelope in at both the edge of the parking and in between the proposed program and the parking.

SALIDA

ENTRADA

SUBE A

Design Brief | Light Concrete Envelope

RAMPA 102.60M2

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Line of facade fold/ courtyard

PRIMERA

SUBE A

PRIMERA

ENTRADA

PRIMERA

RAMPA 102.60M2

ENTRADA

SALIDA

ASEOS MUJERES

ESCALERA-ASC. 27.59M2 ESCALERAS

ASEOS HOMBRES

ESCALERA-ASC. 190,76M2 ASCENSORES

Program

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SALA PARA

ALMACEN

ASEO SALA CONTROL

LIMPIEZA

CAMBIAR

EXPLOTACION

PAÑALES C.F.

CUADRO GENERAL

ESCALERAS

37m Parking

LOCALES 182,85M2

ESCALERA-ASC. ASCENSORES 186,46M2 ESCALERAS

Plan - Airport Terminal 2: Parking Block

RA-A ESCALE SC. RAS ALE ESC

ESC

A SUBE

TERCER

A SUBE

SUBE

SEGUN

SC. RA-A ALE ESC

SERV.

A SUBE

TERCER

A SUBE

1,5

RAM

DA DE SUBE

type.1

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Section type.1

section

Section

Half-unit 2

type 2| 90 angle (corner unit)

1,5

Half-unit

type.3

section

Half-unit 2.1

90 angle (corner unit)

section

0,5

section

type.1| �lat

section

Half-unit 2

type.2| folded at 90

long. folded at 90

0,5

section

0,25

1,5

0,75

1,5

type.2

type.1| �lat

0,5

1,5

0,5

Elevation

unit 2

Additionally, following the ‘light’ concrete concept, the third type of units are made up of transparent concrete thereby allowing light into the hotel rooms thus functioning as diamond ‘windows’. Offices and research labs were included as suplementary programs for the hydroponic lettuce “nursery”.

Elevation

0,5

section

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It was important to create a program relating to the airport, hence a hotel provided a good amenity for transit passengers .The subsequent programs were related to the hotel. As the main goal was to create a facade that is productive, photovoltaic cells (in a thin film on the concrete units) were integrated on the concrete units in solar gain areas. A second productivity to the envelope was added : the growing of hydroponic lettuce on the south facing envelopes of the patio.

Half-unit

type.2

Section

Elevation

Productivity of the Envelope

Roof Plan

unit 1

Research And Of�ices

RAS

RA-A ALE ESC

Fourth Floor

1,5

ESCALE

SC.

SC. RAS

Third Floor

Hydroponic Lettuce

Second Floor

ESCALE

RA-A ESC

ALE

RAS

ESCALE

SC. RA-A ALE ESC

First Floor

SEGUN

SEGUN SUBE

A DE

PRIMER

RAM

SUBE

SEGUN

TERCER

LOCAL

LOC

ALE

LOC SERV. ALE

ESCALE

ALE

RAS

ESC

ESCALE

RAS

SUBE

SEGUN

RAM

RAM SC. RA-A

A DE

PRIMER

SUBE

S ALE LOC

SERV.

LOCAL

Ground Floor

Restaurant | Lounge

SUBE

Hotel

TERCER

ESC

DA A SUBE

Laundry Services for Airport

Restaurant

Lounge| WIFI Zone

ALE RA-A ESCALE SC. RAS

Industry | Hydroponic Lettuce

RAM

Laundry

Research & Offices

SEGUN

Hotel

ALE RA-A ESCALE SC. RAS

Facade Technologies | Diamond Facade

unit 3

Half-unit

section op.1| �lat

section

op.2| folded @ 90

Half-unit 2

long. folded at 90

section

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Facade Technologies | Diamond Facade Concrete Diamond Insulation

Section Details & Organization Logic

Bolts connecting panels

Steel section connection Bolts connecting to slab Existing �loor slab

Continuous member along slab Hotel Room

planting on the south surface of the patio

Light emitting concrete diamond

hotel rooms

Neoprene sealant

Concrete diamond Existing �loor slab Addional slab

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hotel rooms

Hotel Room

hotel rooms hotel rooms

Hotel Room

hotel rooms lounge

Lateral Section

Envelope wrapping the building

Plan Plan

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Enlarged Section

Section

Facade Technologies | Diamond Facade

6.00

3.00

Back Elevation

Section AA

Triangular Slab integrated in the 6m

_ room division solution _ greater rigidness of the unit

1.00

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2.00

Highly porous light concrete with nutritients | Hydroponic Lettuce

Unfolded Units

Underground cistern for rainwater colAggregate Aggregate lection. Thus, plants get water due to cappilary action : porous light concrete units Filler AshFiller Ash

Cement paste Cement or paste mortar or mortar

Productivity | Planting on the South facade of the Patios Underground Underground cisterncistern for for rainwater rainwater collection collection

Units | Connection Details

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Facade Technologies | Diamond Facade

330

30 JUNE

300

06:18 60

21:28

240

210

150 S

SOUTH - WEST ELEVATION

WEST ELEVATION AT 4PM JUNE 21

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AT 12PM NOON JUNE 21

Gap

location of pv panels

�lat panel with solar cells| panels must be placed in a series next to one another to recieve sunlight

location of pv panels

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�lat panel with solar cells| panels dont have to be placed in pairs

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Facade Technologies | Diamond Facade

South - East Elevation

North West Facade

Concrete panels

Light transmitting panels

The envelope with parking area behind it is composed of standard light concrete units in combination with units with PV film both as flat panels and extruded units. Some units are taken out to provide natural ventilation and light into the parking lot. The envelope with programmatic areas behind it, on the other hand, is composed of light trasmitting concrte units, units with PV film on the upper right section and standard concrete units.

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South East Facade | Logic of Organization

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CONDITIONS FOR PV FACADE UNITS DIAMOND UNIT :

UPPER "EAST" FOURTH

FLAT UNIT :

WHOLE PANEL

Photovoltaic panel

South East Facade

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Facade Technologies | Diamond Facade

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2011-2012 | Barcelona Institute of Architecture

A. Towards a new Syntax

Architecture, the Environment & Productivity:

Productive Land Program | Agri-Dandelion

Professors : Maria Buhigas, Marc Montleo and Anna Viader

in collaboration with Sally Abi Habibi and Omaya Malaeb

Summer

Spring

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Landscapes are no longer regarded as passive picturesque elements, instead they can be seen as oppurtunities for productivity. Thus, within this framework the project proposed must be self sustainable within an economic cycle guaranteeng profitability. The methodology adopted is based on identifying resources and design solutions to produce self sufficient interventions on sites chosen according to theri foreseen potential. The Productive Land Program (PLP) is oriented to research on and think over the productive and energetic capacities of the non‐urban land as its way to become economically and socially sustainable within metropolitan areas. As a response to the current economic and political context, design strategies that take into account actions supported, promoted or managed by governmental policies will be avoided. Instead, focus is placed on design strategies which can engage the private sector.* The project was set in the area between Sitges, Barcelona and Sant Pere de Ribes i.e. on the fringe of Barcelona’s metropolitan area.

III.

*PLP Brief

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Productive Land Program | Agri-Dandelion

plantation of fruit + dandelion

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Site 2 | 15 hectares of plantable area

2 km circuit re-integrated into the community

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Site 1 | 23.8 hectares of mixed

Site 2 | Re-adaptation of structures for coffee substitute + dandelion wine production

Productive Land Program | Agri-Dandelion DANDELIONS

Sant Pere De Ribes

FRUIT TREES

INUIN MORNING

+ SHADOW PROJECTION OF 1 FULL DAY

ETHYLENE GAS

INUIN

SHADED AREA

LIT AREA

BETA CAROTENE +

ETHYLENE GAS LABOR BETA CAROTENE

MIDDAY

NON-BITTER LEAVES

Shadow Study

NON-BITTER LEAVES

LABOR

Economic Cycle | Site 1

Dandelion Field

Existing Fruit Trees Poplar Trees

Harvest Machine Path New Fruit Trees

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Productive Land Program | Agri-Dandelion

Economic Cycle | Site 2 Bougainvillea Buffer Zone

DANDELION

Dandelion Fields 2km Track

LABOR TO HARVEST

ROOTS

Vilanova

AGRI - Dandelion | Strategy

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We chose two sites to intervene in that together combine to form a self-sufficient economic and production cycle. Site 1 consists of a fruit field that is abandoned. We envision the planting of dandelion plants in between the existing trees. The dandelion leaves can be harvested for culinary purposes and their prescence simulatenoulsy benefits the fruit trees by aiding them to mature; by releasing ethylene gas, dandelion acts as a good companion plant to fruit trees. Site 2 is an existing former race track. We propose the planting of its entire internal ring with dandelions . The existing structures would be used as infrastructure for the production of coffee substitute from the roots of the dandelion.The ring itself would become a public walkway for the community. In this manner, the ring can be re-integrated within its surrounding.

INUIN

ETHYLENE GAS BETA CAROTENE

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Sitges

Productive Land Program | Agri-Dandelion

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Representation Techniques | Mapping

A rhetoric map, within the framework of this courese, is by definition not a ‘real’ map i.e. it does not concern itself with the documentation of precise topographical and scale patterns. It is instead an informative document that recounts a story. Thus, it can also represent non-existing situations; a technique widely used today for advertising purposes to convey 10-50 year governmental plans. For this purpose, distances, topography etc. are manipulated to convey the idea behind the map.

A. Towards a new Syntax

IV.

Mapping | A view from Above the Middle East

Professor : Kruno Ivanisin

in collaboration with Gauri Gore

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Mapping | A View from Above the Middle East : Red to Dead Red Sea

Physical Network Red-Dead Region

Source : Google Earth

The area of study, on a territorial scale in the Middle East region is the Great Rift Valley between the Red sea and the Dead Sea extending until the Sea of Galilee. The starting point was to identify the key matters/issues of this region. Based on this, a view was generated using Google Earth references images in order to document all the findings in a single image or rhetoric map. The most important topic of study in this region was chosen to be the proposed Red sea to Dead Sea canal or the so-called Red-to-Dead Project. Hence, the strategy for the study was to catalogue the important characteristics of this valley and contemplate the effect (environmental and economic) of the Red-Dead canal on these characteristics.

Explanation: The physical network relates the main road networks with topography spanning he distance from the red sea to the sea of Galilee.There are two main roads along the ‘valley’ one of which lies within the Jordanian border which is called the Dead Sea-Aqaba Highway (route 65), while the other is on the Israeli territory named Route 90. Route 90 is the longest Israeli road, at about 480 km running from the north of Israrel to the southern border with Egypt on the Red Sea.The section of Route 90 passing the Dead Sea is named Dead Sea Highway, and it is this location that is the lowest road in the world.

Water Tertiary roads Secondary roads Primary roads

The main roads are highlighted in red while the secondary roads are highlighted in orange and tertiary in brown. We can see that the road runs through the lower topography in between mountains and/or hills on both west/east sides.

Dead Sea

Red-Dead Region | Data

Route 65 Route 90

Jordan

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The water levels in the Dead Sea are reducing at the rate of one metre per year; it has shrunk by 30% in the last 20 years. The main reason for this decrease is the diversion of most of the water from the Jordon River that feeds into the Dead Sea. The proposed canal would thus provide potable water and electricity to the two countries on the either side of the valley, who share the resources of this valley. This canal is a big investment; hence it is being shared by Israel and Jordan together. This has become possible after the peace treaty signed by the two countries in 1994. The level of the Dead Sea is 400ft below the sea level; this natural difference in the topography makes the proposal technically viable.

Palestine

Nour Saccal, Gauri Gore A View From Above :The Middle East Galilee Sea

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Mapping | A View from Above the Middle East : Red to Dead

Red-Dead Canal and Topography

This diagram catalogues the topography surrounding the gulf of Aqaba of the Red Sea, the Dead Sea upto the Sea of Galilee.

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+ 1600 m

+ 1200 m + 800 m + 400 m

DEAD SEA

NAL NAL SED CA ROPOSED CA PROPO P

GULF OF AQABAGULF OF AQABA

RED SEA

00 m

- 400 m - 800 m

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+ 1800 m + 1200 m + 800 m + 400 m 00 m

- 400 m - 800 m

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The level of the Dead sea (-400m) and the Red Sea create a natural level difference which can be utilised at its optimum in the canal that will feed water to the Dead Sea from the Red sea without the use of energy.

+ 2000 m

+ 1800 m

It hence shows the variations in the altitudes of the mountains ranging from the mount Tabor at 450m, the Jabal Umm Dami at 1750m, the Jebel al Lawaz at 1975m. The catalogue also indicates the change in the vegetation from the Red sea to the sea of Galilee, where the land is almost barren until the stretch from the Jordan river to the sea of Galilee. Here we find fertile land and agricultural activity changing the landscape to be healthy and green.

+ 2000 m

Mapping | A View from Above the Middle East : Red to Dead

Red-Dead Region | Rhetoric Maps : ‘Before’ Illustration

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Thus, the first point of study in this region is the topography as well as the vegetation pattern along this stretch of the selected view. Land-use pattern, the habitation patterns of cities and the physical network of roads were studied and catalogued along the entire view. In the final ‘before’ map of the selected view i.e. in the present state, we see the contrast between the barren landscape of the region from the Red to the Dead Sea, which has no source of water, and the lush green landscape from the Dead Sea to the Sea of Galilee, which has the Jordan river providing water for agriculture and vegetation. Also, a regional contrast in the land-use is observed that mediates between hotel and industrial use in the Red-Dead region, while it is mainly centered upon agriculture in the Jordan River region. Moreover, cities are concentrated primarily in the Jordan River region and at the mouth of the Gulf of Aqaba. 2011-2012 | Barcelona Institute of Architecture

Mapping | A View from Above the Middle East : Red to Dead

Red-Dead Region | Rhetoric Maps: ‘After’ Illustration

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In the contemplated ‘after’ map of the same stretch imagined after the completion of the Red-Dead canal, we witness a green-ing of the landscape and new agricultural patterns springing up due to the newfound availability of water. As a result, new cities (both touristic hotel areas and residential) would come to life along the Red-Dead region supported by electricity that would be generated using the natural level difference between the two water bodies of the red and dead sea. The desalination plant located at the Dead Sea would provide potable water from the sea water. The level of the Dead Sea increasing might also cause hotel areas to move up along the coast of the Dead Sea. On the downside, the dissolution of the Red Sea water into the Dead Sea may bring about some changes, which could be negative for the phosphate industry around the Dead Sea and the hotel industry based on the popularity of the therapeutic effect of minerals extracted from the mud and water of the dead sea onto the human body. Hence, the two maps along with the catalogues attempt to document natural and environmental findings and predict on a territorial level their potential morphosis upon the introduction of a man-made large scale mega-infrastructure i.e. the red-dead canal.

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Spectral Process

“It is a question either of inventing new relations between old ideas, old images, or of separating old ids, old images united by tradition, of considering them one by one, free to work them over and arrange and infinite number of new couples which a fresh operation will disunite once more, and so on till new ties, always fragile and doubtful, are formed.” (Remy de Gourmont, 1899 “The Dissociation of Ideas”)

B. For a Novel Method in Architecture

Dissociating >><<Recomposing _ Spectral Process

Professor: Philippe Rahm & Renata Sentkiewicz

1 | ear drum Outer Ear

Middle Ear

Inner Ear

2 | auditory nerve

sound transformation from acoustical energy to mechanical energy

The eardrum of an ear simpli�ies incoming air pressure waves to a single channel of amplitude. Loud sound pressure outside ear > pressure inside ear

2011-2012 | Barcelona Institute of Architecture

Short Design Studio | Spectral Process : Soundscape

4 x area

DIFFUSION

SOUND & ROOM GEOMETRY

Sound Propogation in Section

sound waves re�lecting off convex or uneven surface

area SOUNDSCAPE

Program: Nightclub

Materials were chosen on the basis of their sound absorption coefficient and their sound conducting characteristics. For instance, iron sheets with a changing porosity wrap around slanting walls, thereby changing the level of sound absorption (sound absorption increases with use of perforated iron sheets) and transferring vibration to lower sound level areas. At one point when sitting in the VIP cove area you can hardly hear the music yet you feel the vibration resonating in the walls around you. 64

4 x area

SOUNDSCAPE|

area Program: Nightclub

66 dB

FOCUSING

DIFFUSION

A focusing surface concentrates sound energy,which may be strong enough to be percieved as an echo

sound waves re�lecting off convex or uneven Sound Propogation in Plan surface

Sound Propogation in Section

The aim is to create a landscape of sound where plan, section and form unite to produce the desired sound levels. Thus, in one space you can obtain sound levels ranging from 100 dB to 55dB. Geometry is used as a primary tool to induce a change in the direction of sound to spread evenly produce re�lection, refraction, diffusion and focusing thereby increasing or decreasing the r sound level. 2m 1m Based on the obtained sound levels ‘functions’ are located; for example the dancing area is at FOCUSING 72 dB a sound level of 66 100dB, dB the hot spot drink & dance area is at a level of 90 dB, while the lounge A focusing surface concentrates sound energy,which may be strong undesirable focusing in listening area is placed at a level of 64dB and the VIP cove ‘private converse’ area at the enough to beminimum percieved as an echo plane sound level corresponding to 55dB. Materials were chosen on the basis of their sound absorption coef�icient and their sound SOUNDSCAPE| conducting characteristics. For instance, iron sheets with a changing porosity wrap around Program: Nightclub slanting walls, thereby changing the level of sound absorption (sound absorption increases The aim is to create a landscape of sound where section and unite and to produce the with use of plan, perforated ironform sheets) transferring vibration to lower sound level areas. At desired sound levels. Thus, in one space you can obtain sound levels ranging from 100 dB to one point when sitting in the VIP cove area you can hardly hear the music yet you feel the 55dB. Geometry is used as a primary tool to induce a change in the direction of sound to r vibration resonating the wallsoraround you. produce re�lection, refraction, diffusion and focusing therebyinincreasing decreasing the

sound level. Based on the obtained sound levels ‘functions’ are located; for example the dancing area is at a sound level of 100dB, the hot spot drink & dance area is at a level of 90 dB, while the lounge area is placed at a level of 64dB and the VIP cove ‘private converse’ area at the minimum sound level corresponding to 55dB. Materials were chosen on the basis of their sound absorption coef�icient and their sound conducting characteristics. For instance, iron sheets with a changing porosity wrap around slanting walls, thereby changing the level of sound absorption (sound absorption increases with use of perforated iron sheets) and transferring vibration to lower sound level areas. At one point when sitting in the VIP cove area you can hardly hear the music yet you feel the Masters in Architecture vibration resonating in the walls around you.

undesirable focusing in listening plane

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spread evenly

focal point

focal pt.

focal point

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small radius : diffuse sound

Short Design Studio | Spectral Process : Soundscape

55dB

64dB

70dB

82dB 76dB

82dB 76dB 88dB

100dB

SC 88dB

94dB

100dB

94dB

SA SB

Nightclub Floor Plan

Sound Plan | Soundscape perforated rough iron sheets polished iron sheets

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CARPET RAISED FLOOR + UNDERFLOOR VENTILATION GRASS COVER

perforated rough iron sheets

ABSORPTIVE

polished iron sheets

SMOOTH PAINTED CONCRETE FLOOR REFLECTIVE

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CARPET RAISED FLOOR + UNDERFLOOR VENTILATION GRASS COVER

SMOOTH PAINTED CONCRETE FLOOR ABSORPTIVE REFLECTIVE

Short Design Studio | Spectral Process : Soundscape SURFACE SLOPING UPWARD

CAN FELIPA CIVIC CENTER

UNEVEN SURFACE+ VOLUME

CONVEX SURFACE

Entrance To Club

LIFT ENTRY

Accessible Courtyard

LOUNGE AREA

Existing Snack

CONCAVE SURFACE KITCHEN & SERVICES DANCE FLOOR

VIP COVE

SECTION C SCALE 1:100

+6.8 m

MODERATE

+6.8 m

+0.4 m +0.8 m +0.0 m -1.0 m

COOL

STREET

SECTION D SCALE 1:100

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TOILETS | ECHO CORNER

BAR | DRINK & SOCIALIZE

HOT SPOT | DANCE & DRINK

+1.2 m +0.8 m +0.0 m -1.0 m

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COURTYARD | SMOKE & DANCE

MODERATE

PLACA CAN FELIPA

CIVIC CENTER CAN FELIPA

ENTRANCE

COOL

+6.8 m

+0.4 m +0.8 m +0.0 m

100dB

88dB

-1.0 m

94dB

Section A

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CAN FELIPA SNACK

Short Design Studio | Spectral Process : Soundscape

MODERATE

REFLECTIVE COEFFICIENT

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REFLECTIVE COEFFICIENT

50dB

STREET

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ABSORPTIVE COEFFICIENT

ENTRANCE

+6.8 m

+1.0m +0.8 m +0.0 m

Section B 72

94dB

76dB

70dB

-1.0 m

64dB

Lounge Area | 64 dB Masters in Architecture

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B. For a Novel Method in Architecture

VI. Developing new Syntax >>> Thermodynamic Somatisms Professors: Inaki Abalos & Renata Sentkiewicz

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1 : Thermodynamic Units | Heat Transfer

Starting from the physical processes of conduction, convection and radiation - i.e. from the basis of all heat transfers responsible for thermal comfort and climate responsive architecture - the studio aimed to reverse the traditional starting point of design. Instead of tectonics, the project starts from the parameters that govern a ‘thermodynamic’ architecture : the modes of heat transfer, a zero energy mixed use program and the parameters of sun, wind and humidity. 76

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Energy to heat|cool

Time

Percentage (%)

Percentage Energy

Area (m2)

Energy to heat|cool

Time

Percentage (%)

Percentage Energy

Area (m2)

Cafe

287.5

06-12

12 - 24

0.74

211.31

3675

Leisure | Cultural : Bowling + Cafe

287.5

06-12

12 - 24

0.74

211.31

3675

135

09-12

12 - 18

0.63

85.05

3150

Work | educational : University

135

09-12

12 - 18

0.63

85.05

3150

Work | educational : Newspaper press 315

00-03

03 - 06

0.67

211.05

3350

00-09

18 - 24

1.00

85.00

5000

per press 315

00-09

03 - 06

0.67

18 - 24

211.05

1.00

3350

85.00

Residential

5000

15175

Total

15175

Barcelona | Summer Program

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00-03

-20

2 : Thermodynamic Mixer

A mixed use program composed of a University, Studio Apartments, a night broadcasting studio and a recreational gaming center is insrtumental to obtaining a zero energy balance in the winter. In the summer, as all the programs are producers what Percentage Energy to is important from the energy charts,Area is to obtain a Percentage (%) Time (m2) Energy heat|cool constant amount of energy production 0.74 211.31 3950 throughout -55.0 06-12 Cafe 12 - 24 the day. The total area obtained from the charts ty 12 - 18 0.63 85.05 3350 58.78 09-12 2 corresponds to 15,175 m in the summer and 16,050 2 per press -65.20 00-03 03 - 06 211.05 3750 m in the winter (i.e.0.67some programs are open in the 00-09 18 24 1.00 85.00 5000 44.32 summer).

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Area (m2)

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3950 3350

58.78

09-12

12 - 18

0.63

85.05

Work | educational : Newspaper press -65.20

00-03

03 - 06

0.67

211.05

3750

44.32

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18 - 24

1.00

85.00

5000

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16050

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WIND ROSE | BARCELONA 30

10° 20° 30°

300

21:28

JUNE

06:18 60

40° 50° 60°

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40 m

SSE

40 m

ALL YEAR

MAXIUMUM SUN ANGLE IN SUMMER = 71° MAXIMUM SUN ANGLE IN WINTER = 25°

Solar Diagram & Wind Rose | Barcelona

Volume: 64,000 m3 Compacted to 50 by 50 by 24m cube

Relative Humidity (%)

Humidity Ratio (gm moisture/kg dry air)

5. Increasing the north facade

Volume: 64,000 m3 Compacted to 50 by 50 by 24m cube

5. the Increasing the north facade 4. Increasing north facade 4. Increasing the north facade 3. Decreasing the west facade 24 m

90%

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3. Decreasing the west facade 2. Extrusions

2. Extrusions 1. Initial Volume

8. Creating courtyards for ventilation

1. Initial Volume

8. Creating courtyards for ventilation

7. Shading the west facade

INFO DEDUCED: Temperature Variation 18-32 °C

10%

50m

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Dry Bulb Temperature (°C)

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SOLAR DIAGRAM| BARCELONA

Variation 40- 90%18-32 °C INFO DEDUCED:Humidity Temperature Variation NEED FOR COOLING DAYTIME + HUMIDITY PROBLEM Humidity Variation 40- 90% POTENTIAL TO USE NIGHT COOLING FOR Temperatures equal to 18 °C NEED FOR COOLING DAYTIME + HUMIDITY PROBLEM POTENTIAL TO USE NIGHT COOLING FOR Temperatures equal to 18 °C

7. the Shading west facade 6. Decreasing west the facade 6. Decreasing the west facade

6. Increasing the north facade 6. Increasing the north facade

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Design Studio | Thermodynamic Somatisms : Verticalscape

Environmental Strategy : Barcelona | Summer

SUN

WATER

WIND

using thermal currents

NEGATIVE

delays night cooling on West Facade

1 2 3

dew point ••• humidity •radiative cooling on •using water in thermally problem facade active surfaces •hydrophobic surfaces •cool surfaces provide area for water vapor to condense •summer winds in prevalent direction increase human comfort •night purging

4 1 2 3

geothermal potential ground cooling

Environmental Strategy : Barcelona | Winter SUN

ACTIVE MEASURES

ground coupling | boreholes 12 m deep using water collected from humidity

using thermal radiation passive internal gains

WATER WIND GROUND

•using water in thermally active surfaces •heating surfaces

geothermal potential ground warmer temperature

winter winds decrease human comfort

ground coupling | boreholes 12 m deep using water collected from humidity

Solar Chimney

Overhangs to protect west facade

RADIATION & CONVECTION

Wind Collectors for inlet air

CONVECTION

promoting convective air currents by placing tall glazed spaces on southern facades using courtyards to enhance cross-ventilation

RADIATION

Solar Chimney

RADIATION & CONVECTION

High envelope to volume| advantage to daylight

Passive Systems : Wind collectors | South west angle

54 m

CUT

Thermal surfaces underground increased surface area to promote radiation

Courtyard recieves sunlight on December 21 @ 12pm

Passive Systems : Courtyards | Internal Acupuncture

8m | 2 �loors

water collected from water vapor in air

tilting facade towards prevalent wind direction i.e. south west

CONVECTION

Courtyards with shaded area

Low sun angle in winter hits west facade

PROCESS

Optimization of Geometry| Increasing volume towards north east & decreasing it towards south west

2 3 •water for radiative heating in slabs

PASSIVE MEASURES

JUNE 21 | 12 pm

SECTION B

JUNE 21 | 12 pm

courtyards

DECEMBER 21 | 12 pm

RADIATION & CONVECTION

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GROUND

POSITIVE

PASSIVE SYSTEMS : PATIOS | Internal Acupuncture 5pm | June 21

DECEMBER 21 | 12 pm

PLAN | TILTED FACADES 12pm | June 21

SECTION A

PASSIVE SYSTEMS : WIND COLLECTORS | South West Angle 5pm | June 21

Building oriented to protect from prevalent wind direction from the north west Thermal surfaces underground increased surface area to promote radiation

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RADIATION

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Design Studio | Thermodynamic Somatisms : Verticalscape Energy Strategy & Programmatic Distribution

Thermodynamic Monster | June 21 @ 12 pm

STUDIO APARTMENTS

DEFORMATION according to energy ﬂow | convection

UNIVERSITY VIDEO GAMES+ RESTAURANT

NIGHT BROADCAST

Above

BAKERY

Underground

12pm

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Stu Ap dio ts.

Thermodynamic Program & Material Distribution

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Solar chimney

COPPER TUBES CONDUCTING SOLAR ENERGY

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WATER RADIANT SYSTEM

THICK CARBON FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE SLAB

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5pm

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Design Studio | Thermodynamic Somatisms : Verticalscape Tectonics | Thermodynamic Organization

Thermodynamic Strategies S1

STRATEGY I - HOT SPOTS

STRATEGY II - SERPENTINE ACTIVE WALLS

concrete reinforced �iber walls

| SUMMER MODE

gaming

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NGHT BROADCASTING

BAKERY

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2 1

Water @ 16 C

BAKERY

convection

1.1 Shaded glass on the west| University space

solar chimney closed at top to maintain heat

UNIVERSITY

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STUDIO APTS

GAMING

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GAMES

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STUDIO APTS UNIVERSITY

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carbon �iber reinforced concrete + hot radiative system

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STUDIO APTS

COPPER TUBES CONDUCTING SOLAR ENERGY | 1.2

FACADE CATALOGUE

LOCATION

| WINTER MODE

open uni space in summer

WINTER MODE |

ACTIVE WALLS

open uni space in summer

NIGHT BROADCATING

radiation+conduction

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hot air exhaust cladded with copper pipes

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space closed in winter

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hot surfaces solar chimney closed at top to maintain heat

Studio Apartments

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STRATEGY I - COOL SPOTS

STRATEGY II - SERPENTINE ACTIVE WALLS

SUMMER MODE |

winter

hot air exhaust

UNIVERSITY

GAMES GAMES

AIR= insulator>>

open in summer

BAKERY

STUDIO APTS

STUDIO APTS GAMES NIGHT BROADCASTING

TECHNICAL PLANT

2 1

conduction convection

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carbon �iber reinforced concrete + hot radiative system

cooler walls at night

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NIGHT BROADCATING

hot air through solar power

solar chimney

ents

apartm

STUDIO APTS

3.1 Double Glazed facade rotated to 19 degrees | South facade

concrete reinforced �iber walls

STUDIO APTS

Water @ 16 C

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BAKERY

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gaming

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3.1

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1.3

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Design Studio | Thermodynamic Somatisms : Verticalscape

air inlets concrete louvers oriented towards south-west

University

SECTION 1

SECTION 2

concrete louvers oriented towards south-west

Studio Apatments | Loft space

glass �ixed

glass ‘operable’ SECTION 3

Entry Point into Courtyard [ ENTRY POINT TO COURTYARD]

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Wind Analysis Sections [ WIND ANALYSIS & SECTIONS ]

Sun - Shadow Studies

9 am June 21

12 pm June 21

N 330

3 pm June 21 330

9 am December 21

N 330

JUNE 21:28 300

06:18 60

12 pm December 21

N 330

JUNE 21:28 300

3 pm December 21

N 330

10°

06:18 60

20°

JUNE 21:28 300

30°

06:18 60

300

40°

50° 60° 70° 80°

70° 80°

70°

80°

240

210

150

240

210

150

240 17:25

210

150

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150

DECEMBER 08:14

240 17:25

DECEMBER 08:14

210

150

240 17:25

DECEMBER 08:14

210

150

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UNIVERSITY >>

UNIVERSITY> absorber

UNIVERSITY

GAMES GAMES

producer

GAMES>>>

GAMES

Void | passage of wind

Geothermal connection

roducer

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Concrete �iber reinforced slabs with radiant system

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Space open in summer to disconnect recreation/gaming space from the bakery

[ SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE| ACTIVE SLABS ]

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List of Courses & Lectures attended: Disruptive Urban Turn

Professor: Josep Anton Acebillo

Digital Culture Professor : Juanjo Gonzalez Castellon A View from Above: the Middle East Professor: Kruno Ivanisin A Paragim Shift: Mediating Architecture Culture

Professor: Pep Aviles

Positive Transformations for a post-crisis Perspective

Professor: Freddy Massad and Alicia Guerrero Yeste

The Building Structure

Professor: Agusti Obiol

Energy and Sustainability

Professor: Javier Garcia German

Large Structural Typologies

Professor: Agusti Obiol

Facade Technology Professor : Miquel Rodriguez Photography after Photography

Professor: Joan Fontcuberta

Workshops: Productive Land Program Registering Landscapes of Uncertainty

Professor : Maria Buhigas, Marc Montleo, Anna Viader Professor: Toni Girones Portfolio | ‘Decomposing Gestalt’ • For a Novel Method in Architecture

Design Studios: Spectral Process Professor: Philippe Rahm & Renata Sentkiewicz Thermodynamic Somatism Professor: Inaki Abalos & Renata Sentkiewicz

Independent Research:

The Thermal Peformace of Apartment Buildings , Case Study: Beirut, Lebanon

Lectures & Presentations: Bernard Khoury Yoshiharo Tsukamoto Cecilia Puga Manuel Bailo and Rosa Rull Pere Riera Philippe Rahm Chris Wise Toni Kotnik Pier Vittorio Aurelli

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